Insights and Stories on Hogs

U.S. livestock: CME cattle sag on weakness in equities, cash cattle market

Nov. 16, 2023 at 3:50 pm CST

Weakness in equities and the cash cattle market weighed on futures at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), brokers said. Futures markets rose the previous three days in a turnaround from multi-month lows reached last Friday.

U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures extend gains, await U.S. data

Nov. 15, 2023 at 4:21 pm CST

By Reuters Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Short-covering boosts CME cattle after recent decline

Nov. 14, 2023 at 5:36 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME cattle up off last week’s sell-off

Nov. 13, 2023 at 4:52 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle mixed, feeder cattle firm

Nov. 10, 2023 at 6:46 pm CST

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. livestock: Cattle sell-off sends nearby contracts plunging

Nov. 9, 2023 at 7:37 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) cattle futures fell sharply on Thursday, amid fund liquidation, growing concern over consumer demand and signs of prices falling in the cash market. Traders and funds scrambled to shed some of their long positions, after betting the bull market in cattle futures […]

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures rally late in session on technical buying

Nov. 8, 2023 at 4:59 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) cattle futures saw a choppy day of trading on Wednesday, before rallying later in the session on short-covering and technical buying, traders said. December live cattle futures dipped below its 200-day moving average of $177.50 before bouncing up (all figures US$). January […]

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures sink to May lows

Nov. 7, 2023 at 5:42 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. cattle futures sank to their lowest prices since May on Tuesday on fund liquidation and profit-taking, traders said. Follow-through selling pressured the markets after losses on Monday, along with softer boxed beef prices, traders said. The U.S. Department of Agriculture priced choice cuts of beef […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME cattle slide on concerns over beef demand

Nov. 6, 2023 at 5:26 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Live cattle futures dropped to their lowest level in more than a week at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange on Monday on concerns about the risk for easing demand for U.S. beef. Feeder cattle futures also declined, while lean hog futures ended higher. Lower-than-expected cash cattle prices […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME hog, cattle futures down on profit-taking

Nov. 3, 2023 at 7:41 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) hog futures closed lower on Friday, retreating on a round of profit-taking after the benchmark December contract rose to its highest level in a month. Soft cash hog values, weaker wholesale pork prices and a large weekly hog slaughter added to bearish […]

By Julie Ingwersen