Insights and Stories on Hogs

U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures end mixed after hitting new highs

Sep. 12, 2023 at 5:22 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Most of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange feeder and live cattle futures hit new contract highs again on Tuesday, as tight U.S. supplies and forecast of a strong cash market added fuel to a bull rally, traders said. But by the end of the session, both live […]

U.S. livestock: CME feeder cattle, deferred live cattle hit new highs

Sep. 11, 2023 at 6:25 pm CDT

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. livestock: CME feeder cattle, deferred live cattle set highs on tight supply

Sep. 8, 2023 at 5:41 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME feeder cattle set contract high, live cattle hit July high

Sep. 7, 2023 at 6:10 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle rally near four-week high

Sep. 6, 2023 at 6:44 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

Swine fever detected in Sweden for first time

Sep. 6, 2023 at 4:45 pm CDT

Stockholm | Reuters — A dead wild boar in Sweden has tested positive for African swine fever, Sweden’s Veterinary Institute said on Wednesday, the first such case in the country. African swine fever is harmless to humans but is highly contagious and deadly in domestic pigs and wild boars. It […]

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs near one-month high on export outlook

Sep. 5, 2023 at 5:52 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures neared a one-month high on Tuesday on expectations for increased U.S. pork exports and tightening supplies. Demand for U.S. pork is benefiting as high pig prices in Europe cause global importers to shift some business to the United States, where […]

By Tom Polansek

Farrowing heat pad firm to bring hog cooling pads to market

Sep. 5, 2023 at 2:55 am CDT

A Winnipeg-area company providing heating pad and lighting systems for hog barns is set to add a U.S.-developed line of hog cooling pads to its product lineup. IHT (Innovative Heating Technologies) Group announced Thursday it will make and sell a line of water-cooled pads that use a patented system designed […]

By Dave Bedard

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle ease on softer cash markets

Sep. 1, 2023 at 6:58 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures eased on Friday, ending the week slightly lower as cash trade eased, though the cattle market continues to trade mostly sideways, analysts said. “The market’s basically saying — we’ve got stable trade right now for a couple months,” said Rich […]

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle up ahead of long weekend

Aug. 31, 2023 at 6:23 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures ticked upward Thursday, while packers backed off of buying ahead of the Labour Day holiday week that will limit slaughter, analysts said. “There was some light trade today, slightly lower than last week,” said Doug Houghton, technical analyst at Brock […]

By Christopher Walljasper