Insights and Stories on Hogs

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs fall to lowest since early February

Apr. 29, 2022 at 7:36 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — CME hog futures dropped to their lowest in nearly three months on Friday, pressured by concerns about consumer demand as summer grilling season nears, traders said. Cattle futures also fell. Some end-of-month fund liquidation likely added to the weakness in livestock contracts, traders said. “There is […]

U.S. livestock: CME hog futures up off three days of losses

Apr. 28, 2022 at 3:32 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: CME cattle, hog futures weak as feeding costs rise

Apr. 27, 2022 at 5:11 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: CME hog futures fall to lowest since early March

Apr. 26, 2022 at 6:03 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle retreat off two-month high

Apr. 22, 2022 at 7:14 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

McDonald’s calls Icahn demands on sourcing pigs ‘unfeasible’

Apr. 22, 2022 at 12:09 am CDT

Boston | Reuters — McDonald’s Corp on Thursday said Carl Icahn’s call for the fast food chain to stop buying pork from suppliers that house the animals in crates would be logistically unfeasible and prohibitively expensive. The billionaire investor, who owns roughly US$50,000 worth of McDonald’s stock, is pushing the […]

By Svea Herbst-Bayliss

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle hit two-month peak

Apr. 21, 2022 at 7:49 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Live cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange jumped to a two-month high on Thursday, led by firming cash cattle markets and optimism about a seasonal climb in U.S. beef demand as the summer grilling season nears, traders said. CME June live cattle futures settled up […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle near two-month high

Apr. 20, 2022 at 8:26 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Live cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange hit their highest in nearly two months on Wednesday, led by firming prices for market-ready cattle in the cash market, traders said. Live cattle traded as high as $146 per hundredweight (cwt) in eastern Nebraska cash markets, traders […]

By Julie Ingwersen

China’s hog output recovers, drags on Brazil pork exports

Apr. 19, 2022 at 6:53 pm CDT

Sao Paulo | Reuters — Brazilian pork exporters are grappling with a drop in volumes shipped to their main buyer, China, which has increased its pork meat production after an outbreak of African swine fever in 2018. ASF forced China to cull millions of hogs and increase imports. China continued […]

By Nayara Figueiredo

U.S. livestock: CME hog futures backpedal off April high

Apr. 19, 2022 at 6:26 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Profit-taking weighed on Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures on Tuesday after prices leapt to their highest price this month, traders said. Most-active June lean hogs settled down 1.075 cents at 121.325 cents/lb. (all figures US$). The contract is up eight per cent since nearing a […]

By Tom Polansek