Insights and Stories on Hogs

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle fall to lowest in three weeks

Aug. 31, 2021 at 5:22 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures dropped to their lowest prices in more than three weeks on Tuesday as boxed beef prices continued to weaken amid expectations for reduced demand, analysts said. Lean hog futures also declined as traders adjusted positions on the last day of […]

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle follow boxed beef lower

Aug. 30, 2021 at 8:09 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

Olymel, union reach second tentative deal to end strike

Aug. 30, 2021 at 2:42 am CDT

By Dave Bedard

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs rise, narrowing discount to cash market

Aug. 27, 2021 at 5:23 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

Union rejects province’s call for arbitration in Olymel strike

Aug. 27, 2021 at 12:12 am CDT

By Dave Bedard

U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures fall on lower cash cattle

Aug. 26, 2021 at 6:17 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures fell for a third day on Thursday, as the softer cash market in the southern U.S. Plains weighed on futures, traders said. “This cash just continues to struggle,” said Joe Kooima, commodity broker at Kooima Kooima Varilek Trading Inc. “We’ve […]

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. seeks to protect pork exports if swine fever hits territories

Aug. 26, 2021 at 4:27 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — The United States said on Thursday it is seeking to avoid disruptions to pork exports if the territories of Puerto Rico or the U.S. Virgin Islands detect the fatal pig disease African swine fever. The risk for infections in the territories is higher after the Dominican […]

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures ease as beef prices cool

Aug. 25, 2021 at 7:13 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures eased on Wednesday, as beef prices eased ahead of the Labour Day holiday, traditionally a big beef consumption holiday, traders said. “We’re getting into that lull period ahead of the Labour Day holiday, where the retailers have already got their […]

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures post new highs, end mixed

Aug. 24, 2021 at 6:49 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures rallied to contract highs on Tuesday but ended mixed, with nearby contracts pressured by ideas that beef prices are topping out after a surge to nearly 15-month highs, traders said. Deferred live cattle contracts, however, were higher on the day […]

By Karl Plume

Olymel’s striking Quebec workers get layoff ultimatum

Aug. 24, 2021 at 4:37 pm CDT

Updated — The threat of job losses for about half the unionized workers at a major pork packing plant in Quebec is its owners’ latest bid to end a four-month strike. Olymel announced Tuesday it will “abolish” the evening shift at its hog slaughter and processing plant at Vallee-Jonction, about […]

By Dave Bedard