Insights and Stories on Hogs

U.S. livestock: Hog futures rally as China buys pork

Jun. 28, 2021 at 5:20 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures rose three per cent on Monday, supported by rising demand as China moved to buy pork for its reserves to shore up the domestic market, traders said. China’s state planner said on Monday that central and local governments will start buying […]

U.S. livestock: Hog futures firm on technical buying

Jun. 25, 2021 at 7:12 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: July hogs limit-down to lowest since late March

Jun. 24, 2021 at 7:17 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Hog futures fall as cash pork prices slide

Jun. 23, 2021 at 7:40 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

Another swine flu variant case appears in Manitoba

Jun. 23, 2021 at 5:16 am CDT

By Dave Bedard

U.S. livestock: Hogs firm after five days of declines

Jun. 22, 2021 at 7:17 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures firmed on Tuesday, with the front-month contract snapping a five-session losing streak on some mild bargain-buying and short-covering, traders said. But concerns about waning export demand for U.S. supplies from China and Mexico kept the gains in check and hog futures remained […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Hogs drop on weaker pork, falling prices in China

Jun. 21, 2021 at 6:10 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures fell sharply on Monday, continuing a retreat from multi-year highs set earlier this month as cash pork prices dropped and worries increased about Chinese import demand for U.S. pork. Technical selling and profit-taking have sped the multi-session decline after the actively traded […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: Live cattle up on bargain-buying

Jun. 18, 2021 at 7:46 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures firmed on bargain-buying on Friday after a steep plunge a day earlier, with expectations of steady to higher cash cattle prices next week adding support, traders said. “The market is chopping around but it looks like it needs to go back to […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Hogs limit down for second consecutive day

Jun. 17, 2021 at 6:24 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) lean hog futures fell by an exchange-imposed limit for a second consecutive session on Thursday as commodities declined broadly. Selling by index funds fueled losses in markets from hogs to cattle and corn, after the U.S. Federal Reserve signaled it might raise […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Hogs limit down on new China stats

Jun. 16, 2021 at 6:22 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) lean hog futures fell their daily three-U.S.-cent limit on Wednesday, pressured by falling U.S. wholesale prices for pork products and news of increasing hog numbers in China, traders said. China’s pig herd rose 23.5 per cent in May from a year earlier, […]

By Julie Ingwersen