Insights and Stories on Hogs

U.S. livestock: Live cattle hit five-week low

Mar. 1, 2021 at 6:19 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Technical selling on Monday drove Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures to their lowest prices in more than five weeks, while lean hog futures recovered from a sell-off. The cattle market’s losses brought the most-active April contract down six per cent from a life-of-contract high reached […]

U.S. livestock: Hog futures drop on end-of-month profit taking

Feb. 26, 2021 at 4:20 pm CST

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Hogs firm on follow-through buying, cash strength

Feb. 25, 2021 at 6:30 pm CST

By Mark Weinraub

Canada’s active PED case count dwindling

Feb. 25, 2021 at 6:14 am CST

By Dave Bedard

U.S. livestock: Hog futures limit-up to highest since May 2019

Feb. 24, 2021 at 5:51 pm CST

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Hog futures rise to highest since July 2019

Feb. 23, 2021 at 7:33 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live hog futures rose to their highest since July 2019 on Tuesday, underpinned by strong demand. Cattle futures weakened for the fourth time in five days, with the most-active April live cattle contract sinking to a one-month low as activity at meat processors […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Live cattle futures fall as supplies seen rising

Feb. 22, 2021 at 4:53 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures fell on Monday, pressured by expectations of rising supplies as improving weather conditions in the southern U.S. Plains will allow meat processors to increase their slaughter, traders said. A deep freeze last week across Texas and the southern U.S. Plains caused power […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Live cattle end week lower

Feb. 19, 2021 at 7:10 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures rose on Friday, but failed to end the week higher as a cold snap across the U.S. Plains and into Texas hampered slaughterhouses and backed up cattle, traders said. “There’s still a big mess,” said Dennis Smith, commodity broker at Archer Financial. […]

By Christopher Walljasper

Olymel shipping backlogged hogs to U.S.

Feb. 19, 2021 at 6:40 pm CST

Winnipeg | Reuters — Olymel said Friday it was shipping pigs to the United States to help clear a backlog of hogs after it had to temporarily close its Red Deer, Alta. slaughter plant because of a coronavirus outbreak. Olymel shut the plant on Wednesday and declared force majeure — […]

By Rod Nickel Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Live cattle futures dip on slaughter delays

Feb. 18, 2021 at 7:04 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures fell on Thursday as short-term processing delays caused by power outages and frigid weather backed up cattle and softened cash prices, traders said. Chicago Mercantile Exchange April live cattle futures settled down 1.225 cents at 122.925 cents/lb., while the spot February contract […]

By Christopher Walljasper