Insights and Stories on Lean Hog

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures rise on cut in beef production estimate

Oct. 11, 2018 at 7:18 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. cattle futures rose on Thursday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture trimmed its forecast for how much beef the nation will produce this year. In a monthly supply and demand report, USDA pegged 2018 beef output at 26.9 billion pounds, down 0.6 per cent from […]

U.S. livestock: Hog, cattle futures lower on plentiful supplies

Oct. 10, 2018 at 5:21 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Hog futures slump on ample supplies

Oct. 9, 2018 at 7:58 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs, live cattle approach seven-month highs

Oct. 8, 2018 at 8:16 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs extend recovery, near six-month high

Oct. 5, 2018 at 7:19 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Hog, cattle contracts end mixed

Oct. 4, 2018 at 2:58 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures were mostly lower on Thursday, with deferred contracts setting back on a round of profit-taking. The front-month October hogs contract ended slightly higher, but closed below session peaks, in thin trading. Live cattle contracts followed a similar pattern to the […]

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs touch highest since April

Oct. 3, 2018 at 6:31 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures rose for the fourth consecutive session on Wednesday and touched their highest prices in more than five months. CME October hogs traded up to 67.550 cents/lb., the contract’s highest price since April 20, before paring gains (all figures US$). It […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures extend rally

Oct. 2, 2018 at 3:21 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures rose for the third day in a row on Tuesday, with the market still underpinned by the trade deal among the U.S., Canada and Mexico, traders said. But technical buying pulled prices from their highs and the market failed to […]

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures jump on trilateral trade pact

Oct. 1, 2018 at 6:33 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures rose to their highest prices since April on Monday after the U.S., Canada and Mexico said they struck a deal on a trilateral trade pact. News of the agreement, reached over the weekend, eased concerns that the United States would […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs, cattle rise on month-end buying

Sep. 28, 2018 at 6:24 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures rose on Friday, with the most-active December contract jumping more than four per cent on short-covering at the end of the month and quarter, traders said. CME October hogs settled up 0.875 cent at 62.175 cents/lb. and December rose 2.45 […]

By Julie Ingwersen