Insights and Stories on Lean Hog

U.S. livestock: CME hogs slump following Mexico tariff news

Jun. 5, 2018 at 7:27 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Some Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog contracts on Tuesday fell more than two per cent at one point after Mexico announced it imposed tariffs on U.S. pork, traders said. Mexico imposed tariffs on U.S. products ranging from steel to pork and bourbon in retaliation for higher import […]

U.S. livestock: CME futures fall on grain market weakness

Jun. 4, 2018 at 5:21 pm CDT

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U.S. livestock: Bargain buying, short-covering lift CME hogs

Jun. 1, 2018 at 7:42 pm CDT

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: Profit-taking, trade war fears upend CME hogs

May. 31, 2018 at 8:43 pm CDT

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle limit up on short-covering

May. 30, 2018 at 4:17 pm CDT

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U.S. livestock: Hogs touch five-week high on technical buying, pork gains

May. 29, 2018 at 5:21 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures climbed to a five-week high on Tuesday, bolstered by technical buying and gains in prices for cash hogs and pork, traders said. Live cattle futures were lower, easing on chart-based selling. Feeder cattle were higher, supported in part by lower […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Feeder cattle extend gains on drop in placements

May. 25, 2018 at 8:04 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. cattle futures rose on Friday, shrugging off earlier declines on technical buying and support from government data showing fewer cattle placed in feedlots during April, traders and analysts said. Relatively thinly traded feeder cattle futures jumped more than one per cent after the U.S. Department […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Cattle ease on positioning ahead of supply report

May. 24, 2018 at 7:15 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures fell nearly one per cent on Thursday, pressured by fears of lower trades in cash cattle markets and positioning ahead of a government supply report due on Friday, traders said. The U.S. Department of Agriculture was set to release its […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs rise on investment fund buying

May. 23, 2018 at 6:42 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. livestock futures rose on Wednesday, with lean hogs bouncing from Tuesday’s roughly three-week low on technical and investment fund buying, traders and analysts said. Live cattle futures climbed to a 1-1/2 week high at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, further buoyed by positioning ahead of a […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Cattle surge on technical buying, packer demand

May. 21, 2018 at 7:55 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Cattle futures jumped the most in more than a month on Monday, buoyed by technical short covering and optimism that demand from beef packers that resulted in last week’s large cattle slaughter will continue this week, traders and analysts said. Front-month June live cattle futures briefly […]

By Michael Hirtzer