Insights and Stories on Lean Hog

U.S. livestock: Hogs at two-month high on packer demand

Oct. 16, 2017 at 6:36 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures rose to a two-month high on Monday as cash prices extended their climb on strong demand from the expanded pork processing sector, traders and analysts said. Two new hog slaughterhouses that opened about a month ago in Iowa and Michigan have boosted […]

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle mostly weaker on consolidation

Oct. 13, 2017 at 5:18 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle slump, cash prices disappoint

Oct. 12, 2017 at 6:40 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Hogs rise on stronger cash markets

Oct. 11, 2017 at 6:44 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs jump on spreading, packer demand

Oct. 10, 2017 at 5:58 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Hog futures plunge on spreading, cash markets

Oct. 6, 2017 at 5:17 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures tumbled by about three per cent on Friday, weighed down by spreading and abundant supplies that pressured cash markets, traders said. Front-month October and most-active December hogs bore the brunt on the selling, while deferred hog contracts were only narrowly […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Most CME live cattle futures gain on spreads

Oct. 4, 2017 at 6:34 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle gained modestly on Wednesday during a trading strategy known as bear spreading in which investors sold October futures and simultaneously bought deferred months. Some market participants used the spreads to avoid possible deliveries on Monday evening against the October contract. Profit-taking […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Cash, pork prices send CME hogs higher

Oct. 3, 2017 at 4:28 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures gained for a second day in a row on Tuesday, strengthened by upward-trending prices for market-ready, or cash, hogs and the morning’s firmer wholesale pork values, said traders. They said October futures led advances after investors actively bought that contract […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Bargain hunters, fund buying boost CME hogs

Oct. 2, 2017 at 4:57 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures finished sharply higher on Monday, fueled by bargain buying in the technically oversold market, said traders. They said funds helped accelerate market advances after contracts punched through technical resistance levels. October hogs, which will expire on Oct. 13, ended 1.85 […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: CME hogs end quarter mostly higher on short-covering

Sep. 29, 2017 at 4:18 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — The bulk of Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog contracts on Friday finished higher in the final trading session for the quarter, ignited by fund buying and short-covering, said traders. They said futures rallied from earlier losses on Friday and prior to late Thursday’s U.S. Department of […]

By Theopolis Waters