Insights and Stories on Lean Hog

U.S. livestock: CME hogs settle mostly lower before USDA report

Sep. 28, 2017 at 5:12 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Most Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog contracts closed lower on Thursday, pressured by profit-taking ahead of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s quarterly hog report at 2 p.m. CT. “The industry will no doubt show herd expansion and record-large production, it’s just a question of how much,” […]

U.S. livestock: Short-covering pulls up CME live cattle

Sep. 27, 2017 at 5:20 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Cattle limit down after bearish USDA report

Sep. 25, 2017 at 4:57 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Cattle hit one-month high ahead of USDA data

Sep. 22, 2017 at 7:27 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: CME October hogs fall to contract low

Sep. 21, 2017 at 5:39 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Live cattle surge on cash optimism, technical buying

Sep. 20, 2017 at 5:18 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures notched their biggest gains in 11 months on Wednesday, boosted by optimism for higher cash cattle prices and technical buying, traders and analysts said. Higher cattle sales at a weekly online auction helped to trigger the rally. Feeder cattle and […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Feeder cattle hit two-month high

Sep. 19, 2017 at 5:55 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. livestock futures gained on technical buying on Tuesday, with feeder cattle rising to a two-month high and lean hogs climbing by as much as 2.6 per cent, traders said. Fresh news remained scant, but traders were more optimistic about higher cash prices for both cattle […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Hog futures ease on big supplies, spreading

Sep. 18, 2017 at 6:34 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures were mostly lower on Monday, pressured by bear-spreading and big U.S. supplies that continued to weigh on cash markets, traders said. The front-month October hogs contract notched the biggest declines, easing 0.975 cent, or about 1.7 per cent, to settle […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Hog futures surge on technical bounce

Sep. 15, 2017 at 6:17 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures surged more than three per cent on Friday while live cattle gained about one per cent, lifted by chart-based and investment fund buying, traders and analysts said. Hog futures had tumbled to a roughly 11-month low on Wednesday, before stabilizing […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Hog futures fall to 11-month low

Sep. 12, 2017 at 4:35 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures tumbled to an 11-month low in a bear-spreading selloff linked to big U.S. hog supplies and declines in cash markets, traders said. Live cattle futures also eased on spreading and worries beef packers might be hesitant to pay higher prices […]

By Michael Hirtzer