Insights and Stories on Lean Hog

U.S. livestock: Cattle extend gains as beef prices rise

Jun. 5, 2017 at 4:40 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. cattle futures climbed about one per cent on Monday, with several deferred live cattle contracts notching lifetime highs and front-month feeders hitting a 15-month peak on investment fund buying tied to gains in beef prices. Some cattle futures contracts reversed from earlier small losses at […]

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle climb to one-month top

Jun. 2, 2017 at 4:39 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Live cattle limit up on strong cash prices

Jun. 1, 2017 at 5:15 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Fund buying extends live cattle gains

May. 31, 2017 at 4:06 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle recoup some recent losses

May. 30, 2017 at 6:13 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Bearish USDA report rattles CME live cattle

May. 26, 2017 at 3:30 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Friday finished sharply lower, hit by fund liquidation and the morning’s bearish U.S. Department of Agriculture Cattle on Feed report, said traders. The report showed the number of cattle placed in feedlots in April hit a 14-year high for […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Funds, bargain buying rally live cattle

May. 25, 2017 at 7:06 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle on Thursday reversed some of their recent losses, stirred by fund buying and bargain hunting as the U.S. Memorial Day holiday approaches, said traders. They said futures’ discounts to this week’s cash prices attracted would-be buyers. June closed 1.8 cents/lb. higher […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Live cattle retreat following initial cash prices

May. 24, 2017 at 4:05 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle contracts slumped on Wednesday, pulled down by technical selling and lower preliminary cash prices, said traders. June closed 0.95 cent/lb. lower at 122.125 cents (all figures US$). August closed 1.4 cents lower at 119.925 cents, and below the 10-day moving average […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Hogs gain, cattle ease on spread unwinding

May. 23, 2017 at 6:06 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures rose to a three-month high on Tuesday while live cattle declined as some investors unwound hog-cattle spreads, traders and analysts said. Traders locked in profits on long cattle-short hog spreads, with Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle declining for the first time in […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Cattle hit two-week high on cash discount, bear-spreading

May. 22, 2017 at 5:49 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures extended gains to a nearly two-week high on Monday, lifted by bear-spreading and futures’ discount to trades in the cash steer market, traders said. Feeder cattle futures jumped two per cent and lean hog futures hovered near three-month highs while wholesale beef […]

By Michael Hirtzer