Insights and Stories on Lean Hog

U.S. livestock: Feeder cattle up one per cent

Mar. 9, 2017 at 4:45 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. feeder cattle futures gained one per cent and live cattle futures were narrowly higher on Thursday amid rising demand for animals, especially for grazing, traders and analysts said. Greening pastures in the Plains region boosted demand for lighter-weight cattle to feed on grass, with beef […]

U.S. livestock: Live cattle sink on technical selling

Mar. 6, 2017 at 4:38 pm CST

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: Fallen cash, pork prices slam CME hogs

Mar. 3, 2017 at 4:46 pm CST

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Supply growth worries sink CME live cattle

Mar. 2, 2017 at 3:12 pm CST

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle end mostly firm

Mar. 1, 2017 at 4:16 pm CST

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Funds, beef demand fuel CME live cattle rally

Feb. 28, 2017 at 3:47 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures finished sharply higher on Tuesday, driven by fund buying and brisk wholesale beef demand, said traders. They said deferred-month contracts’ discounts to this week’s expected cash prices provided additional market support. February live cattle, which expired at noon CT, closed […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle futures score 10-month high

Feb. 27, 2017 at 6:07 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures reached their highest since late April 2016, driven by short-covering amid brisk wholesale beef demand, said traders. They said speculators bought deferred cattle contracts after Friday’s U.S. Department of Agriculture monthly Cattle on Feed report proved less bearish than some […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Profit-taking pressures cattle futures, boosts hogs

Feb. 24, 2017 at 4:04 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures were mostly lower on Friday while lean hog futures gained sharply as investors took profits in each livestock contract, traders and analysts said. Cattle fell after Thursday’s nearly four-week high and hogs rebounded from a roughly two-month low. “It’s just […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Hogs extend losses on cash expectations

Feb. 23, 2017 at 6:40 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures fell more than one per cent on Thursday, extending losses to their third straight session, on pressure from expectations for declines in Midwest cash hog markets, traders and analysts said. Lower wholesale pork prices this week, especially pork belly cuts, also weighed […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Hogs tumble on pork price declines

Feb. 22, 2017 at 4:50 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures fell 3.8 per cent for their biggest daily loss in about a month on Wednesday, pulled down by investment fund selling tied to lower cash hog and wholesale pork prices, traders said. Live cattle futures rose, extending gains to the […]

By Michael Hirtzer