Insights and Stories on Lean Hog

U.S. livestock: CME hogs notch three-month high

Dec. 9, 2016 at 6:00 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures hit a three-month high on Friday, with help from buy stops and technical buying, traders said. December futures led advances after investors bought the contract and simultaneously sold deferred months. December hogs, which will expire on Wednesday, closed 1.05 cents/lb. […]

U.S. livestock: Hogs up again on cash prices, fund buying

Dec. 8, 2016 at 5:08 pm CST

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Higher cash, pork prices extend hogs’ rally

Dec. 7, 2016 at 5:20 pm CST

U.S. livestock: Cash, pork prices drive hogs to two-month high

Dec. 6, 2016 at 3:32 pm CST

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle book steep drop

Dec. 2, 2016 at 4:34 pm CST

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle slide off three-month peak

Dec. 1, 2016 at 5:22 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Thursday peaked at a three-month high before profit-taking dropped contracts to near session lows, said traders. December live cattle closed down 0.175 cent/lb. to 110.575 cents, and February ended 0.575 cent lower at 111.375 cents (all figures US$). CME […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs rise on cash markets

Nov. 30, 2016 at 6:14 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle and hog futures rose about one per cent on Wednesday, rallying after two straight sessions of losses on the back of gains in U.S. cash cattle and hog markets, traders and analysts said. Most-active CME February live cattle settled 1.65 cents higher […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle futures extend losses

Nov. 29, 2016 at 5:09 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures ended lower for a second day in a row on Tuesday, pressured by more profit-taking ahead of potentially steady to weaker cash prices by Friday, said traders. December live cattle closed down 0.375 cent/lb. to 108.925 cents, and February ended […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog futures extend rally on packer demand

Nov. 25, 2016 at 3:51 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. cattle and hog futures extended gains to fresh multi-month highs on Friday, buoyed by technical buying and strong demand from beef and pork packers, traders said. Live cattle jumped more than one per cent at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, capping their fifth consecutive week of […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Hogs, cattle firm on pre-holiday technical buying

Nov. 23, 2016 at 5:12 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures gained one per cent on Wednesday while live and feeder cattle each rose modestly, boosted by technical buying and good demand from meat packers ahead of Thursday’s U.S. Thanksgiving Day holiday, traders said. Chicago Mercantile Exchange December lean hogs notched a two-month […]

By Michael Hirtzer