Insights and Stories on Live Cattle

U.S. livestock: Live cattle climb on hopes for higher cash trade

Oct. 16, 2019 at 7:50 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures closed modestly higher on Wednesday, extending a five-week rally tied to expectations of strong prices this week for cattle in the cash market, traders said. “Cash is $1-$2 higher every week, better than what people anticipated,” said Scott Varilek, a broker at […]

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs limit up on optimism for Chinese pork demand

Oct. 15, 2019 at 6:47 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Live cattle futures climb, led by firm cash trade

Oct. 14, 2019 at 6:30 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Hog futures up on trade progress, firm cash

Oct. 11, 2019 at 7:33 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Hogs slip despite record-large pork sales to China

Oct. 10, 2019 at 4:22 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs rise on China trade optimism

Oct. 9, 2019 at 6:47 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures closed higher on Wednesday for a second straight session on hopes that U.S. trade talks with China, at a time of surging Chinese pork prices, could bolster U.S. pork exports, traders said. CME December lean hog futures settled up 2.075 […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs recover on bargain buying, trade hopes

Oct. 8, 2019 at 5:02 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures rallied on Tuesday in a technical and bargain-buying rebound from one-month lows amid hopes that China would step up U.S. pork imports as the country’s domestic pork prices have soared. The hog herd in China, the world’s largest pork market, […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: CME hogs limit down on U.S.-China trade jitters

Oct. 7, 2019 at 8:28 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures fell their daily limit on Monday, declining for a fifth straight session as an aggressive slaughter pace and uncertainty about this week’s U.S. trade talks with China overshadowed rising pork cut-out values, traders said. The selloff came as U.S. and Chinese […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Hogs extend losing streak

Oct. 4, 2019 at 5:23 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. hog futures fell for the fourth day in a row on Friday, extending a losing streak that pulled prices off a two-week high hit on Monday. Traders said gains in the futures earlier in the week outpaced cash market strength and the spread between the […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures rise on cash market strength

Oct. 3, 2019 at 5:27 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. cattle futures firmed for the second day in a row on Thursday, with the most-active December live cattle contract holding support near a two-month peak on strong cash prices. “The cash market has been moving up steadily,” said Don Roose, analyst with U.S. Commodities in […]

By Mark Weinraub