Insights and Stories on Live Cattle

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs drop on technical selling

Dec. 17, 2018 at 4:54 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures fell for a third straight session on Monday as technical selling and profit-taking dragged prices to a 4-1/2-week low. Another steep sell-off in equities markets also stoked concerns that meat demand may not meet earlier expectations over the coming months. […]

U.S. livestock: Cattle hit six-week high on technical buying

Dec. 12, 2018 at 5:33 pm CST

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Cattle climb on technical buying, demand optimism

Dec. 11, 2018 at 6:16 pm CST

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Live cattle, lean hogs mostly lower

Dec. 10, 2018 at 6:11 pm CST

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs rebound

Dec. 7, 2018 at 5:10 pm CST

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs drop on trade worry after Huawei arrest

Dec. 6, 2018 at 6:26 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures fell for the third time in four sessions on Thursday on worries about rising U.S.-China trade tensions following the arrest of a Chinese executive in Canada, but the market clawed back most of the losses by the close. After optimism that trade […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs rebound on demand hopes, pork margins

Dec. 5, 2018 at 6:18 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures rebounded on Wednesday after two sessions of declines as improving meat packer margins and hopes for more pork sales to China buoyed the market. Traders are anticipating more pork sales to China following surprise sales to the world’s largest hog and pork […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs slip on trade truce worries

Dec. 4, 2018 at 7:21 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures fell for a second consecutive session on Tuesday on concern over a trade truce agreement reached over the weekend between the U.S. and China, the world’s top hog and pork market. Global stock markets tumbled on Tuesday as optimism waned that the […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs ease, await trade truce benefits

Dec. 3, 2018 at 5:38 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures closed mostly lower on Monday in a profit-taking setback from near two-highs as traders awaited further confirmation of pork purchases by China following a thaw in tense trade relations over the weekend. At a gathering of G20 countries in Argentina on Saturday, […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle futures up slightly

Nov. 30, 2018 at 7:05 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. cattle futures closed modestly higher on Friday on short-covering after a four-session slide and concern that wintry weather in the central Plains in the coming days could slow cattle weight gain, traders said. Lean hog futures were mixed as traders awaited news on U.S.-China trade […]

By Julie Ingwersen