Insights and Stories on Live Cattle

U.S. livestock: Hogs hit 2-1/2-year high on packer demand

Jun. 30, 2017 at 7:31 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures surged to a 2-1/2-year high on Friday as recent gains in cash hog prices prompted investor buying in futures, traders and analysts said. Rising wholesale pork values underscored strong meat demand and also bolstered futures while rising temperatures forecast next week could […]

U.S. livestock: CME hog futures climb ahead of USDA report

Jun. 29, 2017 at 6:01 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle up on bargain buying after selloff

Jun. 28, 2017 at 5:13 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Live cattle futures erase Monday’s rally

Jun. 27, 2017 at 5:25 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Live cattle sharply higher, shrug off USDA report

Jun. 26, 2017 at 5:13 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle rally before USDA report

Jun. 23, 2017 at 5:43 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed higher on Friday, with support from buy stops and late-session short-covering before the afternoon’s U.S. Department of Agriculture monthly Cattle on Feed report, said traders. Analysts viewed the report as mildly bearish for live cattle futures on Monday due […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle sag with cash, beef prices

Jun. 22, 2017 at 7:13 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures fell for a second straight day on Thursday, pressured by fallen cash and wholesale beef values, said traders. June, which will expire on June 30, closed 0.875 cent/lb. lower at 118.625 cents (all figures US$). Most actively-traded August finished 1.075 […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Hogs hit one-year high as pork prices extend gains

Jun. 21, 2017 at 4:31 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures were mostly higher on Wednesday, with the front-month contract rising to the highest levels in a year on support from rising prices for wholesale pork, traders and analysts said. Chicago Mercantile Exchange July lean hogs notched life-of-contract highs for the third straight […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Cattle settle mostly lower on technical selling

Jun. 20, 2017 at 4:23 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle and feeder cattle futures were mostly lower in a technical selloff on Tuesday, with each declining to the lowest levels in about two months before trimming losses. Broad selling in many commodities, led by crude oil, further weighed on cattle at the Chicago […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Hogs surge to one-year high

Jun. 19, 2017 at 4:05 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. hog futures surged as much as four per cent on Monday, lifted by investment fund buying and higher pork prices that boosted meatpackers’ profit margins, traders and analysts said. Hogs on a continuous chart rose to the highest levels since last June 23. Most-active Chicago […]

By Michael Hirtzer