Insights and Stories on Live Cattle

U.S. livestock: Hog futures climb with pork prices

Dec. 9, 2021 at 5:19 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures rebounded on Thursday from four sessions of losses, amid an accelerating slaughter pace and indications that pork prices may be near a bottom following a prolonged slide, traders said. The daily hog slaughter was slower-than-normal earlier this week, which some […]

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures fall on weak cash markets

Dec. 8, 2021 at 6:35 pm CST

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Hog and cattle futures fall

Dec. 7, 2021 at 5:01 pm CST

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Hog futures fall on concerns over supply glut

Dec. 6, 2021 at 4:55 pm CST

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: CME cattle, hogs end down on profit-taking

Dec. 3, 2021 at 7:23 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle, hogs up with export demand

Dec. 2, 2021 at 7:33 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle and lean hog futures rose again on Thursday, as fresh export numbers underscored strong demand for meat. Meanwhile prices on feeder cattle futures were mixed, as trades in the cash market prices jumped, traders said. Cash cattle had traded earlier in […]

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. livestock: CME cattle, hog futures finish higher

Dec. 1, 2021 at 5:40 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange livestock futures finished higher on Wednesday as the markets recovered after dropping the previous session to their lowest prices in more than a week. Prices rose as investors’ concerns eased about the Omicron coronavirus variant, which rattled commodity and financial markets on Tuesday, […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle fall from highs as Omicron rattles markets

Nov. 30, 2021 at 8:34 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures weakened on Tuesday as worries about the new Omicron coronavirus variant rattled commodity and financial markets. Losses pulled live cattle futures down from contract highs reached in recent sessions. CME lean hog futures also fell, along with U.S. grains and […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Cattle post new highs, retreat on profit-taking

Nov. 29, 2021 at 7:33 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures rose to multi-year highs on Monday but closed lower as profit-taking and technical selling clipped gains, traders said. The spread of a new coronavirus variant sparked demand worries as livestock traders feared renewed restrictions on travel and restaurant occupancy. But […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle futures set new contract highs

Nov. 26, 2021 at 6:53 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures set new highs on Friday and finished stronger on technical buying and firm cash prices, traders said. The front-month December contract and most-active February 2022 contract avoided losses seen in commodities such as crude oil and soybeans that were unnerved […]

By Tom Polansek