Insights and Stories on Pork

U.S. livestock: Live cattle futures ease, demand picture foggy

Jul. 23, 2020 at 4:44 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures fell again Thursday, the fourth consecutive step back after reaching a high not seen since early March. “The rally last week was kind of counter-seasonal. You typically don’t rally the cattle in late July, early August, in the dog days of summer,” […]

U.S. livestock: Live cattle continue lower on unclear outlook

Jul. 22, 2020 at 5:09 pm CDT

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. livestock: Live cattle pull back on demand uncertainty

Jul. 21, 2020 at 6:10 pm CDT

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. livestock: Live cattle backslide amid cautious slaughter improvements

Jul. 20, 2020 at 5:19 pm CDT

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. livestock: Live cattle end steady to firmer

Jul. 17, 2020 at 6:31 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures hit four-month top

Jul. 16, 2020 at 7:17 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Live cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) rose on Thursday to four-month highs as steady to firmer cash cattle prices signaled that meat packers may have largely worked through a backlog of market-ready cattle that built up this spring, traders said. CME August live […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Live cattle up with cash values, technical buying

Jul. 15, 2020 at 7:58 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Live cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) closed higher on Wednesday, led by the nearby August contract on signs of firmer cash cattle prices and technical buying, traders said. Market-ready cattle traded in the cash market at $95-$97/cwt in the southern Plains, the U.S. […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures drift lower on beef demand worries

Jul. 14, 2020 at 7:04 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Live cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) fell on Tuesday for a second straight session on weak wholesale beef prices and worries about consumer demand, given uncertainty about the health of the U.S. economy, traders said. CME August live cattle futures settled down 0.85 […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Hogs up on pork demand, export optimism

Jul. 13, 2020 at 8:25 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. hog futures rose on Monday on signs of improving demand for pork products and optimism about export demand from China as the Asian country struggles with renewed outbreaks of a hog disease, traders said. Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) August lean hog futures settled up 1.4 […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Hog futures weaken, cattle futures advance

Jul. 10, 2020 at 6:42 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. hog futures on Friday pulled back from a rally the previous session as large supplies and doubts about Chinese imports weighed on the market, analysts said. Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) August lean hog futures settled down 0.35 cent at 49.875 cents/lb. (all figures US$). The […]

By Tom Polansek