Insights and Stories on Pork

U.S. livestock: Cattle sag on weaker cash trade

Feb. 11, 2020 at 5:28 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. live cattle futures fell on Tuesday, with the benchmark April contract touching its lowest since late September on falling cash cattle prices and worries about the impact of the coronavirus outbreak in China, traders said. Cash cattle traded lightly in Kansas and Nebraska at $119-$120 […]

U.S. livestock: Hog futures advance for second day

Feb. 7, 2020 at 7:46 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen

Coronavirus disrupts China meat imports, food supplies

Feb. 6, 2020 at 7:12 pm CST

By Karl Plume Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Hogs limit up on Tyson comment, short-covering

Feb. 6, 2020 at 5:32 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs slide on export concerns

Feb. 5, 2020 at 8:04 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs, live cattle end mostly lower

Feb. 4, 2020 at 6:56 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. hog futures closed mostly lower on Tuesday on concerns about a heavy slaughter pace coupled with uncertainty about export demand from China, the world’s biggest pork consumer, traders said. The weak tone underscored fears that the coronavirus outbreak in China could reduce export demand for […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs end firm in rebound after contract lows

Feb. 3, 2020 at 7:22 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. hog futures closed mostly higher on Monday, with the benchmark April contract rebounding from a life-of-contract low on slightly firmer cash markets, traders said. Rallies were capped by continued uncertainty about the impact of the coronavirus on demand for commodities in China, the world’s top […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Hogs sink for third day as coronavirus spreads

Jan. 31, 2020 at 5:39 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. hog futures sank to contract lows on Friday, their third straight day of declines in the fifth in the last six sessions, on worries about the coronavirus wreaking havoc on demand from China, traders said. On a continuous basis, the front-month hog futures contract hit […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Hogs limit down to contract lows

Jan. 30, 2020 at 6:11 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. hog futures sank by their daily trading limit to contract lows on Thursday under pressure from hefty supplies and fears about the spreading coronavirus outbreak. Cattle futures also hit multi-month lows. U.S. hog supplies are large after farmers expanded their herds to supply new processing […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Hogs, cattle sink to multi-month lows

Jan. 29, 2020 at 7:29 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. hog and cattle futures dropped to fresh multi-month lows on Wednesday. Ample supplies and weakening cash markets weighed on the cattle contracts while concerns about demand from China pressured hog futures. The pressure on cattle comes at a time of year when the market tends […]

By Mark Weinraub