Insights and Stories on Pork

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs, live cattle retreat on technical selling

Oct. 4, 2022 at 7:55 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange benchmark December lean hog futures fell about four per cent on Tuesday, hitting a 10-month low on technical selling and worries about consumer demand for meat, traders said. Brokers shrugged off strength in outside markets including crude oil and Wall Street equity markets, […]

U.S. livestock: CME cattle, hogs up on technical buying, short-covering

Oct. 3, 2022 at 7:16 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle lower, underpinned by tight supply

Sep. 30, 2022 at 6:42 pm CDT

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. livestock: CME December hogs ease

Sep. 29, 2022 at 5:09 pm CDT

By Christopher Walljasper

Smithfield Foods to pay US$75 million in pork price-fixing settlement

Sep. 29, 2022 at 3:23 pm CDT

By jonathan-stempel

U.S. livestock: CME December hogs extend slide on long liquidation

Sep. 28, 2022 at 7:03 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Benchmark December lean hog futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange continued their slide on Wednesday, hitting a nine-month low on recession worries and long liquidation. CME October hogs ended up 0.675 cent at 89.375 cents/lb. (all figures US$). But most-active December hogs fell 0.425 cent to […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME hogs tumble to nine-month low on recession fears

Sep. 27, 2022 at 7:15 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Benchmark December lean hog futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange fell for a fifth consecutive session on Tuesday, touching a nine-month low as fears of a recession hurting consumer demand for meat triggered another round of long liquidation, traders said. Sliding prices for cash hogs and […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME cattle, hog futures fall to multi-month lows

Sep. 26, 2022 at 7:40 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures hit a two-month low on Monday and the benchmark December lean hogs contract hit an eight-month low as worries about the U.S. and world economy triggered a round of long liquidation, analysts said. “This market is looking for positive news, […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle, lean hogs slide on recession worries

Sep. 23, 2022 at 7:18 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures fell to their lowest level since early August on Friday on fears of a global recession that could curb demand for commodities including beef, traders said. CME October live cattle settled down 0.6 cent at 144.25 cents/lb. and the most-active […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME cattle, hogs sag on macroeconomic concerns

Sep. 22, 2022 at 7:34 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures ended lower on Thursday, extending a pull-back from four-month highs set this week as traders worried about the health of the world economy and softening demand for beef, traders said. CME October live cattle ended down 1.025 cents at 144.85 […]

By Julie Ingwersen