Insights and Stories on Pork

U.S. livestock: CME cattle, hog futures weak as feeding costs rise

Apr. 27, 2022 at 5:11 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — CME cattle futures fell on Wednesday as traders assessed higher feeding costs due to a sharp gains in corn. Hog futures were also weak, falling for the sixth time in seven sessions, with prospects for more COVID-19 lockdowns in China further chilling the already weak export […]

U.S. livestock: CME hog futures fall to lowest since early March

Apr. 26, 2022 at 6:03 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle retreat off two-month high

Apr. 22, 2022 at 7:14 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

McDonald’s calls Icahn demands on sourcing pigs ‘unfeasible’

Apr. 22, 2022 at 12:09 am CDT

By Svea Herbst-Bayliss

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle hit two-month peak

Apr. 21, 2022 at 7:49 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle near two-month high

Apr. 20, 2022 at 8:26 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Live cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange hit their highest in nearly two months on Wednesday, led by firming prices for market-ready cattle in the cash market, traders said. Live cattle traded as high as $146 per hundredweight (cwt) in eastern Nebraska cash markets, traders […]

By Julie Ingwersen

China’s hog output recovers, drags on Brazil pork exports

Apr. 19, 2022 at 6:53 pm CDT

Sao Paulo | Reuters — Brazilian pork exporters are grappling with a drop in volumes shipped to their main buyer, China, which has increased its pork meat production after an outbreak of African swine fever in 2018. ASF forced China to cull millions of hogs and increase imports. China continued […]

By Nayara Figueiredo

U.S. livestock: CME hog futures backpedal off April high

Apr. 19, 2022 at 6:26 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Profit-taking weighed on Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures on Tuesday after prices leapt to their highest price this month, traders said. Most-active June lean hogs settled down 1.075 cents at 121.325 cents/lb. (all figures US$). The contract is up eight per cent since nearing a […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME hog futures top two-week high

Apr. 18, 2022 at 4:48 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures rallied to their highest price in more than two weeks on Monday, while live cattle and feeder cattle futures weakened. Hopes for increased domestic demand from summertime grilling and cookouts helped lift hog futures, analysts said. They added that surging […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures end lower, hogs higher

Apr. 14, 2022 at 7:27 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Benchmark live cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange fell on Thursday as traders booked profits after a three-session climb and ahead of a long holiday weekend, traders said. U.S. markets, including the CME, will be closed for Good Friday. But cattle futures came off their […]

By Julie Ingwersen