Insights and Stories on Pork

U.S. livestock: Hog futures limit-up to highest since May 2019

Feb. 24, 2021 at 5:51 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures rose their daily limit on Wednesday, hitting their highest in nearly two years on tight frozen stocks and expectations for strong Chinese demand, traders said. The U.S. Agriculture Department’s cold storage report issued on Tuesday afternoon fueled buying on Wednesday. “Belly and […]

U.S. livestock: Hog futures rise to highest since July 2019

Feb. 23, 2021 at 7:33 pm CST

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Live cattle futures fall as supplies seen rising

Feb. 22, 2021 at 4:53 pm CST

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Live cattle end week lower

Feb. 19, 2021 at 7:10 pm CST

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. livestock: Live cattle futures dip on slaughter delays

Feb. 18, 2021 at 7:04 pm CST

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog futures sag as weather stalls slaughter pace

Feb. 17, 2021 at 7:41 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. cattle and hog futures declined on Wednesday as wintry weather and power outages hampered meat-packing operations, slowing the pace of slaughter and reducing demand for market-ready animals, traders said. Chicago Mercantile Exchange April live cattle futures settled down 1.65 cents at 124.15 cents/lb., while the […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Live cattle futures mostly firm on wintry Plains weather

Feb. 16, 2021 at 7:34 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures closed mostly higher on Tuesday as frigid conditions gripped the U.S. Plains and Midwest, limiting the movement of animals into meat plants and threatening to reduce cattle weights, traders said. However, rallies were limited as wintry weather and power outages prompted meat-packing […]

By Julie Ingwersen

Olymel to close Red Deer hog plant against COVID-19

Feb. 16, 2021 at 12:54 am CST

Meat packer Olymel plans to temporarily close its hog slaughter and pork processing plant at Red Deer, Alta., winding down that facility’s operations starting this week against a rapidly spreading COVID-19 outbreak among workers. The plant, one of Canada’s largest by slaughter capacity at over 45,000 hogs per week, has […]

By Dave Bedard

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures rally

Feb. 12, 2021 at 7:55 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. cattle futures rallied on Friday, supported by cold weather in the United States that was making it hard to put weight on animals. “Weather remains front and center for cattle producers, bitter cold temps will be with us through the weekend and also some sizable […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Hogs rise to four-month high on supply woes

Feb. 11, 2021 at 6:34 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. hog futures rose for the seventh time in eight sessions on Thursday, hitting a four-month high on concerns about tight supplies, traders said. “There are a lot of empty barns out here,” Don Roose, president of U.S. Commodities in West Des Moines, Iowa said. Live […]

By Mark Weinraub