Insights and Stories on Swine

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

Feb. 6, 2020 at 5:32 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures surged their daily three-cent limit on Thursday after comments from a Tyson Foods executive about pork demand from China ignited a wave of buying including short-covering, traders said. Tyson is competing with other global companies to supply meat to China, the world’s […]

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

By Julie Ingwersen

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

Feb. 3, 2020 at 7:22 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen

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

Jan. 31, 2020 at 5:39 pm CST

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

‘Weak positive’ PED turns up in Alberta sample

Jan. 28, 2020 at 8:02 pm CST

A “weak positive” finding of the porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) virus from ongoing sampling in Alberta offers a warning that the hog disease may not have yet left the province alone. The chief provincial veterinarian’s office (OCPV) on Monday reported that the agriculture department’s lab in Edmonton on Jan. 22 […]

By GFM Staff

U.S. livestock: Hogs firm, cattle mixed after limit-down moves

Jan. 28, 2020 at 7:08 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. hog contacts firmed on Tuesday, edging off a 5-1/2-month low hit on Monday on a mild round of bargain buying. Cattle futures were mixed, with the most-active fed cattle contracts also bouncing slightly while live cattle futures weakened to the lowest since Oct. 21. Fears […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs limit down on coronavirus fears

Jan. 27, 2020 at 3:50 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. hog and cattle contracts fell their daily trading limits on Monday, hitting multi-month lows on fears about the spread of a coronavirus in China. “If we thought China’s coronavirus was making the media rounds late last week, it’s a full-fledged media frenzy this morning,” INTL […]

By Mark Weinraub