Insights and Stories on Swine

U.S. livestock: CME hogs limit down on U.S.-China trade jitters

Oct. 7, 2019 at 8:28 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures fell their daily limit on Monday, declining for a fifth straight session as an aggressive slaughter pace and uncertainty about this week’s U.S. trade talks with China overshadowed rising pork cut-out values, traders said. The selloff came as U.S. and Chinese […]

JBS USA to produce pork without ractopamine

Oct. 4, 2019 at 7:19 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Hogs extend losing streak

Oct. 4, 2019 at 5:23 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures rise on cash market strength

Oct. 3, 2019 at 5:27 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures hit highest since Aug. 9

Oct. 2, 2019 at 5:14 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Hogs retreat from Monday’s two-month high

Oct. 1, 2019 at 6:20 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. livestock futures fell on Tuesday as hogs retreated from a two-month high reached a day earlier. December lean hog futures sank 2.675 cents to 69.925 cents/lb. at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (all figures US$). The setback came after the contract reached its highest price since […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Hogs up on technical buying, demand hopes

Sep. 30, 2019 at 6:27 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. hog futures touched a two-month high on Monday on technical buying and hopes for more export sales to China, brokers said. Traders are waiting for confirmation of Chinese buying as the Asian nation is struggling with an outbreak of African swine fever, a fatal pig […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Cattle trade bullish on potential exports to Japan

Sep. 27, 2019 at 6:29 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live and feeder cattle futures on Friday surged to their highest prices seen in nearly a month, as the cash market began to firm and traders grew more bullish about export demands after the U.S. and Japan signed a limited trade deal this week. The […]

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. livestock: Hog futures fall on big U.S. supply

Sep. 26, 2019 at 4:18 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. hog futures retreated on Thursday under pressure from large supplies and as some traders were disappointed with the size of pork export sales confirmed to China, analysts said. The U.S. Department of Agriculture reported that the world’s biggest pork consumer and hog producer bought 3,375 […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Hogs top one-week high on talk of Chinese buying

Sep. 25, 2019 at 8:15 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. hog futures climbed to their highest prices in more than a week on Wednesday on talk about Chinese buying, traders said. U.S. President Donald Trump said the Chinese were making big agricultural purchases from the United States, including of beef and pork, and that a […]

By Tom Polansek