Insights and Stories on Swine

U.S. livestock: Cattle hit multi-week highs on flat to higher cash trade expectations

Sep. 24, 2019 at 4:25 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures touched six-week highs and feeder cattle exceeded seven-week highs on Tuesday as traders projected cash prices will remain steady or rise, after strengthening last week. Feeder cattle are trading above where they were before a fire at a Tyson Foods slaughterhouse last […]

South Korea confirms new cases of African swine fever

Sep. 23, 2019 at 8:36 pm CDT

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog futures rise after Friday’s declines

Sep. 23, 2019 at 5:35 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Hogs drop as China delegation cancels farm visits

Sep. 20, 2019 at 6:27 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Feeder cattle near six-week high

Sep. 19, 2019 at 8:12 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures top one-month peaks

Sep. 18, 2019 at 4:50 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle and feeder cattle futures jumped to their highest prices since August on Wednesday as traders predicted that cash prices will also increase. October live cattle futures closed up 1.025 cents at 100.375 cents/lb. at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME). October feeder cattle advanced […]

By Tom Polansek

Hog market at seasonal lows, turnaround expected

Sep. 17, 2019 at 10:05 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — The Canadian hog market may be at its seasonal lows, but tightening worldwide supplies should underpin values over the next few months. “We’re at a seasonal time of year when prices move lower,” said Brad Marceniuk, livestock economist with Saskatchewan Agriculture, pointing to higher U.S. slaughter numbers and […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. livestock: Hogs rise on expectations for Chinese buying

Sep. 16, 2019 at 6:37 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures climbed to their highest price since July on Monday on expectations for Chinese buying, while technical selling pushed down cattle futures. Meat traders anticipate China will increase pork imports to offset an expected shortage caused by an outbreak of African swine fever, […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Hogs limit up again on China tariff exemption

Sep. 13, 2019 at 4:23 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures climbed by an expanded daily limit on Friday as China said it would exempt U.S. pork from additional tariffs imposed during its trade war with the United States. The exemptions raised hopes for Chinese buying and were seen as the latest sign […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Hogs limit up on expectations for Chinese buying

Sep. 12, 2019 at 6:09 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures climbed the daily exchange-imposed limit on Thursday on increasing expectations for Chinese buying as the world’s two largest economies prepared for talks aimed at breaking the logjam in their trade war. The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) will temporarily expand the trading limit […]

By Tom Polansek