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U.S. livestock: CME hogs up in deferred months

Mar. 31, 2023 at 6:42 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures rose in deferred contracts on Friday on U.S. producers’ plans for fewer sows to farrow, analysts said. Producers intend to have 2.93 million sows farrow, or give birth, from March to May, down one per cent from actual farrowings a […]

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle set contract high as cash prices jump

Mar. 30, 2023 at 6:47 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle hit three-week peak on tightening U.S. supply

Mar. 29, 2023 at 5:25 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle futures top two-week highs

Mar. 28, 2023 at 7:50 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle exceed two-week highs in rebound

Mar. 27, 2023 at 7:00 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME hogs slide to new contract lows, finish mixed

Mar. 23, 2023 at 7:45 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures crumbled to new life-of-contract lows on Thursday, before finishing mixed, on concerns about poor demand for U.S. pork, analysts said. The market has tanked since last week, with additional pressure stemming from weak cash prices and larger-than-expected supplies of hogs. […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME hogs fall to contract lows on demand worries

Mar. 22, 2023 at 4:51 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures tumbled to contract lows again on Wednesday on concerns about lower demand, analysts said. Worries about the risk for a recession to reduce consumers’ meat purchases hung over livestock markets, particularly for expensive cuts, said Arlan Suderman, chief commodities economist […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs hit contract lows on follow-through selling

Mar. 21, 2023 at 6:19 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures dropped to contract lows on Tuesday on follow-through and technical selling after recent slides, traders said. Front-month April lean hogs settled down 0.725 cent at 77.05 cents/lb. after hitting a contract low at 77 cents (all figures US$). The contract […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: June live cattle, hogs continue lower

Mar. 20, 2023 at 8:04 pm CDT

Chicago Mercantile Exchange’s most-active June live cattle and lean hog contracts continued on a downward track in Monday’s trade. June live cattle closed Monday at $155.525, beneath the lower end of its 20-day Bollinger range and down 87.5 cents from Friday’s close (all figures US$ per hundredweight). Front-month April, meanwhile, […]

By Dave Bedard

U.S. livestock: Nearby CME lean hogs recover slightly from slide

Mar. 17, 2023 at 7:35 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures ended slightly higher in the nearby contract on Friday in a rebound from steep declines this week, though deferred contracts extended losses, traders said. Lower cutout values continue to hang over the futures market, along with broader pressure from market […]

By Tom Polansek