Insights and Stories on Swine

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

Feb. 22, 2021 at 4:53 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures fell on Monday, pressured by expectations of rising supplies as improving weather conditions in the southern U.S. Plains will allow meat processors to increase their slaughter, traders said. A deep freeze last week across Texas and the southern U.S. Plains caused power […]

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

By Julie Ingwersen

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

Feb. 16, 2021 at 7:34 pm CST

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

U.S. livestock: Live cattle down on profit taking

Feb. 10, 2021 at 6:22 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures dropped on a profit-taking setback on Wednesday, a day after rallying to their highest in nearly a year, but worries about a cold snap across production regions of the Plains kept declines in check. Hog futures rebounded after closing mixed on Tuesday […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs end mixed after five-session rally

Feb. 9, 2021 at 7:37 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures ended mixed on Tuesday following five straight sessions of contract highs that triggered technical and speculative selling and profit taking in some futures months. The market, however, remained underpinned by strong cash hog prices, robust export demand and profitable pork packer margins, […]

By Karl Plume