Live Cattle Apr '23 (LEJ23)

Lean hogs closed with contracts up $1 to $1.40 on Tuesday. The national average base hog price was reported at $77.79 on Tuesday afternoon, up $1.11 from the previous day. The CME Lean Hog Index was $84.01...

Live cattle future were up 10 to 70 cents across the board on Tuesday. Cash action has mostly been compiling showlists. Trade rounded out last week with sales of $184-185 in the South, up $1-2 on the week....

Headline risk from the outside markets trickled into money flow in commodities through today's trade. Here's how things shook out and a few important headlines.

In my opinion, today's price action in much of the commodity complex was driven by outside market influences related to port strike headlines and rocket attacks in Israel from Iran.  Yesterday's friendly...

Fats and Oils - 2024-10-01

Lean hogs are posting$1.37 to $1.60 gains across most nearbys on Tuesday. The national average base hog price was reported at $77.99 on Tuesday morning, up $1.57 from the previous day. The CME Lean Hog...

Live cattle future are finding some help from higher beef action at the AM print, with contracts up $1.05 to $1.45 at midday. Cash trade rounded out last week with sales of $184-185 in the South, up $1-2...

Livestock markets had a bit of a counter seasonal trend in the back half of last month’s trade, will that continue through the month of October?

Live cattle futures closed out the Monday session with contracts a tick to 72 cents higher. Cash trade rounded out last week with sales of $184-185 in the South, up $1-2 on the week. Northern sales were...

Lean hogs closed out the session with contracts anywhere from 12 cents lower to 52 cents higher across the board. The national average base hog price was reported at $76.68 on Monday afternoon, up $1.57...