The past week has seen the livestock futures landscape littered with the carcasses of bearish cattle and hog traders. Early ...

(18.3%) from the five-year average. The choppy lean hog futures market despite rallying cattle futures is due in part to seasonally price-bearish tendencies this time of year. The recent rise in ...

Remarkably, hog futures contracts closed higher for a seventh day in a row, buoyed by hints and hopes that China may be ready to talk about trade with the U.S.

Profit margins for both cattle and hog finishing operations saw modest gains last week but also carry significantly higher feed costs than a year ago. Cattle feeders saw average profits of $222 ...

However, are there also hedging opportunities on the futures board for cattle and hog producers? Kent Beadle, Paradigm Futures, says for cattle producers prices are just off of record highs from a ...

Live cattle posted an over 12% gain, while the feeders were up over 17%. Lean hog futures moved around 20% higher for the year. Over the year’s final three months that ended on December 31 ...