Livestock/Meats

See recommendations and market analysis for the Pork futures markets in the Swine Times for the week of May 28th through June 1st, 2018.

See recommendations and market analysis for the Pork and Lean Hogs futures markets in the Swine Times for the week of May 14th through 18th, 2018.

CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR A FREE TRIAL OF THE SWINE TIMES Happy Monday Hog traders We come into the week on the back of a very negative few weeks in the lean hog complex. Between falling cash prices and the tariffs announced last week, we feel much of the negativity is priced in. … Read more.

CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR A FREE TRIAL OF THE SWINE TIMES Happy Friday hog traders President Trump’s tariff announcement yesterday was met by retaliation from the Chinese by way of 25% tax on US hog imports, among other goods. The total tariff amount was rather small, only 3 billion dollars worth of US… Read more.

CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR A FREE TRIAL OF THE SWINE TIMES Happy Friday hog traders Thanks for following along for another week! Hog markets are showing some promise after a rough start to the week. April hogs, being the long anchor of our trading lately has been tied to a weak cash market. … Read more.

CURRENT POSITIONS: LONG 1 UNIT OF APRIL HOGS SHORT 1 UNIT OF AUGUST HOGS @ -8.75 Hog Market Prices – January 15-19 Looking into next week:  As you can tell by the primal cut quotes above, there has been very little activity on the pork product market. Swine Times mentioned last week that the price… Read more.

CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR A FREE TRIAL OF THE SWINE TIMES Good afternoon hog traders, We wanted to shoot everyone a comment after the WASDE report today in regards to hogs.  We had a good week of trading if you joined us in the markets.  The roll forward from April-June to Feb-Apr was… Read more.