May’s final weekend ushers in the summer, and Memorial Day Weekend starts the annual grilling season. The demand for beef, pork, and animal proteins peaks during the summer, and prices often reach highs....

Front month lean hog futures closed with the limit $4.75 gains in the first 3 months. The back months also rallied at least 4% into the new week. The market will trade within the $7 expanded limit on Wednesday....

Live cattle futures bulls got back to work after the holiday with triple digit gains of as much as $2. That led to new contract highs and had the June contract within $6 of where April expired. Feeders...

Front month lean hog futures closed with the limit $4.75 gains in the first 3 months. The back months also rallied at least 4% into the new week. The market will trade within the $7 expanded limit on Wednesday....

After the 3-day weekend, live cattle futures closed the first trade day of the week with triple digit gains of as much as $2. That led to new contract highs and had the June contract to within $6 of where...

Grain futures had a strong rally last week but were unable to find any follow-through in today's trade.

Hog prices are locked limit higher in the July and August contract with $3.27 to $4.65 gains in the other nearbys, following 6 consecutive red days. End of month asset allocation protocol would suggest...

Feeder cattle futures are leading the rally with 1.6% to 1.8% gains at midday. The fats are also $0.95 to $1.67 higher at midday. USDA called the bulk price for last week $171 in the South, $180-182 in...

Hog futures ended Friday with more triple digit losses to new life-of-contract lows. June settled the session 2% in the red for a net weekly drop of $6.95. June is also at a $15.62 loss so far for the...

The cattle futures market was mixed on Friday with fats making new contract highs and the feeders fading into the holiday weekend on rising feed costs. Live cattle futures settled up by 5 to 57 cents on...