미국 돼지고기 인사이트

Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) lean hog futures fell to two-month lows on Monday, hit by profit-taking and growing uncertainty over domestic and export demand in the coming months, Reuters reported, citing market analysts. CME February lean hogs settled down 2.525 cents at 81.625 cents per pound, having reached lows of 80.900 cents per pound earlier in the session, their lowest point since Oct. 21. Fears about future pork demand from China, the world's leading pork importer, weighed on markets Monday, said Karl Setzer, partner at Consus Ag Consulting. China's economy, the second largest in the world, has struggled this year with a property crisis and tepid domestic demand. Possible hikes in US tariffs on China's goods when US President-elect Donald Trump takes office in January are also seen as headwinds to growth. Moreover, said Setzer, with the holiday season winding down in the US, traders are "starting to question how much consumer demand there will be when the holiday bills

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) released its latest report on Dec. 23. . .

Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) live cattle futures ended higher on Friday, buoyed by rising wholesale beef prices and firm cash cattle markets, Reuters reported, citing traders. February live cattle settled up 0.550 cent at 190.650 cents per pound after reaching 190.875 cents, the contract's highest since Dec. 16. CME January feeder cattle futures finished up 2.075 cents at 261.375 cents per pound and March feeders ended up 1.050 cents at 260.550 cents a pound. The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) priced choice cuts of boxed beef on Friday afternoon at $322.38 per hundredweight (cwt), up $1.99 from Thursday and the highest level since late October. Select cuts rose to $291.13 per cwt, up $2.36 from Thursday. Meanwhile, slaughter-ready cattle traded in the southern Plains cash market on Friday at $192 to $193 per cwt, up $1 to $2 from last week's cash trades, the USDA said. Profit margins for beef packers remained in the red with packers losing about $46 per head of cattle, a