Meat price charts : Basic Meat Futures prices [Monthly]



Lean Hog Futures (CME: HE) : Lean Hog is a kind of hog (pork) and this type of hog (pork) is the source of the majority of the hog (pork) meat in the US. Product Code: CME Globex: HE, CME ClearPort: LN, Clearing: LN, TAS: HET. Contract Unit: 40,000 pounds. Price Quotation: U.S. cents per pound. Minimum Price Fluctuation: 0.00025 per pound = $10.00. Settlement Method: Financially Settled. Trading Hours: Monday - Friday: 8:30 a.m. - 1:05 p.m. CT (9:30 a.m - 2:05 p.m. ET). Termination Of Trading: Trading terminates on 10th business day of the contract month. Listed Contracts: Monthly contracts listed as follows: 2 May and 2 Jun contracts listed the first business day in December. 2 Jul contracts listed the first business day in February. 2 Aug contracts listed the first business day in April. 2 Oct contracts listed the first business day in May. 2 Dec contracts listed the first business day in June. 2 Feb contracts listed the first business day in August. 2 Apr contracts listed the first business day in October.

Live Cattle Futures (CME: LE) : Seasonally cattle price moves higher from November to January. Prices tend to move lower from February to May. Cattle from the calf stage to the point when they reach about 600 to 800, which takes about six to ten months. Product Code: CME Globex: LE. Contract Unit: 40,000 pounds (~18 metric tons). Price Quotation: U.S. cents per pound. Minimum Price Fluctuation: 0.00025 per pound = $10.00. Settlement Method: Deliverable. Trading Hours: Monday - Friday: 8:30 a.m. - 1:05 p.m. CT (9:30 a.m - 2:05 p.m. ET). Termination Of Trading: Trading terminates at 12:00 Noon CT on the last business day of the contract month. Listed Contracts: 9 monthly contracts of Feb, Apr, Jun, Aug, Oct, Dec.

Feeder Cattle Futures (CME: GF) : Seasonally cattle price moves higher from November to January. Prices tend to move lower from February to May. When cattle reaches about 600 to 800 pounds, they are transfered to feedlots and they will be considered feeder cattle at this point. They remain on the feedlots for about another five months where they will put on about another 500 pounds.. Product Code: CME Globex: GF. Contract Unit: 50,000 pounds (~23 metric tons). Price Quotation: U.S. cents per pound. Minimum Price Fluctuation: 0.00025 per pound = $12.50. Settlement Method: Financially Settled. Trading Hours: Monday - Friday: 8:30 a.m. - 1:05 p.m. CT (9:30 a.m - 2:05 p.m. ET). Termination Of Trading: Trading terminates on the last Thursday of the contract month. If the last Thursday of the contract month is not a business day, trading terminates on the prior Thursday. Listed Contracts: 8 monthly contracts of Jan, Mar, Apr, May, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov.