Markets Covered

• LE

  Live cattle

  Live cattle are one of the first domesticated animals (ca. 8,500 years ago). Primary uses: meat, milk pulling power (eg. carts, plows), leather, fuel. There are 1.3 billion cattle in the world today (30% in Asia, 20% in South America, 15% in Africa, 14% in North and Central America and 10% in Europe). In 2009, cattle became the first livestock animal for which genome was mapped.

  CONTRACT SIZE	40,000 lbs.
  EXCHANGE	Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME)
  PRICE QUOTE	USD price of 1 lbs.
  TICKER SYMBOL	LC, GLOBEX: LE
  DETAILS	Contract specifications

• GF

  Feeder Cattle

  Cattles that are mature enough to be placed in a feedlot where they will be fattened prior to slaughter.

  CONTRACT SIZE	50,000 lbs.
  EXCHANGE	Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME)
  PRICE QUOTE	USD price of 1 lbs.
  TICKER SYMBOL	FC, GLOBEX: GF
  DETAILS	Contract specifications

• HE

  Lean Hogs

  Hogs can be found in many different areas of the world, they are adapted to temperate and semitropical climates. The hog population worldwide is estimated at more than 940 million, among the leading countries in numbers, China with its 457 million can be found in the first place, followed by the United States with more than 59 million, Brazil with 30 million and Germany with 26 million.

  CONTRACT SIZE	40,000 lbs.
  EXCHANGE	Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME)
  PRICE QUOTE	USD price of 1 lbs.
  TICKER SYMBOL	LH, GLOBEX: HE
  DETAILS	Contract specifications