# Live Cattle Follow Skyrocketing Cash, JBS Plant Strike Ending: Hogs Rally on FMD in China - AgWeb

> Live cattle futures rose toward contract highs after cash cattle traded sharply higher, with southern cash at $245 to $246. Hogs rallied on foot-and-mouth disease reported in China, and a JBS plant strike in Colorado was ending.

- Date: 2026-04-06 · published 2026-04-06T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/10268-live-cattle-follow-skyrocketing-cash-jbs-plant-strike-ending-hogs-rally-on-fmd
- Commodities: [Lean Hogs](https://feedsoft.ai/c/HOGS.md), [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Foot-and-mouth disease in China may lift demand for U.S. pork and support lean hog prices, while cash strength and a strike resolution point to firmer cattle prices.

## Read by commodity

- HOGS: bullish ▲
- LCATTLE: bullish ▲

## Linked price moves

| Commodity | Date | Window | Change % | z-score | Why linked |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LCATTLE | 2026-04-06 | 1 | +2.3% | 3.4 | Sharply higher cash cattle ($245-246) and the JBS strike ending pulled live cattle futures toward contract highs on 2026-04-06, directly matching the move. |

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| HOGS | 2021-09-29 | [CME hog futures pause after rally; cattle futures end lower \| Financial Post](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45205-cme-hog-futures-pause-after-rally-cattle-futures-end-lower-financial-post.md) | +0.4% | -15.6% |
| HOGS | 2021-02-08 | [China's hog futures, company stocks rally on disease outbreaks](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48625-china-s-hog-futures-company-stocks-rally-on-disease-outbreaks.md) | +4.5% | +20.2% |
| HOGS | 2020-02-20 | [U.S. livestock: Hogs weaken on profit taking, cattle mixed - Manitoba Co-operator](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12066-u-s-livestock-hogs-weaken-on-profit-taking-cattle-mixed-manitoba-co-operator.md) | -1.3% | -4.9% |
| HOGS | 2021-03-05 | [New African swine fever variants kill millions of pigs in China, devastating herd rebuild plan](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47988-new-african-swine-fever-variants-kill-millions-of-pigs-in-china-devastating.md) | +4.2% | +15.9% |
| HOGS | 2019-03-29 | [Hog prices rise sharply in the U.S. after new data shows toll of African swine fever on China's herd](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60241-hog-prices-rise-sharply-in-the-u-s-after-new-data-shows-toll-of-african-swine.md) | +3.0% | +12.5% |
| LCATTLE | 2025-06-02 | [How flesh-eating screwworms in cattle could raise US beef prices \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24157-how-flesh-eating-screwworms-in-cattle-could-raise-us-beef-prices-reuters.md) | +3.1% | +3.0% |
| LCATTLE | 2024-05-23 | [Cattle Extended Rally on Wednesday - IBest Media](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6975-cattle-extended-rally-on-wednesday-ibest-media.md) | +0.2% | +1.9% |
| LCATTLE | 2025-07-01 | [Low inventory, high prices, rising threats are all part of current cattle industry - Agweek \| #1 source for agriculture news, farming, markets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6103-low-inventory-high-prices-rising-threats-are-all-part-of-current-cattle.md) | -1.3% | +3.0% |

## Sources

- agweb.com: https://www.agweb.com/markets/market-analysis/live-cattle-follow-skyrocketing-cash-jbs-plant-strike-ending-hogs-rally-f

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