# Livestock Analysis | Hogs, cattle forge sizable weekly losses - Pro Farmer

> April lean hog futures slid 70 cents to $83.675 on February 28 after a weekly drop of $4.00. The decline followed the Trump administration's announcement that tariffs on Mexican, Canadian and Chinese goods would take effect the following week, and those countries are three of the top five US pork importers.

- Date: 2025-02-28 · published 2025-02-28T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region US · magnitude high
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/10620-livestock-analysis-hogs-cattle-forge-sizable-weekly-losses-pro-farmer
- Commodities: [Lean Hogs](https://feedsoft.ai/c/HOGS.md)

## Why it matters

Fears of retaliatory tariffs or reduced purchases of US pork from the top importers pressure hog futures, with the downside depending on whether those countries respond with tariffs.

## Read by commodity

- HOGS: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| HOGS | 2025-02-27 | [Livestock Analysis \| Retaliatory tariff concerns sink hog futures - Pro Farmer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10617-livestock-analysis-retaliatory-tariff-concerns-sink-hog-futures-pro-farmer.md) | -1.7% | -0.4% |
| HOGS | 2018-07-17 | [U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs, live cattle end lower - AgCanada](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5218-u-s-livestock-cme-lean-hogs-live-cattle-end-lower-agcanada.md) | -10.7% | -26.8% |
| HOGS | 2020-01-29 | [U.S. livestock: Hogs, cattle sink to multi-month lows - Grainews](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6706-u-s-livestock-hogs-cattle-sink-to-multi-month-lows-grainews.md) | -8.8% | -4.5% |
| HOGS | 2018-07-18 | [U.S. livestock: CME cattle rise but hog futures weaken - Grainews](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5215-u-s-livestock-cme-cattle-rise-but-hog-futures-weaken-grainews.md) | -4.1% | -21.5% |
| HOGS | 2019-09-20 | [U.S. livestock: Hogs drop as China delegation cancels farm visits - AgCanada](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57226-u-s-livestock-hogs-drop-as-china-delegation-cancels-farm-visits-agcanada.md) | +0.3% | +9.7% |

## Sources

- profarmer.com: https://www.profarmer.com/pro-farmer-max/livestock-analysis/livestock-analysis-hogs-cattle-forge-sizable-weekly-losses

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