CME Group Sets New Volume Record in Lean Hog Futures and Options

Record volume in Lean Hog futures and options

CME Group announced that its Lean Hog futures and options reached a new daily volume record of 209,363 contracts on November 9, 2026, surpassing the previous record of 204,948 contracts traded on November 10, 2025. The announcement identifies the new daily total and the prior record, and positions the November 9, 2026 figure as the highest daily Lean Hog futures and options volume to date.

Livestock options record and company comment

In addition, CME Group's Livestock options reached a new daily volume record for options on November 5, 2026, with 136,923 contracts. "Steady supply and contracting demand have pushed Lean Hog prices to six-year lows, and market participants are turning to CME Group in record numbers to manage their risk," said John Ricci, Global Head of Agricultural Products at CME Group. "This price volatility is another example of why we remain focused on equipping clients with precise hedging tools to manage their risk in any market environment."

About CME Group

As the world's leading derivatives marketplace, CME Group ( www.cmegroup.com ) enables clients to trade futures, options, cash and OTC markets, optimize portfolios, and analyze data – empowering market participants worldwide to efficiently manage risk and capture opportunities. CME Group exchanges offer the widest range of global benchmark products across all major asset classes based on interest rates, equity indexes, foreign exchange, cryptocurrencies, energy, agricultural products and metals. The company offers futures and options on futures trading through the CME Globex platform, fixed income trading via BrokerTec and foreign exchange trading on the EBS platform. In addition, it operates one of the world's leading central counterparty clearing providers, CME Clearing.