By Julie Ingwersen CHICAGO, Dec 1 (Reuters) – Hog futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) closed lower on Monday as technical-driven selling and declines in Wall Street stocks outweighed early support linked to optimism over U.S. pork exports, traders said. Traders have been monitoring an outbreak of African swine fever in Spain, one of the world’s biggest pork exporters. The wild boar outbreak in Barcelona prompted several countries, including major buyer China, to halt imports of Spanish pork on Friday, potentially creating an opportunity for US supplies. However, Spain received confirmation from China on Monday that it can resume exporting pork from its other regions. Spain’s Agriculture Minister Luis Planas said on Saturday that about one-third of the country’s pork export certificates had been blocked because of the outbreak, although no farms had tested positive so far. Pork farms within a 20 km radius of the initial infection site face operating and sales restrictions. CME February lean hog futures were down 0.700 cents at 80.300 cents a pound, having eased to 82.125 cents after an early climb. Market players were trying to sort out the impact of the outbreak in Spain, traders said. Technical selling pressured futures to session lows late in the day, they said. The U.S. Department of Agriculture priced hog carcasses at $94.79 per hundredweight Monday afternoon, up $0.57 from Friday. Cattle futures ended lower and consolidated after higher closes on Wednesday and Friday. Traders were waiting to see where cash cattle would trade after last week’s cash sales at $215 to $220 per cwt in Kansas and Texas. CME February live cattle fell 1.925 cents to 215.925 cents per pound, staying within Friday’s trading range. January feeder cattle fell by 2,900 cents at 312,075 cents per pound. The USDA priced choice beef Monday afternoon at $368.89 per cwt, up $2.07 from Friday. Certain cuts jumped $6.83 to $357.88 per cwt. (Reporting by Julie Ingwersen in Chicago Editing by Matthew Lewis)