Insights and Stories of Heather Schlitz

U.S. Grains: Wheat ends up after hitting five-year low

Oct. 14, 2025 at 3:14 pm CDT

Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures ended higher on Tuesday after falling to a five-year low on abundant global supplies. Corn also higher, while soybeans end down.

Black Angus breed cattle in a feedlot or feed yard.

U.S. livestock: Feeder cattle hit contract highs on tight supply

Oct. 10, 2025 at 4:11 pm CDT

By Heather Schlitz

Exterior of the Chicago Board of Trade building.

U.S. grains: Soybeans tumble on doubts over U.S.-China trade progress

Oct. 10, 2025 at 3:48 pm CDT

By Heather Schlitz Reuters

View of cattle's backs through the bars of a gate.

U.S. livestock: Cattle rebound on technical buying

Oct. 3, 2025 at 4:22 pm CDT

By Heather Schlitz Reuters

Brown cattle seen on a green pasture with a blue sky and fluffy clouds.

U.S. livestock: CME cattle fall on profit-taking

Oct. 2, 2025 at 4:21 pm CDT

By Heather Schlitz Reuters

Chicago, Illinois, USA - March 28, 2022: Chicago Board of Trade office in Chicago. The Chicago Board of Trade is one of the world's oldest futures and options exchanges.

U.S. grains: Soybeans rebound as market weighs China prospects

Oct. 2, 2025 at 4:15 pm CDT

Chicago soybean futures ticked higher on Thursday, continuing the previous day’s rebound as the market assessed chances for a resumption in Chinese demand following comments by U.S. President Donald Trump.

By Heather Schlitz Reuters

U.S. livestock: Cattle choppy amid weak cash market, tight supply

Oct. 1, 2025 at 4:34 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures traded both sides of unchanged on Wednesday as mixed-to-weaker cash markets and a continued tight supply of cattle buffeted futures, analysts said. Industry experts said the U.S.-Mexico border is likely to be closed to cattle imports for the foreseeable future as […]

By Heather Schlitz Reuters

U.S. grains: Chicago grains, soy rebound after Trump announces meeting with Xi

Oct. 1, 2025 at 3:08 pm CDT

Chicago soy futures rebounded on Wednesday from below the psychological $10 threshold after U.S. President Donald Trump said soybeans will be a major topic of discussion when he meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping in four weeks.

By Heather Schlitz Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn fall on harvest pressure

Sep. 29, 2025 at 4:34 pm CDT

U.S. corn and soybean futures were lower on Monday in choppy trade, pressured by the expanding Midwest harvest of both crops, but uncertainty about quarterly government stocks data due on Tuesday kept a floor under prices, analysts said.

By Heather Schlitz Julie Ingwersen Reuters

U.S. livestock: Hog futures slide in technical correction

Sep. 29, 2025 at 4:28 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures ticked lower on Monday in a technical pullback after futures surged in the previous session, traders said. The U.S. Department of Agriculture in its quarterly Hogs and Pigs report on Thursday said the nation’s inventory on September 1 was 74.5 […]

By Heather Schlitz Reuters

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Insights and Stories of Heather Schlitz

U.S. Grains: Wheat ends up after hitting five-year low

U.S. livestock: Feeder cattle hit contract highs on tight supply

U.S. grains: Soybeans tumble on doubts over U.S.-China trade progress

U.S. livestock: Cattle rebound on technical buying

U.S. livestock: CME cattle fall on profit-taking

U.S. grains: Soybeans rebound as market weighs China prospects

U.S. livestock: Cattle choppy amid weak cash market, tight supply

U.S. grains: Chicago grains, soy rebound after Trump announces meeting with Xi

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn fall on harvest pressure

U.S. livestock: Hog futures slide in technical correction

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