Insights and Stories of Sam Nelson

U.S. live cattle up as placements tumble

Oct. 22, 2012 at 5:30 pm CDT

U.S. live cattle futures closed higher on Monday following Friday’s U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) cattle-on-feed report that showed cattle placed in feedlots in September at a 16-year low, analysts and traders said. Feeder cattle futures were lower on waning demand for young cattle due to the lack of profit […]

U.S. soybeans fall, wheat pares gains on macro worries

Oct. 19, 2012 at 6:37 pm CDT

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U.S. soy jumps as U.S. harvest winds down

Oct. 18, 2012 at 7:06 pm CDT

By Sam Nelson

U.S. soy gains as dollar stays under pressure

Oct. 17, 2012 at 7:31 pm CDT

By Sam Nelson

U.S. soy firm on weak dollar, signs of China buying

Oct. 16, 2012 at 5:23 pm CDT

By Sam Nelson

China buys at least 295K tonnes of Canadian spring wheat

Oct. 16, 2012 at 2:41 pm CDT

China has purchased 295,000 tonnes of Canadian spring wheat over the past two weeks, Canadian industry sources with direct knowledge of the sales said, signaling China’s biggest appetite for the high-protein wheat in years. Some of the cargoes are expected to be delivered in November and others in January and […]

By Rod Nickel Sam Nelson

U.S. soy breaks below $15 mark

Oct. 15, 2012 at 5:47 pm CDT

U.S. soybean futures fell nearly two percent to a three-and-a-half-month low on Monday, breaking key technical support at the US$15 per bushel mark in a sell-off on anticipation of a bumper crop in South America and improving harvest yields in the United States. Soybeans are down 17 per cent, or […]

By Sam Nelson

U.S. cattle, hogs gain on robust cash

Oct. 2, 2012 at 8:13 pm CDT

U.S. cattle and hog futures rose on Tuesday on firm live and wholesale cash markets, while feeder cattle climbed on waning costs to feed livestock and on improved cattle grazing prospects in the southern U.S. Great Plains, analysts and traders said. Gains in each were once again slowed by cautious […]

By Sam Nelson

U.S. cattle up as beef firms

Oct. 1, 2012 at 6:50 pm CDT

U.S. cattle futures were higher on Monday as beef markets firmed and on signs the number of cattle offered to packers were waning while firm pork markets lifted hog futures, analysts and traders said. Feeder cattle futures gained on short-covering from Friday’s limit plunge after corn futures soared their limit […]

By Sam Nelson

Soaring corn drives U.S. feeder cattle down limit

Sep. 28, 2012 at 11:19 pm CDT

U.S. feeder cattle futures fell their daily three-cent-per-pound daily trading limit on Friday as corn soared by its 40-cent-per-bushel limit, traders and analysts said. Live cattle fell on weak cash cattle and beef markets and on hog/cattle spreading. Hog futures gained on the spread activity as traders bought hogs while […]

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