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U.S. grains: Chicago wheat futures dip as short-covering rally fades

May. 22, 2025 at 4:45 pm CDT

Chicago wheat futures fell on Thursday as a short-covering rally earlier this week that took prices to a one-month peak petered out, with traders seeing limited threats to Northern Hemisphere crops despite adverse weather concerns.

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures climb ahead of Memorial Day holiday weekend

May. 22, 2025 at 4:41 pm CDT

By P.J. Huffstutter Reuters

A group of cattle in an Alberta feedlot in the summer.

U.S. livestock: Live cattle futures climb as wholesale US beef prices firm

May. 21, 2025 at 4:09 pm CDT

By P.J. Huffstutter Reuters

Exterior of the Chicago Board of Trade building.

U.S. grains: Chicago wheat futures prices surge amid weaker dollar, short-covering

May. 21, 2025 at 2:58 pm CDT

By P.J. Huffstutter 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: Wheat extends rally on crop rating drop, Chinese heat wave concerns

May. 20, 2025 at 4:09 pm CDT

By P.J. Huffstutter Reuters

U.S. livestock: Chicago hogs, cattle mixed

May. 20, 2025 at 3:50 pm CDT

Chicago cattle and lean hog futures ended mixed on Wednesday even as consumer demand remained strong ahead of Memorial Day.

By Geralyn Wichers

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures, beef boxes recover some losses

May. 16, 2025 at 3:27 pm CDT

Glacier FarmMedia | MarketsFarm – Cattle contracts on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange made small gains on Friday, providing little relief at the end of a tough week. The August live cattle contract gained US$0.900 per hundredweight to close at US$206.750. Meanwhile, August feeder cattle saw an increase of US$1.775/cwt. to […]

By Adam Peleshaty

U.S. livestock: Futures fall, boxed beef prices up

May. 15, 2025 at 3:20 pm CDT

Cattle futures tumbled farther off the contract highs hit earlier in the week on Thursday. Profit taking, as well as comments from Tyson Foods CEO Donnie King that cattle herds were “very close” to a rebuild at a conference on Wednesday, caused August live cattle futures to fall and that […]

By Adam Peleshaty

U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures backtrack from record highs

May. 14, 2025 at 5:38 pm CDT

Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle and feeder cattle futures tumbled on Wednesday after climbing to records on dwindling U.S. supplies.

By Reuters Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Soybeans hit nearly 10-month high on biofuel and trade hopes

May. 14, 2025 at 3:30 pm CDT

Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures set a nearly 10-month high on Wednesday as the truce in the U.S.-China tariff dispute and a proposal to extend a U.S. biofuel tax credit boosted hopes for demand.

By Reuters Tom Polansek