Insights and Stories on Closing Markets

U.S. grains: Chicago soybeans, corn and wheat futures stumble on farmer sales, weekly dollar gains

Jan. 3, 2025 at 4:18 pm CST

Chicago soybean, wheat and corn futures tumbled on Friday as a flurry of farmer sales and a strong dollar weighed on the market, analysts said.

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures rise sharply on low inventory

Jan. 2, 2025 at 5:47 pm CST

By Renee Hickman Reuters

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U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn rise in choppy trading on South American weather concerns

Jan. 2, 2025 at 5:01 pm CST

By Renee Hickman Reuters

U.S. livestock: Lean hog futures fall on year-end position squaring, demand doubts

Dec. 31, 2024 at 5:00 pm CST

By Renee Hickman Reuters

U.S. grains: Chicago soy, grain futures settle up, but fall for the year

Dec. 31, 2024 at 4:37 pm CST

By Renee Hickman Reuters

U.S. livestock: Lean hog futures fall on domestic, export demand uncertainty

Dec. 30, 2024 at 5:57 pm CST

Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) lean hog futures fell to two-month lows on Monday, hit by profit-taking and growing uncertainty over domestic and export demand in the coming months, market analysts said.

By Renee Hickman Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn falls on profit-taking after reaching 6-month high

Dec. 30, 2024 at 5:52 pm CST

Chicago Board of Trade corn futures turned lower on profit-taking after the benchmark contract Cv1 hit a six-month high in choppy trade ahead of the year's end, market analysts said.

By Renee Hickman Reuters

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures rise on strong beef, cash cattle markets

Dec. 27, 2024 at 6:22 pm CST

Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) live cattle futures ended higher on Friday, buoyed by rising wholesale beef prices and firm cash cattle markets, traders said.

By Julie Ingwersen Reuters

U.S. grains: US corn futures climb to 6-month top, wheat firms, soy sags

Dec. 27, 2024 at 5:06 pm CST

U.S. corn futures hit a six-month high on Friday on stronger-than-expected weekly export sales data and supportive chart signals, analysts said.

By Julie Ingwersen Reuters

ICE canola futures jump on speculative buying

Dec. 24, 2024 at 4:15 pm CST

Canola's rise comes as buyers have moved in while farmers have backed off sales. Farmers tend to sell less in the last weeks of December if their fiscal year ends on Dec. 31, and then sell more heavily in early January.

By Reuters