Insights and Stories on Closing Markets

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle end mostly firm

Mar. 1, 2017 at 4:16 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– Most Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed firmer on Wednesday, after investors sold April futures and simultaneously bought deferred months. Investors held off buying April futures despite strong wholesale beef values and steady-to-better cash price expectations for this week. April live cattle closed 0.35 cent/lb. […]

U.S. grains: Corn, soyoil climb on biofuels news

Feb. 28, 2017 at 6:27 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Funds, beef demand fuel CME live cattle rally

Feb. 28, 2017 at 3:47 pm CST

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn, soy fall after firming overnight

Feb. 27, 2017 at 6:21 pm CST

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle futures score 10-month high

Feb. 27, 2017 at 6:07 pm CST

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn hit two-week lows on long liquidation

Feb. 24, 2017 at 5:06 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell to a two-week low on Friday and corn hit a 2-1/2-week low on technical selling including fund long liquidation, analysts said. Soybeans closed modestly higher, bouncing after the spot March contract hit a six-week low. Chicago Board of Trade March wheat settled […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Profit-taking pressures cattle futures, boosts hogs

Feb. 24, 2017 at 4:04 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures were mostly lower on Friday while lean hog futures gained sharply as investors took profits in each livestock contract, traders and analysts said. Cattle fell after Thursday’s nearly four-week high and hogs rebounded from a roughly two-month low. “It’s just […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Hogs extend losses on cash expectations

Feb. 23, 2017 at 6:40 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures fell more than one per cent on Thursday, extending losses to their third straight session, on pressure from expectations for declines in Midwest cash hog markets, traders and analysts said. Lower wholesale pork prices this week, especially pork belly cuts, also weighed […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Soybeans at six-week low on U.S. acreage view

Feb. 23, 2017 at 6:33 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell to a six-week low on Thursday on expectations for a big South American harvest and an expansion in U.S. plantings this spring, analysts said. Corn futures fell on chart-based selling and wheat followed the weak trend. The Chicago Board of Trade March […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Soy at three-week low on South America crops

Feb. 22, 2017 at 4:56 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell to a three-week low on Wednesday and posted a fourth straight daily decline on strong South American harvest prospects and a lack of supportive news, analysts said. Corn and wheat futures closed higher as traders awaited direction from a U.S. Department of […]

By Julie Ingwersen