Insights and Stories on Closing Markets

U.S. grains: Soybeans, grains slip to big weekly losses

Dec. 23, 2016 at 1:39 pm CST

Winnipeg/Reuters – Soybeans, corn and wheat prices slipped on Friday in a shortened trading session before the Christmas holiday and registered big weekly losses, weighed down by hefty global supplies. Chicago wheat futures fell to contract lows, also pressured by warming U.S. temperatures that eased crop damage concerns, while soybeans […]

U.S. grains: Soybeans hit new one-month low as rains head for Argentina

Dec. 22, 2016 at 4:41 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle again hits 4-month high on cash prices

Dec. 22, 2016 at 3:51 pm CST

By Theopolis Waters

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

Dec. 21, 2016 at 6:13 pm CST

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Soybeans rise from one-month low

Dec. 21, 2016 at 3:10 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Soybeans stumble on South America’s crop prospects

Dec. 20, 2016 at 4:30 pm CST

Reuters — U.S. soybean futures tumbled to a nearly one-month low on Tuesday, as rain in Argentina’s dry crop belts kept South America on track for a bumper harvest. Chicago corn and wheat also ticked lower, under pressure from a stronger U.S. dollar and technical selling. The most active soybean […]

By Rod Nickel

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs snap four-session win streak

Dec. 20, 2016 at 4:23 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs on Tuesday settled lower for the first time in five sessions, hit by profit-taking and weaker cash prices before packing plants close over the Christmas holiday, traders said. February hogs ended 2.1 cents/lb. lower at 64 cents, and April 1.2 cents […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Soy, corn weaker on Argentina rains, profit-taking

Dec. 19, 2016 at 5:10 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean, corn and wheat futures eased on Monday, weighed down by profit-taking and expectations for more crop-friendly rainfall in Argentina. Wheat futures retraced early gains despite bitter cold temperatures in the U.S. which left dormant plants vulnerable to damage. Chicago Board of Trade soybeans notched […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle mostly firmer

Dec. 19, 2016 at 5:04 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures settled mostly higher on Monday after investors sold the December contract and simultaneously bought deferred months in a market strategy known as bear-spreading, said traders. The spreads, along with modest positioning before Friday’s U.S. Department of Agriculture monthly Cattle on […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Soybeans rise on export deal

Dec. 16, 2016 at 5:10 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures firmed on Friday, as a fresh export deal highlighted the robust overseas demand for the oilseed and also supported by lingering concerns about dry conditions in Argentina, traders said. Wheat futures were flat, retracing losses late in the session on a round of […]

By Mark Weinraub