Insights and Stories on Closing Markets

U.S. livestock: Cash price caution pressures CME live cattle

Dec. 15, 2016 at 4:31 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed weaker on Thursday as investors wait for remaining slaughter-ready, or cash, cattle to change hands by Friday, traders said. December live cattle closed down 0.375 cent/lb. at 110.725 cents, and February was 0.425 cent lower at 113.275 cents (all […]

U.S. grains: Soybeans fall on Argentine rain view

Dec. 14, 2016 at 6:44 pm CST

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle slip on cash prices

Dec. 14, 2016 at 6:35 pm CST

U.S. grains: Corn hits five-month high

Dec. 13, 2016 at 7:05 pm CST

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Fund buying drives CME live cattle higher

Dec. 13, 2016 at 6:57 pm CST

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Soy falls on Argentine rain view

Dec. 12, 2016 at 4:50 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures weakened on Monday on forecasts for some much-needed rain in dry parts of Argentina’s growing areas, traders said. Wheat and corn futures closed higher, with wheat receiving support from improving export hopes for U.S. supplies, traders said. Both grains traded in negative territory […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle climb ahead of arctic blast

Dec. 12, 2016 at 4:43 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed higher on Monday, partly in anticipation of bone-chilling temperatures in the U.S. Plains and Midwest by week’s end, said traders. Extreme cold typically slows down weight gain in cattle, making them less available to packers. Also grocers tend to […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: CME hogs notch three-month high

Dec. 9, 2016 at 6:00 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures hit a three-month high on Friday, with help from buy stops and technical buying, traders said. December futures led advances after investors bought the contract and simultaneously sold deferred months. December hogs, which will expire on Wednesday, closed 1.05 cents/lb. […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Soy, corn jump on Argentine dryness

Dec. 9, 2016 at 4:48 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean and corn futures rose one per cent on Friday, buoyed by technical buying and concerns over dry growing conditions in Argentina in the wake of U.S. Department of Agriculture crop data at midday that was deemed neutral, traders said. Wheat futures also rallied at […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Soybeans down on profit-taking before USDA data

Dec. 8, 2016 at 5:14 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures dropped two per cent on Thursday, the steepest decline in 2-1/2 months, on profit-taking tied to lower veg oil prices and extended weather outlooks for rainfall in Argentina, traders and analysts said. U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination of Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt […]

By Michael Hirtzer