Insights and Stories on Closing Markets

U.S. grains: Corn, wheat fall for second day on harvest, ample supply

Sep. 16, 2015 at 4:45 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. grains were lower on Wednesday, with both corn and wheat easing about one per cent for their second straight session of declines on pressure from the advancing corn harvest and plentiful global grain supplies. Soybeans reversed from earlier gains to turn narrowly lower, in light […]

U.S. livestock: CME hogs climb as cash prices firm

Sep. 15, 2015 at 4:12 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Corn extends run to one-month top on USDA yield cut

Sep. 14, 2015 at 4:54 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Short-covering pares early CME live cattle losses

Sep. 14, 2015 at 4:47 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Drops in cash, beef prices topple CME live cattle futures

Sep. 11, 2015 at 4:07 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Soy shakes off 6-year low, corn jumps on U.S. crop fears

Sep. 11, 2015 at 4:03 pm CDT

Chicago/Reuters – U.S. soybean futures bounced on Friday after a surprise increase in the Department of Agriculture’s autumn harvest forecast knocked prices to six-year lows. Corn futures neared one-month highs after the USDA, in a monthly report, reduced its production estimate, igniting supply concerns. Traders are focused on the size […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Corn tops one-week high on expectation for harvest cut

Sep. 10, 2015 at 6:21 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. grain and soybean futures edged higher on Thursday, with corn topping a one-week high, on expectations that the U.S. Agriculture Department will trim its domestic harvest estimates in highly anticipated reports due out on Friday. Analysts expect USDA, in the monthly reports, to cut its […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle fade with cash price hopes

Sep. 10, 2015 at 6:15 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle posted modest losses on Thursday in anticipation of possibly lower prices for market-ready, or cash, cattle on Friday, traders said. Spot-October closed down 0.025 cent/lb. to 142.95 cents, and December 0.375 cent lower at 144.7 (all figures US$). Cash bids in […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Soy drops on stable crop ratings, poor export demand

Sep. 9, 2015 at 5:02 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. soybean futures dipped on Wednesday on better-than-expected U.S. crop ratings and concerns about sluggish export demand. Wheat futures also declined, while corn traded near unchanged. Soybeans pulled back after rising on Tuesday on expectations that the U.S. Agriculture Department would cut its condition ratings for […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Profit-taking trims CME live cattle gains

Sep. 9, 2015 at 4:56 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle closed lower on Wednesday, after profit-taking and cash price uncertainty turned back initial advances, traders said. Spot-October closed 0.5 cent/lb. lower at 142.975 cents, and December dropped 0.7 cent to 145.075 (all figures US$). Packers have not bid for market-ready (cash) […]

By Theopolis Waters