Insights and Stories on Closing Markets

U.S. grains: Soybeans bounce from six-year low

Aug. 20, 2015 at 5:20 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rebounded from near six-year lows on Thursday in a short-covering bounce and as weekly government data showed solid soybean and soymeal export sales last week. Corn edged higher, hovering close to last session’s one-week peak after field reports from an annual crop tour […]

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle rise with cash bids

Aug. 20, 2015 at 5:13 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Soybeans drop to near six-year low on rains

Aug. 19, 2015 at 7:55 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: Fallen cash prices rattle CME live cattle

Aug. 19, 2015 at 7:49 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Soybeans drop on rainy U.S. Midwest outlook

Aug. 18, 2015 at 5:38 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: Cash price caution weakens CME live cattle, hogs

Aug. 18, 2015 at 5:23 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures lost modest ground on Tuesday, weakened by profit-taking while investors awaited direction from the afternoon’s cash prices, traders said. The spot-October contract closed 0.15 cent/lb. lower at 66.125 cents, and December down 0.05 cent at 62.25 (all figures US$). Prices […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Firm cash, pork prices lift CME hogs

Aug. 17, 2015 at 4:14 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures closed higher on Monday, supported by the morning’s cash and wholesale pork price gains, traders said. The spot-October contract closed 0.95 cent/lb. higher at 66.275, and December up 0.35 cent at 62.3 cents (all figures US$). Monday morning’s average cash […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle sag with initial cash prices

Aug. 14, 2015 at 5:34 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures finished lower on Friday after traders pocketed profits following lower preliminary prices for market-ready (cash) cattle, traders said. Spot-August futures closed down 0.4 cent/lb. at 148.45 cents, and October one cent lower at 146.85 cents (all figures US$). Cash cattle […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Soybeans resume slide, register big weekly loss

Aug. 14, 2015 at 3:00 pm CDT

Winnipeg | Reuters –– U.S. soybean futures dropped on Friday as favourable rains were expected to move into the U.S. Midwest, finishing with a big weekly loss. An unexpected increase to the U.S. harvest outlook on Wednesday hung over the market, after soybeans, wheat and corn all rebounded in the […]

By Rod Nickel

U.S. grains: Grains, soy stabilize a day after USDA-led tumble

Aug. 13, 2015 at 7:17 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures rose two per cent on Thursday, recovering after a nearly three per cent drop a day earlier when bearish data in a monthly U.S. government crop report sent grain markets tumbling. Soybean and corn futures staged modest rebounds, one day after the U.S. […]

By Julie Ingwersen