Insights and Stories on Futures

U.S. grains: Wheat up off nearly four-week low

Jan. 5, 2023 at 5:54 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures turned higher on short-covering and bargain buying on Thursday after dropping to their lowest price in almost four weeks, analysts said. Corn and soybeans set two-week lows as concerns about demand and economic headwinds, including the impact of surging COVID-19 […]

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs touch three-week low

Jan. 5, 2023 at 5:47 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

ICE weekly outlook: Sideways canola market watching macros

Jan. 4, 2023 at 8:20 pm CST

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. livestock: CME hogs weaken, cattle rise as winter storms hit

Jan. 4, 2023 at 7:39 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn futures hit two-week lows on demand concerns

Jan. 4, 2023 at 5:59 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn, soybeans sag as traders reduce risk in new year

Jan. 3, 2023 at 7:51 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) grain and soybean futures closed lower on Tuesday as the dollar rallied and broad-based selling hit a range of markets, analysts said. Oil prices also tumbled, pressured by a gloomy economic outlook, while U.S. stocks struggled. Gains in the dollar made […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME cattle, hog futures near two-week lows in broad selloff

Jan. 3, 2023 at 7:43 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — CME Group livestock futures hit their lowest prices in about two weeks on Tuesday on profit-taking and widespread selling that dragged down commodity and financial markets, analysts said. Traders booked profit in live cattle after the most-active contract reached a fresh high on Thursday, brokers said. […]

By Tom Polansek

Klassen: Feeder market to start 2023 on firm tone

Jan. 3, 2023 at 1:48 pm CST

There were no market reports last week due to the holiday season; however, I still received a few calls from cattle producers regarding the feeder market outlook for the first quarter of 2023. The feeder market finished 2022 at 52-week highs. Steers averaging 500 lbs. were readily trading over the […]

By Jerry Klassen

Prairie cash wheat: Bids lower despite supportive factors

Dec. 30, 2022 at 8:04 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Despite concerns related to cold weather in the U.S., war in Ukraine and rising numbers of COVID-19 infections in China, most western Canadian wheat bids were lower for the week ended Thursday. Profit-taking in wheat futures was evident on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), as March contracts […]

By Adam Peleshaty

U.S. grains: Soybeans post fourth straight annual gain on supply concerns

Dec. 30, 2022 at 4:04 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago soybeans rose on Friday and posted a sharp yearly rise, amid strong export demand and as drought in major exporter Argentina keeping the focus on supply tensions in the oilseed market. Concerns over drought in Argentina, the world’s largest exporter of soyoil and soymeal, and […]

By P.J. Huffstutter