Insights and Stories on Futures

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle up with boxed beef prices

Dec. 19, 2022 at 6:29 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — CME Group live cattle futures finished higher on Monday as rising boxed beef prices signaled there is demand in the market, brokers said. Choice cuts of boxed beef rose by $1, to $263.83 per hundredweight, after climbing by $8.53 on Friday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture […]

U.S. grains: Rains in drought-hit Argentina pressure CBOT futures

Dec. 19, 2022 at 5:02 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Hog futures up off two-month low

Dec. 16, 2022 at 5:28 pm CST

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Corn, wheat futures fall on fund selling

Dec. 16, 2022 at 5:09 pm CST

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Hog, cattle futures fall on poor demand outlook

Dec. 15, 2022 at 5:16 pm CST

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Soy futures fall despite strong exports

Dec. 15, 2022 at 3:42 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures fell on Thursday on concerns that a firm dollar and a weakening global economy could slow the robust pace of exports that has supported prices since harvest, traders said. Wheat futures were strong on a round of bargain buying following […]

By Mark Weinraub

ICE weekly outlook: Canola trade’s focus on South America

Dec. 14, 2022 at 7:55 pm CST

MarketsFarm — ICE Futures canola contracts held relatively rangebound during the week ended Wednesday, looking for some direction to push values one way or the other. “We’re just watching South American weather now,” said Jaimie Wilton, commodities futures specialist with RJ O’Brien in Winnipeg, pointing to the drought in Argentina […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

CBOT weekly outlook: South America’s dry weather affecting soy complex

Dec. 14, 2022 at 7:38 pm CST

MarketsFarm — The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s world agricultural supply and demand estimates (WASDE) report last week is taking a back seat to drought concerns in South America, according to a Chicago grains analyst. Terry Reilly from Futures International said Friday’s WASDE report had very little effect on the Chicago […]

By Adam Peleshaty

U.S. livestock: December live cattle down off 7-1/2-year high

Dec. 14, 2022 at 4:25 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — CME Group live cattle futures dropped on a round of profit taking after the front-month contract rose to its highest since June 2015 early in the session. Concerns about a winter storm damaging herds in the U.S. Plains provided support to cattle futures overnight. While supply […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Corn, wheat futures ease

Dec. 14, 2022 at 4:02 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and wheat futures fell on Wednesday after hitting 11-day highs a day earlier as traders waited for more bullish news before pushing grain prices above those recent peaks. Soybeans were firm, shedding overnight weakness, with investors hoping that export demand for U.S. supplies of […]

By Mark Weinraub