Insights and Stories on Futures

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle end mostly lower

Nov. 14, 2022 at 7:59 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) live cattle futures closed mostly lower on Monday on technical selling and worries about consumer demand for high-priced cuts of beef, traders said. Most-active CME February live cattle futures settled down 0.7 cent at 152.55 cents/lb. (all figures US$). Deferred contracts also […]

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn end lower as crude oil sags

Nov. 14, 2022 at 5:20 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Soy futures up on China COVID curbs, weakening U.S. dollar

Nov. 12, 2022 at 2:59 am CST

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. livestock: CME futures fall on grain rally

Nov. 12, 2022 at 2:23 am CST

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. grains: Chicago futures slide on profit taking, slumping dollar

Nov. 10, 2022 at 5:52 pm CST

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. livestock: CME cattle firm as grain markets pressured

Nov. 10, 2022 at 5:42 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Live cattle futures firmed at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) on Thursday, as grain markets came under pressure from investor profit-taking even as the U.S. dollar tumbled on news U.S consumer prices rose less than expected in October, brokers said. December live cattle settled 1.5 cents […]

By P.J. Huffstutter

ICE weekly outlook: Trader sees canola topping $900 mark soon

Nov. 9, 2022 at 7:43 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Despite surpassing the $900 per tonne mark at times during the week ended Wednesday, ICE Futures’ January canola contract never settled above that psychological level. Rising prices prior to the weekend later gave away to selling pressure after the weekend due to a correction in vegetable oil prices, […]

By Adam Peleshaty

CBOT weekly outlook: Rising U.S. corn, soy yields ‘a little surprising’

Nov. 9, 2022 at 7:22 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Updated estimates in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s monthly supply/demand report, released Wednesday, saw larger than expected increases to soybean and corn yield estimates in the country. However, that data did little to move the markets, with the commodities likely stuck in a sideways range for the time […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle settle lower as Wall Street slides

Nov. 9, 2022 at 6:47 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Live cattle futures slipped at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) on Wednesday as the market came under pressure from steep losses in equities and a lack of supportive news, brokers said. December live cattle settled 1.475 cents lower at 151.575 cents/lb. (all figures US$). February live […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Wheat drops as USDA raises global supply view

Nov. 9, 2022 at 6:33 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell on Wednesday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) unexpectedly raised its global supply outlook in a monthly report, citing larger crops in Australia, the U.K. and Kazakhstan that offset lower Argentine and EU production. A firmer U.S. dollar also weighed on […]

By Karl Plume