Insights and Stories on Futures

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle, lean hogs slide on recession worries

Sep. 23, 2022 at 7:18 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures fell to their lowest level since early August on Friday on fears of a global recession that could curb demand for commodities including beef, traders said. CME October live cattle settled down 0.6 cent at 144.25 cents/lb. and the most-active […]

U.S. grains: Wheat joins broad commodities weakness

Sep. 23, 2022 at 6:57 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME cattle, hogs sag on macroeconomic concerns

Sep. 22, 2022 at 7:34 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Wheat reaches two-month high on Ukraine worries

Sep. 22, 2022 at 5:01 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME hogs down on weak pork prices, macroeconomic fears

Sep. 21, 2022 at 7:53 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S, grains: Wheat climbs as Ukraine war escalation feared

Sep. 21, 2022 at 6:22 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures hit their highest in more than two months on Wednesday on fears of an escalation in the Ukraine war that has disrupted crucial Black Sea grain exports, but pared gains as worries about the health of the global economy pressured the wider commodities […]

By Julie Ingwersen

CBOT weekly outlook: War chatter part of market chaos

Sep. 21, 2022 at 4:35 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — With the daily talk about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Scott Capinegro, president of Barrington Commodities at Barrington, Ill., has a special term for its effects on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). “I call it the Putin rally,” he quipped, referring to Russian President Vladimir Putin, but lamenting […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Wheat up on new concerns for Black Sea supplies

Sep. 20, 2022 at 6:33 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago wheat futures climbed on Tuesday after a day-earlier slide, underpinned by renewed fears about Black Sea supplies, traders said. Soybeans and corn also firmed, supported by slower-than-expected progress in the U.S. harvest. The most-traded wheat contract on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) gained 63-1/4 […]

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle firm on strong cash trade

Sep. 20, 2022 at 6:24 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle strengthened on Tuesday, underpinned by strong cash markets and tight supplies of market-ready cattle, though recession fears limit gains, traders said. “We saw some pretty strong cash trade in the western corn belt yesterday,” said Alan Brugler, president of Brugler Marketing. […]

By Christopher Walljasper

Klassen: Weaker Canadian dollar supports feeder market

Sep. 20, 2022 at 9:32 am CDT

Compared to last week, western Canadian yearlings traded steady to $2 higher on average while calves traded $2 higher to $4 lower. The calf market was hard to define due to limited numbers while larger supplies of yearlings were on offer in Manitoba this past week. Alberta packers were buying […]

By Jerry Klassen