Insights and Stories on Futures

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures dip in technical, profit-taking pullback

Aug. 9, 2022 at 5:30 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures fell on Tuesday in a technical-selling and profit-taking setback from 3-1/2 month highs posted in the prior session. Sharply lower feeder cattle futures amid higher corn feed costs put further pressure on live cattle contracts, as both livestock markets took […]

U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans gain as U.S. crop ratings decline

Aug. 9, 2022 at 4:22 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures up with cash prices, tightening supplies

Aug. 8, 2022 at 6:54 pm CDT

By Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans slip after Midwest rains

Aug. 8, 2022 at 3:04 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

Speculative net short position grows in canola

Jul. 23, 2022 at 5:21 am CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures end higher on firm beef prices

Jul. 22, 2022 at 7:41 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed higher on Friday, supported by strong beef prices and positioning ahead of U.S. government reports released after the close of the market, traders said. CME August live cattle futures settled up 1.65 cents at 137.375 cents/lb. and most-active October […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Wheat falls six per cent on Ukraine grain export deal

Jul. 22, 2022 at 6:21 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell nearly six per cent on Friday to their lowest level since February after Russia and Ukraine signed a landmark deal to reopen Ukrainian Black Sea ports for grain exports, traders said. Corn fell almost two per cent on the news but soybean […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Hog futures end mixed

Jul. 21, 2022 at 7:42 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures closed mixed on Thursday, with the front August contract gaining against back months as a heat wave in the Midwest and Plains helped support nearby cash hog prices, traders said. CME August lean hog futures settled up 1.425 cents at […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Corn, soy, wheat fall on weather, Ukraine sea pact

Jul. 21, 2022 at 6:12 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures fell to two-week lows and new-crop soybeans hit a six-month low on Thursday on improving crop weather in the Midwest and news of a deal to restart Ukraine’s Black Sea grain exports, traders said. Wheat futures declined after choppy trade. All three markets […]

By Julie Ingwersen

ICE weekly outlook: Benign weather weighs on canola

Jul. 21, 2022 at 2:25 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — ICE Futures canola contracts were seeing choppy activity in mid-July but were under pressure overall, closing at their weakest levels in six months on Wednesday. Relatively favourable Prairie weather, speculative long-liquidation, and pressure from outside markets all weighed on values with more losses likely if no weather concerns […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin