Insights and Stories on Futures

U.S. livestock: CME cattle hit multi-month lows

Mar. 4, 2022 at 6:42 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures dropped to a six-month low and feeder cattle hit a nine-month low on Friday, while lean hog futures sank by the daily exchange-imposed trading limit. Follow-through selling pushed down cattle contracts after a string of losses in the markets, brokers […]

U.S. grains: CBOT wheat posts record weekly rise as Ukraine war drives volatility

Mar. 4, 2022 at 5:19 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Wheat extends run to 14-year high on Russia-Ukraine supply threat

Mar. 3, 2022 at 7:27 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle, feeder cattle sag to four-month lows

Mar. 3, 2022 at 7:06 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

ICE weekly outlook: Analyst sees sharp declines coming for canola

Mar. 2, 2022 at 7:12 pm CST

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

CBOT weekly outlook: Wheat futures in a war trading scenario

Mar. 2, 2022 at 6:03 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has roiled grain and oilseed markets, with the unprecedented situation likely to lead to volatile and choppy activity in wheat, corn and soybean futures for the time being. Chicago and Kansas City winter wheat contracts have posted the largest gains in response to the […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: CBOT wheat hits 14-year peak in volatile trading

Mar. 2, 2022 at 5:31 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures rose by their daily limit to a 14-year high on Wednesday as the war in Ukraine raised major concerns about grain supplies that will be available from the Black Sea region. Corn futures reached their highest price since December 2012, […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME feeder cattle firm, live cattle ease as grain markets roiled

Mar. 2, 2022 at 5:05 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange feeder cattle futures rose on Wednesday, and live cattle futures prices slipped for another session, as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continued to send agricultural commodity markets into a tailspin, traders said. But a whipsaw in prices for grains used for livestock feed weighed […]

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. grains: Chicago wheat limit up to 14-year peak

Mar. 1, 2022 at 6:52 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures soared by the daily limit to their highest level in almost 14 years on Tuesday as traders feared prolonged disruptions to global supplies following Russia’s invasion of fellow grain exporter Ukraine. Soyoil futures set an all-time high on worries over […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME feeder cattle hit four-month low

Mar. 1, 2022 at 6:47 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange feeder cattle futures dropped to a four-month low on Tuesday and live cattle futures eased as Wall Street tumbled, traders said. A surge in prices for grains used for livestock feed added pressure on feeder cattle, traders said. Corn and wheat futures each […]

By Tom Polansek