Insights and Stories on Futures

Klassen: Feeder market shows resilience

Mar. 1, 2022 at 7:26 am CST

Compared to last week, western Canadian yearling markets traded $2-$3 on either side of unchanged. Calves in the range of 600-800 lbs. traded steady to $4 higher. Calves under 600 lbs. were $1-$2 higher in Alberta and Saskatchewan but traded $2-$3 lower in Manitoba. Alberta feedlot operators appeared to shrug […]

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle fall, feeder cattle lowest since November

Feb. 28, 2022 at 6:52 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Corn limit up on Russia-Ukraine supply fears

Feb. 28, 2022 at 4:35 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Wheat limit down as Ukraine conflict assessed

Feb. 25, 2022 at 7:10 pm CST

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: CME cattle down on lower cash prices

Feb. 25, 2022 at 6:58 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

Feed weekly outlook: Prices steady, but changes coming

Feb. 24, 2022 at 6:31 pm CST

MarketsFarm — With feed barley and wheat supplies on the verge of running out, prices remain firm, according to Mike Fleischhauer of Eagle Commodities in Lethbridge. “They’re on the positive side of stationary,” he said, noting prices could soon change following the Russian invasion of Ukraine on Thursday. “With what’s […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Wheat limit up after Russia invades Ukraine

Feb. 24, 2022 at 6:09 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures spiked by their daily trading limit on Thursday to their highest since mid-2012 and corn futures touched eight-month peaks after Russian forces attacked Ukraine, exacerbating worries over global grain supplies. Soyoil futures notched an all-time high on concerns about global vegetable oil supplies […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: CME cattle, hogs sink on profit-taking

Feb. 24, 2022 at 5:50 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange livestock futures tumbled on Thursday as profit-taking and long liquidation pressured prices following recent gains, analysts said. Lean hog futures pulled back from contract highs reached on Wednesday as traders monitored swings in the stock market after Russia invaded Ukraine. CME April hog […]

By Tom Polansek

CBOT weekly outlook: Russia-Ukraine tensions fuelling rallies

Feb. 23, 2022 at 6:16 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Russia’s incursion into Ukrainian territory, which has intensified an already tense standoff between Russia and the West, has had a bullish effect for grain prices on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) during the week ended Tuesday, according to Scott Capinegro of Barrington Commodity Brokers at Lake Barrington, […]

By Adam Peleshaty

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs tumble on profit-taking

Feb. 23, 2022 at 5:24 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures ended down sharply on Wednesday in a profit-taking setback following seven sessions of gains that took actively-traded nearby months to contract highs. A bearish U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) cold storage report on Tuesday showed larger frozen pork supplies, including […]

By Karl Plume