Insights and Stories on Futures

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle retreat from one-month high

Oct. 18, 2021 at 7:12 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed lower on Monday, hit by profit-taking and technical selling after the benchmark December contract hit a one-month high on Friday, traders said. A stronger close in corn futures pressured feeder cattle futures. CME December live cattle futures settled down […]

U.S. grains: Corn climbs on export data, acreage worries

Oct. 18, 2021 at 6:00 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

Prairie cash wheat: CWRS bids up with U.S. futures

Oct. 15, 2021 at 6:18 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Corn, soy bounce on technical buying, potential export demand

Oct. 15, 2021 at 5:01 pm CDT

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures mixed

Oct. 15, 2021 at 4:52 pm CDT

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. livestock: Chicago cattle firm on export demand

Oct. 14, 2021 at 5:25 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live and feeder cattle futures firmed on Thursday, as relatively steady cash cattle prices offset higher feed costs weighing on the feeder market, traders said. Meanwhile, lean hog futures continued to slide on a seasonal trend of robust supplies, even as hog slaughter […]

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. grains: Futures see ‘dead cat bounce’

Oct. 14, 2021 at 5:12 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago corn and soybean futures prices crept up on Thursday, finding chart support after sharp losses over the past two sessions on higher-than-expected U.S. grain supply forecasts. It has been a rocky week for the corn and soybean markets. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) on […]

By P.J. Huffstutter

ICE weekly outlook: Canola still rangebound

Oct. 13, 2021 at 5:04 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — ICE Futures canola contracts held rangebound during the week ended Wednesday, climbing to their strongest levels in two months at one point before running into resistance and retreating to trade well off those highs. “We’re still stuck in a trading range,” said Keith Ferley of RBC Dominion Securities […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Corn, soy futures fall on big grain stocks, export pace

Oct. 13, 2021 at 4:47 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago corn futures dipped to a four-week low on Wednesday as the grain markets continued to feel pressure from higher than expected forecasts of U.S. supplies, traders said. Soybean futures fell further, a day after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) projected U.S. soybean and corn […]

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. livestock: CME hogs near three-week low amid ample supply

Oct. 13, 2021 at 4:41 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures fell to their lowest prices in about three weeks on Wednesday amid pressure from plentiful supplies, analysts said. Live cattle and feeder cattle futures also finished lower at CME. Hog supplies tend to increase in the autumn, pushing more pork […]

By Tom Polansek