Insights and Stories on Futures

U.S. grains: Soybean, grain futures drop on expectation of positive crop report

Jul. 8, 2024 at 4:46 pm CDT

Chicago Board of Trade soybeans and corn futures on Monday dropped to around the lowest prices in four years, as traders expected a positive picture of U.S. crop progress from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in a report due later in the day.

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures lower, hogs mostly down on demand questions

Jul. 8, 2024 at 4:43 pm CDT

By P.J. Huffstutter Reuters

U.S. grains: US wheat futures up on strengthening demand

Jul. 5, 2024 at 3:30 pm CDT

By Heather Schlitz

U.S. livestock: Live cattle futures continue rally on steady demand

Jul. 5, 2024 at 3:27 pm CDT

By Heather Schlitz Reuters

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures end higher in light pre-holiday trade

Jul. 3, 2024 at 5:34 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybean futures recover from four-year low

Jul. 3, 2024 at 4:20 pm CDT

Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures rose on short covering on Wednesday after nearing a four-year low this week on concerns about large supplies and lackluster U.S. export demand, analysts said.

By Reuters Tom Polansek

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CBOT Weekly: Still at the behest of the weather

Jul. 3, 2024 at 2:04 pm CDT

United States corn and soybean crops continued to remain at whatever whims the weather brings, according to John Weyer of Walsh Commercial Hedging Services in Chicago.

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Corn, soy futures rise on technical trading, weather questions

Jul. 2, 2024 at 4:22 pm CDT

Chicago corn futures extended gains on Tuesday on short-covering and U.S. crop condition questions, while soybean prices also turned higher on technical trading and unfavorable weather in some soybean growing areas of the central U.S., traders said.

By P.J. Huffstutter Reuters

Klassen: Light volumes characterize feeder market

Jul. 2, 2024 at 9:36 am CDT

For the week ending June 29, Western Canadian yearling and calf markets were unchanged from seven days earlier. Many auction barns are in holiday mode and volumes were light, making the market hard to define. Late blooming stragglers and off grade calves were common.

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures lower, hogs higher, on month-end positioning

Jun. 28, 2024 at 4:59 pm CDT

Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures turned lower on Friday on technical trading, month-end positioning and ongoing concerns that high retail beef prices could chill consumer demand later this summer, traders said.

By P.J. Huffstutter Reuters