Insights and Stories on Futures

U.S. livestock: Live cattle hit two-month high

Jun. 15, 2021 at 7:12 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) live cattle futures rose more than two per cent on Tuesday, setting a two-month high as deferred prices for corn, the main feed grain for cattle, continued to fall, traders said. CME benchmark August live cattle futures settled up 2.625 cents at […]

U.S. grains: Soy eases on improved weather view

Jun. 15, 2021 at 5:07 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

Klassen: Feeder market heating up

Jun. 14, 2021 at 9:38 pm CDT

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures climb as corn prices cool

Jun. 14, 2021 at 7:16 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Corn, soy sag as crop weather outlook improves

Jun. 14, 2021 at 6:24 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Corn, soy drop; soyoil limit-down

Jun. 11, 2021 at 7:03 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and soybean futures eased and soyoil futures plunged by their daily trading limit on Friday on concerns about demand for renewable fuel feedstocks after news the White House was considering offering fuel refiners relief from biofuel blending mandates. The Reuters report that the U.S. […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: Cattle gain on strong packer margins

Jun. 11, 2021 at 6:53 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) cattle futures firmed on Friday on strong beef plant margins and good demand from packers for fed cattle, traders said. Cash beef prices have flattened after a prolonged run higher, but packers continue to make a large profit on each animal slaughtered. […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs end mostly higher

Jun. 10, 2021 at 6:37 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) lean hog futures were mostly higher on Thursday on elevated pork prices and strong demand, although profit-taking clipped some of the gains, traders said. Lightly traded June hog futures climbed to the highest for a spot month contract in nearly seven years. […]

By Karl Plume

ICE weekly outlook: Canola market pits weather against supplies

Jun. 9, 2021 at 6:36 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — As dry conditions remained prevalent across the Canadian Prairies and U.S. northern Plains, despite recent precipitation, the markets were in a struggle between the weather and tightening supplies, according to Winnipeg analyst Wayne Palmer of Exceed Grain. So far for the week of June 7, central and northern […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

CBOT weekly outlook: Wet weather pressures markets ahead of USDA report

Jun. 9, 2021 at 6:12 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — After hot and dry weather sent corn and soybean prices climbing higher in early June, much-needed rains brought bids down at the Chicago Board of Trade on Wednesday. Weather accounted for “90 per cent” of the pricing influence, according to Sean Lusk, vice-president of the commercial hedging division […]

By Adam Peleshaty