Insights and Stories on Futures

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures steady as investors eye supplies

Aug. 5, 2020 at 6:30 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. cattle futures steadied on Wednesday, with investors unwilling to push the market above recent highs due to plentiful supplies. Some producer hedging also was noted, traders said. “Everybody is a little too bulled up,” said Larry Hicks at Cattlehedging.com. “Everybody thinks we have worked through […]

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn futures firm

Aug. 5, 2020 at 3:57 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Crop expectations spark sell-off in corn, soy futures

Aug. 4, 2020 at 7:26 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures snap winning streak on profit-taking

Aug. 4, 2020 at 7:12 pm CDT

By Reuters

Klassen: Strong demand underpins yearlings

Aug. 4, 2020 at 7:43 am CDT

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. grains: Wheat futures fall on U.S. export woes

Aug. 4, 2020 at 7:04 am CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures dropped two per cent on Monday as rising expectations for harvests in Russia and Australia cast a shadow over already weak demand prospects for U.S. supplies, traders said. “Even though our prices are low, we are still being undersold,” said Al Kluis, managing […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures extend winning streak

Aug. 4, 2020 at 3:45 am CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures firmed on Monday, with fund buying sparking the gains due to expected strength in the cash markets, traders said. “The trade continues to feel that the cash market has bottomed,” said Don Roose of U.S. Commodities. “It continues to feel that the […]

By Reuters

Klassen: Feeder cattle market drawing attention

Jul. 28, 2020 at 9:25 am CDT

Compared to last week, Western Canadian yearling prices were $2 to $4 higher while calf markets traded $2 to $4 on either side of unchanged. U.S. prices were also up $2 to $4 which lent support to Canadian domestic values. Volumes remain thin across the prairies; many producers are busy […]

By Jerry Klassen

Prairie cash wheat: Bids broadly lower

Jul. 24, 2020 at 7:20 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Wheat bids in Western Canada were broadly lower during the week ended Thursday, with double-digit losses observed in Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) and Canada Prairie Spring Red (CPSR) wheats. Canada Western Amber Durum (CWAD) had moderate declines. Average CWRS (13.5 per cent protein) wheat prices were down […]

By MarketsFarm Team

U.S. grains: Soybeans ease on China tensions

Jul. 24, 2020 at 6:28 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago soybeans softened on Friday as optimism over Chinese buying in the United States was tempered by political tensions between the two economic heavyweights. Corn ended lower on strong crop conditions, while wheat rose on hopes of new U.S. export sales with the dollar remaining low. […]

By Christopher Walljasper