Insights and Stories on Futures

U.S. livestock: Live cattle end firm as bird flu selloff seen overdone

Apr. 4, 2024 at 7:09 pm CDT

Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures firmed on Thursday in a bargain-buying rebound from the prior session's two-month lows, as some investors deemed the recent drop in prices to be overdone.

U.S. grains: Soybeans sink on weak US export sales, lower soyoil prices

Apr. 4, 2024 at 4:45 pm CDT

By Renee Hickman Reuters

U.S. grains: Cattle end lower on beef demand concerns, hogs higher

Apr. 3, 2024 at 5:24 pm CDT

By Karl Plume Reuters

Exterior of the Chicago Board of Trade building.

U.S. grains: Technical buying lifts grains, soy as US Midwest planting season nears

Apr. 3, 2024 at 5:13 pm CDT

By Renee Hickman Reuters

Canadian cattle in a feedlot with a cowboy in the background.

U.S. livestock: Cattle claw back some losses after bird flu selloff

Apr. 2, 2024 at 5:37 pm CDT

By Karl Plume Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn down as Midwest outlook seen boosting spring planting

Apr. 2, 2024 at 4:32 pm CDT

U.S. corn futures dropped on Tuesday on forecasts for good spring planting weather, easing concerns about a lower-than-expected acreage outlook from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) last week.

By Karl Plume Renee Hickman Reuters

Klassen: Feeder market resumes the climb

Apr. 2, 2024 at 9:31 am CDT

For the week ending March 30, Western Canadian feeder cattle markets traded $4 to $6 higher on average. Fleshier backgrounded yearlings were relatively unchanged. Buyers were fairly cautious on backgrounded heifers with some packages actually softer than seven days earlier. Larger strings of quality genetic, low flesh steers were up $6 to as much as $10 in some cases. Weaned, premium, calves were up a solid $5 to $6 on average.

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. grains: Corn sinks on big supplies; wheat down on good winter crop outlook

Apr. 1, 2024 at 4:40 pm CDT

U.S. grain futures fell on Monday as pressure from ample supplies partly unraveled steep gains late last week following a U.S. Department of Agriculture report that projected lower-than-expected U.S. corn plantings.

By Karl Plume Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME cattle plunge as bird flu fears spark speculative selloff

Apr. 1, 2024 at 4:36 pm CDT

Chicago Mercantile Exchange live and feeder cattle futures plunged on Monday on market uncertainty following news of a human case of avian influenza in a person who had contact with infected dairy cows.

By Karl Plume Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn rallies most since July on lower US plantings outlook

Mar. 28, 2024 at 4:55 pm CDT

Chicago Board of Trade corn futures posted their biggest one-day rally since July after the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Thursday reported grain stocks and intended plantings below trade estimates.

By Heather Schlitz Reuters