Insights and Stories on Futures

Klassen: Canadian feeder buyers ignore weaker futures market

Nov. 21, 2023 at 9:01 am CST

For the week ending Nov. 18, western Canadian feeder cattle prices traded $3-$5/cwt on either side of unchanged compared to seven days earlier. Buyers appeared to shrug off the weaker futures market and the defensive tone from a week earlier evaporated. Eastern Prairie markets were firm, with larger packages of […]

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U.S. livestock: Feeder cattle top one-week high

Nov. 20, 2023 at 7:20 pm CST

By Reuters Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: CBOT soybeans jump after insufficient Brazil rains

Nov. 20, 2023 at 4:41 pm CST

By Brendan O'Brien Reuters

Large speculative short position in canola dips slightly

Nov. 20, 2023 at 3:59 pm CST

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Chicago soy, corn slip on improved weather in Brazil

Nov. 17, 2023 at 7:33 pm CST

By Brendan O'Brien

U.S. livestock: CME cattle rise ahead of bullish data

Nov. 17, 2023 at 7:29 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle and feeder cattle futures ended higher on Friday as livestock traders adjusted positions in the markets. After the close of trading, the U.S. Department of Agriculture issued monthly data that showed producers placed 3.8 per cent more cattle into feedlots in […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME cattle sag on weakness in equities, cash cattle market

Nov. 16, 2023 at 3:50 pm CST

Weakness in equities and the cash cattle market weighed on futures at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), brokers said. Futures markets rose the previous three days in a turnaround from multi-month lows reached last Friday.

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: CBOT soybeans decline on prospect of rain in Brazil

Nov. 16, 2023 at 3:26 pm CST

Chicago soybean futures tumbled on Thursday as the prospect of downpours in Brazil helped offset concerns over hot, dry weather threatening crops in the top exporting nation.

By Brendan O'Brien

U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures extend gains, await U.S. data

Nov. 15, 2023 at 4:21 pm CST

U.S. cattle futures extended gains on Wednesday as traders adjusted positions after steep losses last week and ahead of monthly supply data due on Friday.

By Reuters Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Soy ends down on forecasts for rain in Brazil; corn, wheat dip

Nov. 15, 2023 at 4:14 pm CST

Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures inched down on Wednesday, retreating after rallying to the highest levels since August, as improved Brazilian weather outlooks bolstered supply prospects and overshadowed demand from record U.S. soybean crushings last month.

By Brendan O'Brien Reuters