Insights and Stories on Futures

U.S. livestock: CME cattle, hogs rebound after recent losses

Oct. 25, 2023 at 7:31 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Cattle futures jumped at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange on Wednesday, bouncing off June lows hit this week on larger-than-expected U.S. supply numbers. Futures prices collapsed on Monday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture, in a report issued after markets closed on Friday, said that producers placed […]

U.S. grains: Corn, soy, wheat futures sag as beneficial rains hit South America

Oct. 25, 2023 at 7:26 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

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U.S. livestock: Cattle futures set June lows at CME

Oct. 24, 2023 at 5:30 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Corn dips on harvests, technical selling

Oct. 24, 2023 at 4:26 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

Klassen: Feeder market vulnerable to weakness

Oct. 24, 2023 at 9:57 am CDT

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. livestock: CME cattle sink to June lows

Oct. 23, 2023 at 6:25 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures plunged to four-month lows on Monday under pressure from bigger-than-expected placements into U.S. feedlots last month. Lean hog futures set contract lows. The U.S. Department of Agriculture, in a monthly report issued after trading ended on Friday, said placements of cattle […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Soybean, corn futures weaken as harvests progress

Oct. 23, 2023 at 6:19 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures finished lower on Monday as advancing U.S. harvests uncovered strong yields and increased farmers’ sales of their crops, analysts said. Pressure from harvests also hung over corn futures. U.S. farmers have finished harvesting 76 per cent of the country’s soybeans […]

By Tom Polansek

Managed money adding to net short positions in canola

Oct. 23, 2023 at 5:14 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Managed money fund traders remain bearish canola, growing the net short position in the ICE Futures market to the second largest level of the past year, according to the latest Commitments of Traders report from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). As of Oct. 17, the net […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. livestock: CME hog futures hit contract lows

Oct. 20, 2023 at 7:36 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Lean hog futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange fell to life-of-contract lows on Friday and cattle futures also retreated, pressured by technical selling and worries that a slowing global economy could hurt demand for meat, traders said. Hog futures fell the most, with the benchmark December […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Corn drops back below US$5

Oct. 20, 2023 at 7:11 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade corn futures closed lower after hitting their highest price since August on Friday, while soybean futures retreated from a one-month high. Traders took profits after the markets rose earlier on concerns about a drought in Brazil disrupting grain shipments on rivers and […]

By Tom Polansek