Insights and Stories on Futures

U.S. grains: Wheat nears one-month low on Black Sea competition

Feb. 22, 2023 at 6:58 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell to their lowest in nearly a month on Wednesday as an Egyptian purchase tender highlighted export competition from the Black Sea region, tempering worries about war disruption to Ukrainian supplies, analysts said. Soybean futures fell on profit-taking and expectations of increasing soy […]

CBOT weekly outlook: Wide array of factors affecting grain prices

Feb. 22, 2023 at 6:18 pm CST

By Adam Peleshaty

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog futures climb

Feb. 21, 2023 at 8:13 pm CST

By Dave Bedard

U.S. grains: Soy, corn hit one-week highs on Argentina weather worries

Feb. 21, 2023 at 6:12 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen

Klassen: Feeder market stabilizes after recent climb

Feb. 21, 2023 at 4:53 am CST

By Jerry Klassen

Prairie cash wheat: Little change in wheat bids

Feb. 17, 2023 at 6:40 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Despite bullish factors affecting wheat futures on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), western Canadian wheat bids did not see much change during the week ended Thursday. Futures prices for all three major U.S. varieties increased week-by-week, mostly fuelled by large gains on Feb. 10, as traders shifted […]

By Adam Peleshaty

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle post near-eight-year highs

Feb. 17, 2023 at 6:28 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Benchmark live cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange set life-of-contract highs on Friday and the front contract hit its highest since 2015 as shrinking cattle supplies lifted cash prices, traders said. Market-ready cattle traded in southern Plains cash markets at $160-$162 per hundredweight (cwt), traders […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Soy, corn, wheat inch higher ahead of holiday weekend

Feb. 17, 2023 at 5:31 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade corn, soybean and wheat futures closed modestly higher on Friday as traders squared positions ahead of a three-day U.S. weekend and weighed contrasting crop prospects in South America, analysts said. Uncertainty about the future of a Black Sea grain export corridor underpinned […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Hogs, most live cattle lower

Feb. 16, 2023 at 7:21 pm CST

Chicago lean hog and cattle futures closed mainly lower Thursday with the exception of front-month February live cattle, which remained on its record-setting upward slope. CME February live cattle finished up 0.225 cent at 162.775 cents/lb., extending the nearly-eight-year high on a continuous chart of the front contract (all figures […]

By Dave Bedard

U.S. grains: Soybeans end higher in choppy trade

Feb. 16, 2023 at 6:53 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures inched higher on Thursday while corn ended narrowly mixed after a choppy session as traders weighed poor crop prospects in Argentina against the expanding harvest of a massive Brazilian soybean crop and fears of rising interest rates, analysts said. Chicago Board of Trade […]

By Julie Ingwersen