Insights and Stories on Prices

U.S. livestock: CME cattle, hog futures sag as broad selling hits markets

Dec. 20, 2021 at 6:22 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange livestock futures slumped on Monday as traders reduced risk in the face of rising coronavirus cases, brokers said. Selling hit a range of markets including crude oil, which lost more than three per cent, and U.S. stocks. “The risk-off trade is back today,” […]

U.S. grains: Winter wheat futures rise on demand, crop woes

Dec. 20, 2021 at 5:21 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Hog futures end mixed ahead of USDA data

Dec. 17, 2021 at 8:02 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Soy, corn set multi-month highs

Dec. 17, 2021 at 7:05 pm CST

By Reuters

Feed weekly outlook: Bids high, but limited supplies mean little moving

Dec. 16, 2021 at 8:54 pm CST

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Soybeans hit three-week top as soyoil climbs

Dec. 16, 2021 at 8:03 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures touched a three-week top on Thursday as soyoil futures rose two per cent and hit their highest in a week on signs of tightening U.S. vegetable oil supplies and fresh export demand, traders said. Wheat futures rose by nearly two per cent, bouncing […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Hog futures up in thin trade

Dec. 16, 2021 at 7:52 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures rose in thin trade on Thursday to halt a three-session slide, buoyed by firming cash hog markets and higher wholesale pork prices, analysts said. Most-active February hog futures settled up 1.025 cents at 80.35 cents/lb. (all figures US$). Trading volume […]

By Julie Ingwersen

ICE weekly outlook: Canola futures bend under pressure

Dec. 15, 2021 at 7:43 pm CST

MarketsFarm — As the speculative longs for ICE Futures canola keep trying to defend their position, trader Ken Ball of PI Financial in Winnipeg said the pressure on canola continued to build. That’s especially so with declines over the last few weeks in Chicago soyoil, Malaysian palm oil and European […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

CBOT weekly outlook: Soybeans, corn enter holiday mode

Dec. 15, 2021 at 7:28 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Soybean and corn futures at the Chicago Board of Trade are expected to hold relatively rangebound over the next few weeks, although year-end positioning and thinner holiday volumes could lead to some volatility. General unwinding of spreads and fund profit-taking were weighing on prices in mid-December, Sean Lusk […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: CBOT wheat nears two-month low

Dec. 15, 2021 at 6:01 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell nearly four per cent on Wednesday and European wheat fell three per cent as a bumper Australian harvest and signs of continued competition from Black Sea supplies added to technical pressure, traders and analysts said. Corn followed wheat lower while soybean futures […]

By Reuters