Insights and Stories on Prices

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures sag on weaker cash markets

Dec. 14, 2021 at 6:17 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures ended modestly lower on Tuesday on profit-taking after a two-session advance, softer cash cattle prices and weaker wholesale beef prices, traders said. CME February live cattle settled down 0.55 cent at 138.3 cents/lb. but stayed inside of Monday’s trading range […]

U.S. grains: Soybeans up as soymeal gains sharply against soyoil

Dec. 14, 2021 at 4:09 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen

Klassen: Higher fed cattle prices pull up feeder market

Dec. 14, 2021 at 12:44 pm CST

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. livestock: Cattle up off three-week low in technical bounce

Dec. 13, 2021 at 7:42 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Soy, corn down on technical selling, Argentine rains

Dec. 13, 2021 at 5:19 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen

Prairie cash wheat: Lower U.S. prices pull back bids

Dec. 10, 2021 at 8:16 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Wheat bids in Western Canada retreated by double digits for Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) and Canada Prairie Spring Red (CPSR) wheats, while those for Canada Western Amber Durum (CWAD) declined more moderately. Significant decreases in U.S. wheat markets and a stronger Canadian dollar combined to weaken Prairie […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. livestock: Hog futures climb with pork prices

Dec. 9, 2021 at 5:19 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures rebounded on Thursday from four sessions of losses, amid an accelerating slaughter pace and indications that pork prices may be near a bottom following a prolonged slide, traders said. The daily hog slaughter was slower-than-normal earlier this week, which some […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Wheat hits one-month low on USDA projections

Dec. 9, 2021 at 4:05 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. wheat futures slumped to a one-month low on Thursday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture forecast larger-than-expected global production and stocks in a monthly report that reinforced a recent spate of bearish news. Corn and soybean futures tracked wheat lower, but promptly rebounded from their […]

By Karl Plume Mark Weinraub

CBOT weekly outlook: No significant revisions in new U.S. WASDE report

Dec. 9, 2021 at 3:45 pm CST

MarketsFarm — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) held its world agriculture supply and demand estimates (WASDE) mostly steady for the month of December — which may result in a lack of price movement on the markets. In its WASDE report released Thursday, USDA projects 598 million bushels of ending […]

By Adam Peleshaty

Farmers ask U.S. Justice Department to probe fertilizer price spikes

Dec. 8, 2021 at 7:45 pm CST

Reuters — Farmers have asked the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate whether recent spikes in fertilizer prices are attributable to market manipulation by fertilizer companies, according to a letter sent Wednesday by the Family Farm Action Alliance. The group, which has more than 6,000 farmer and rural members, alleges […]

By Leah Douglas