Insights and Stories on Prices

Klassen: Feeder market continues downward slide

Nov. 16, 2021 at 9:19 am CST

Compared to last week, western Canadian yearling prices were steady to $2 lower; calves traded $2-$4 below week-ago levels. Saskatchewan and Manitoba experienced their first major snowstorm of the season last week. The market tends to incorporate a risk discount for adverse weather as buyers factor in higher death loss. […]

U.S. livestock: CME cattle firm, cash cattle supportive

Nov. 15, 2021 at 6:10 pm CST

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. grains: Soybeans, wheat extend rallies on strong demand

Nov. 15, 2021 at 4:24 pm CST

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures mostly lower as corn climbs

Nov. 12, 2021 at 8:00 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Soybeans climb as soymeal surges

Nov. 12, 2021 at 7:54 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Wheat hits multi-year highs on global supply worries

Nov. 11, 2021 at 7:08 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures hit their highest price in nearly nine years on Thursday and European wheat futures climbed to a 14-year peak, boosted by concern that exportable global supplies could tighten further, analysts said. Soybeans followed wheat higher, while corn futures ended narrowly mixed after a […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME hog futures up on slaughter speed plan

Nov. 10, 2021 at 6:20 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures rose on Wednesday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) said it will allow nine pork processing plants to apply to operate faster line speeds under a pilot program. The announcement eased concerns that slower processing speeds had slowed meatpackers’ […]

By Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat futures rally as global stocks tighten

Nov. 10, 2021 at 4:38 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. wheat futures rallied on Wednesday, with the front-month K.C. hard red winter wheat contract jumping to its highest in 7-1/2 years, on concerns about tightening global supplies and strong export demand. Corn futures also rose, with the most-active contract surging 2.6 per cent in its […]

By Tom Polansek

ICE weekly outlook: Canola’s trend line still pointed higher

Nov. 10, 2021 at 3:38 pm CST

MarketsFarm — The ICE Futures canola market strengthened during the week ended Wednesday, hitting fresh highs in many contract months. “The trend remains up,” analyst Mike Jubinville of MarketsFarm Pro said. “The price of canola needs to be put at a level that discourages exports, while the domestic crushers actively […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Feed weekly outlook: Barley, wheat prices among highest ever

Nov. 10, 2021 at 3:17 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Feed grain prices continue to push higher following a somewhat disappointing harvest on the Prairies this year, according to Glen Loyns, general manager of JGL Commodities at Moose Jaw, Sask. “We’re seeing upticks on all feed. Everything is up. You’re seeing high prices on wheat and barley. And […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm