Insights and Stories on Prices

U.S. grains: Corn, soy bounce on technical buying, potential export demand

Oct. 15, 2021 at 5:01 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago corn and soybean futures prices rose on Friday, supported by technical buying and renewed hopes of export demand, while wheat prices were boosted by a rally in the European market, traders said. Prices of corn and soybeans have recovered since falling sharply following higher-than-expected supply […]

U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures mixed

Oct. 15, 2021 at 4:52 pm CDT

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. livestock: Chicago cattle firm on export demand

Oct. 14, 2021 at 5:25 pm CDT

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. grains: Futures see ‘dead cat bounce’

Oct. 14, 2021 at 5:12 pm CDT

By P.J. Huffstutter

ICE weekly outlook: Canola still rangebound

Oct. 13, 2021 at 5:04 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Corn, soy futures fall on big grain stocks, export pace

Oct. 13, 2021 at 4:47 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago corn futures dipped to a four-week low on Wednesday as the grain markets continued to feel pressure from higher than expected forecasts of U.S. supplies, traders said. Soybean futures fell further, a day after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) projected U.S. soybean and corn […]

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. livestock: CME hogs near three-week low amid ample supply

Oct. 13, 2021 at 4:41 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures fell to their lowest prices in about three weeks on Wednesday amid pressure from plentiful supplies, analysts said. Live cattle and feeder cattle futures also finished lower at CME. Hog supplies tend to increase in the autumn, pushing more pork […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle down on raised beef production forecasts

Oct. 12, 2021 at 5:48 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures ended lower on Tuesday, after the U.S. Department of Agriculture slightly increased its forecasts for beef production this year and next year. USDA, in a monthly report, raised its 2021 estimate by 0.3 per cent from September because of higher […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Soybeans touch last December’s lows

Oct. 12, 2021 at 4:02 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago soybean futures dropped on Tuesday to the lowest seen since December 2020, after a U.S. government report pegged soybean and corn production to be bigger than traders had previously expected. The monthly world agricultural supply and demand estimates (WASDE) report pegged the soybean crop at […]

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. grains: Soybeans fall on expectations for bearish production report

Oct. 11, 2021 at 8:06 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago soybean futures slumped on Monday, as traders jockeyed for position on what is shaping up to be a large U.S. harvest and ahead of what is expected to be a bearish U.S. production forecast this week. The benchmark Chicago Board of Trade November soybean futures […]

By P.J. Huffstutter