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U.S. livestock: Live cattle futures ease off contract highs

Feb. 1, 2023 at 7:58 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Live cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange closed lower on Wednesday as traders booked profits, one day after the benchmark April contract set a life-of-contract high and the U.S. Agriculture Department reported a three per cent year-on-year drop in the size of the U.S. cattle […]

U.S. grains: Wheat futures firm; technical resistance weighs

Jan. 31, 2023 at 6:13 pm CST

By Christopher Walljasper P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. livestock: April live cattle down slightly

Jan. 31, 2023 at 5:57 pm CST

By Reuters

U.S. beef cow herd falls to lowest level since 1962, USDA says

Jan. 31, 2023 at 4:59 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

USDA sees little change in Australian, Canadian wheat output

Jan. 27, 2023 at 7:54 pm CST

By MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Wheat, soy, corn up on strong export report

Jan. 26, 2023 at 6:06 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat, corn and soybeans jumped on Thursday on support from a government report that showed strong overseas demand for all three commodities, traders said. “We had some decent export sales compared to what we have seen the last few weeks and that trend, particularly for […]

By Mark Weinraub

CBOT weekly outlook: Commodities largely rangebound after USDA report

Jan. 25, 2023 at 6:04 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Although soyoil on the Chicago Board of Trade has fallen back for five consecutive days as of Tuesday, it has remained rather rangebound, according to trader Ryan Ettner of Allendale Inc. in McHenry, Ill. “We’re actually at prices where it was in early August,” Ettner said, pointing to […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. livestock: CME cattle firm on bargain buying, grain values

Jan. 23, 2023 at 3:44 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures firmed on Monday amid a spate of bargain buying after a recent slump in prices helped mute market impact of the bearish results of the latest Cattle on Feed report from the U.S. Agriculture Department, traders said. Cattle futures also were […]

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle futures hit one-month low

Jan. 19, 2023 at 9:43 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures fell on Thursday with the most-active April contract hitting a one-month low on technical selling, soft cash cattle markets and weak wholesale beef prices, traders said. CME February live cattle settled down 0.85 cent at 155.95 cents/lb., near its 50-day […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Corn, soy up off early declines on export data

Jan. 17, 2023 at 5:59 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) corn and soybean futures rallied to multi-month highs on Tuesday as signs of export demand and follow-through support from last week’s bullish U.S. government supply/demand reports overshadowed early pressure from wetter South American weather forecasts, traders said. Wheat followed the higher […]

By Julie Ingwersen