Futures Market Overview

Live cattle futures closed the Thursday session with contracts $5.47 to $6.27 lower. Light cash trade has been reported this week in the North at $225-227, with $228 reported in the South. There were sales...

Lean hog futures fell to weakness on Thursday, with contracts down $2.55 to $2.70. USDA’s national base hog price from Thursday afternoon was reported at $77.86, down 92 cents from the day prior. The...

Soybeans posted double digit gains in the nearbys on Thursday, as contracts were 10 to 13 ¼ cents higher at the close, with back months 2 to 8 ½ cents higher. The cmdtyView national average Cash Bean...

Corn futures rounded out the Thursday session with contracts 4 to 6 ½ cents high in the nearbys. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price was up another 6 ½ cents at $4.02 ½. EIA data from this...

The wheat complex pulled back from midday strength, with contracts mixed on Thursday. CBT soft red wheat futures saw fractionally lower trade to round out the session. KC HRW futures were 1 to 2 cents...

Cotton futures held onto the weakness on Thursday with losses of 28 to 40 points on the session. Crude oil futures were back up 10 cents per barrel to $58.59 on the day, with the US dollar index $0.304...

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) on Thursday closed down -1.66%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed down -1.65%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed down -2.05%. December...

I heard it through the grapevine that some cattle feeders are marketing Bison sized cattle.