Futures Market Overview

The corn market closed out the Thursday session with contracts down ½ to 6 ¼ cents, retreating from the early week rally. The national average Cash Corn price from cmdtyView was down 5 cents at $4.15....

Lean hog futures settled with 5 to 20 cent gains on Thursday. The national average base hog negotiated price was reported at $79.02 on Thursday afternoon, which was down $2.37 from the day prior. The CME...

Live cattle futures reverted lower on Thursday with contracts down 12 cents to $1.22 at the close. Early cash action has seen $191 trade reported in KS this week, with action up to $195-196 in NE reported...

Cotton futures posted slightly mixed trade on Thursday, with contracts down 6 point to 5 points higher. The outside markets were pressure factors, with the US dollar index up 310 points and crude oil 27...

The wheat complex closed with weakness across the three markets on Thursday. Chicago SRW futures were 4 ¼ to 4 3/4 cents lower across the board. KC HRW contracts were down 4 ¼ to 5 cents on the day....

The soybean market posted a mixed Thursday close, as contracts were down 1 ¾ to ½ cent higher. CmdtyView’s national front month Cash Bean price was steady at $9.46 1/2. Soymeal futures were down $1.1...

The February WTI (CLG25 ) trading session settled at 69.66 (-0.21) [-0.30%] , a high of 70.27, a low of 68.74. Cash price is at 70.32 (+1.72), while open interest for CLG25 is at 262,100. CLG25 settled...

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) Thursday closed down -0.54%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed down -0.53%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed down -0.68%. Stock indexes...