Futures Market Overview

Corn futures headed into the long weekend, with some front month weakness as money was being taken off the table. Old crop contracts were fractionally to 2 cents lower, as new crop was steady to fractionally...

The wheat complex held on for marginal gains to head into the long weekend. Chicago SRW futures saw fractional to 2 cent gains on the day, with May down 6 ¾ cents on the week. KC HRW futures were 2 to...

Soybeans saw losses of 1 to 5 ¼ cents in most contracts on Thursday, as May saw a 4 ¼ cent gain this week. The cmdtyView national average Cash Bean price was down 5 1/2 cents at $10.94. Soymeal futures...

Cotton futures were up 16 points to down 21 points at the Thursday close, as May was up 146 points this week. The US dollar index was $0.402 higher at $99.860. Crude Oil was up $11.94 at $112.06, after...

Live cattle futures posted 65 cent to $2.15 gains on Thursday, with April $7.70 higher on the week. Cash trade got kicked off with strength on Thursday, with trade at $245 across the country, up $10 from...

Lean hog futures were 20 to 77 cents higher on Thursday, as April slipped 42 cents this week. USDA’s national base hog price was reported at $90.35 on Thursday afternoon, up 18 cents from the day prior....

New Contract Highs in the Live Cattle Market - Grains Still Look Overpriced

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) on Thursday closed up +0.11%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed down -0.13%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed up +0.11%. June E-mini...