Futures Market Overview

Silver made a very sharp decline and dropped more than 40% from the all time highs back in January. This is something we were concerned about, as a higher degree retracement was always somehow expected...

Live cattle futures were mixed on Monday, with contracts $1.125 lower to 40 cents higher at the close. Last week’s cash trade was at $246-249 in the South, with some northern action near $249-250. Feeder...

Lean hog futures closed the Monday session with front months down a nickel to 67 cents and deferreds 7 to 42 cents higher. USDA’s national base hog price was reported at $89.04 on Monday afternoon, down...

Corn futures failed to hold onto the Monday gains, closing with contracts steady to 1 ¼ cents lower and 5-6 cents off the highs. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price was down 1/2 cent at $4.02...

Cotton extended the gains to Monday, with contracts up 64 to 131 points at the close. The US dollar index was $0.230 lower at $98.420. Crude oil was up just $1.42 on the day, coming well off the highs,...

Soybeans closed Monday with losses of 5 to 13 ¾ cents easing lower into the close. The cmdtyView national average Cash Bean price was down 13 1/2 cents at $10.95 3/4. Soymeal futures were up a dime to...

The wheat complex posted strength on Monday, with double digit gains across the three exchanges. Chicago SRW futures were 6 to 11 1/4 cents higher at the close. KC HRW futures were 5 to 12 1/4 cents in...

Hogs make new low