Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures scaled to life-of-contract highs on Friday on firmer cash market prices and tight supplies of market-ready animals, traders said. Feeder […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME cattle touch contract highs on cash prices, tight supplies
Lean hogs mixed in technical trading
U.S. grains: Soybeans down on positioning, crush pace
CBOT wheat ends up on week
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell on Friday on technical selling and profit taking after two sessions of gains, and as a monthly crush report showed U.S. processors […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures ease in technical setback after highs
Nearby lean hogs also down on technical selling
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live and feeder cattle futures retreated on Wednesday in a technical selling and profit-taking setback after hitting highs earlier in the week, traders […] Read more
USDA June soybean crush seen at 175.5 million bushels
If estimate realized, would be smallest monthly crush since September
Chicago | Reuters – U.S. soy processors likely crushed 5.265 million short tons of soybeans, or 175.5 million bushels, in June, according to the average forecast of eight analysts surveyed […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME cattle end higher on firm cash values
Hogs settle lower off recent highs
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures ended modestly higher on Monday on follow-though buying from Friday and carry-over strength from last week’s strong cash cattle market. […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME live cattle climb on firmer cash market
Hogs down on technical selling
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures rallied on Friday on tight fed cattle supplies and higher cash market sales in the central U.S. Plains and western […] Read more
U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn drop on improved crop weather
CBOT September wheat also down
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and soybean futures fell on Friday as recent welcome rains across the Midwest farm belt, and forecasts for more next week, aided crops that […] Read more
U.S. grains: Corn firms on technicals, short-covering
Soybeans retreat; wheat futures consolidate
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures rose on Thursday on technical buying and short covering following a two-week slide that took prices to 2-1/2 year lows. Soybean futures fell […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME live cattle ease on weak cash market
Lean hog futures mostly higher
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures declined on Thursday as a weak tone to the cash market and worries about slowing beef demand weighed on prices, […] Read more
U.S. grains: Wheat surges on slow harvesting, poor crop conditions
Corn hits 2-1/2-year low and ends mixed, soy mostly firm
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures surged on Wednesday as slow winter wheat harvesting and deteriorating spring crop conditions fuelled buying and short covering that lifted prices from 2-1/2-week […] Read more