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CBOT March 2023 soymeal with 20-day moving average (brown line, right scale) and CBOT March 2023 soybeans (dark green line, left scale). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soymeal futures set multi-year high while soybeans decline

CBOT wheat down off one-month top; CFTC trading report to be delayed

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Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures declined on Friday on spillover weakness from crude oil prices and expectations of a massive Brazilian soy harvest, but most-active soymeal futures set an 8-1/2-year high on tight supplies of the feed ingredient, analysts said. Wheat futures fell on profit-taking after rising to a one-month top while corn […] Read more
CME April 2023 live cattle with Bollinger bands (20,2). (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME cattle climb as smaller U.S. herd attracts spec buyers

Chicago lean hogs close mostly higher

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures set life-of-contract highs on Friday as a government report this week showing reduced U.S. cattle supplies continued to inspire speculative buying, traders said. A seasonal slide in wholesale beef prices capped rallies. But traders remained fixated on longer-term supplies after the U.S. Department of Agriculture […] Read more
CBOT March 2023 soybeans with 20-day moving average (yellow line, right column) and CBOT March 2023 soymeal (brown line, left column). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybean futures climb as soymeal soars

Chicago corn retreats, wheat inches higher

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Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rose on Thursday as uncertainty about crop prospects in Argentina lifted soymeal futures to life-of-contract highs, traders said. Corn futures fell on technical selling and a bounce in the U.S. dollar, which tends to make U.S. grains less competitive globally, although U.S. corn export sales in the latest […] Read more
CME April 2023 live cattle with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Live cattle futures ease off contract highs

Chicago lean hog values retreat

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Chicago | Reuters — Live cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange closed lower on Wednesday as traders booked profits, one day after the benchmark April contract set a life-of-contract high and the U.S. Agriculture Department reported a three per cent year-on-year drop in the size of the U.S. cattle herd. CME April live cattle […] Read more
CBOT March 2023 soybeans with Bollinger bands (20,2). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soy sags as Brazil’s harvest looms

Wheat mixed, corn ends firm

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Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell about one per cent on Wednesday as traders focused on the expanding harvest of a likely record-large soy crop in Brazil and positioned for the U.S. Federal Reserve’s decision on interest rates, analysts said. Wheat futures ended mixed, with the most-active March contract down on profit-taking, while […] Read more
CBOT March 2023 soft red winter wheat with 20-day moving average, MGEX March 2023 hard red spring wheat (yellow line) and K.C. March 2023 hard red winter wheat (orange line). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat futures firm; technical resistance weighs

Chicago soybeans up, corn down

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago wheat futures gained on Tuesday as traders eye winter wheat conditions across the U.S. Plains amid a second frigid cold snap this season, though futures struggled against technical resistance. Soybeans futures ended up, though prices were pressured by a correction in the soymeal charts, traders said. Corn futures ended lower, […] Read more
CME April 2023 live cattle with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: April live cattle down slightly

U.S. cattle inventory report shows steep decline; lean hogs also lower

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Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures climbed to new contract highs early in the session before settling slightly lower on Tuesday, as traders assessed U.S. cattle inventory levels ahead of the U.S. Agriculture Department’s biannual report. After the market closed, USDA reported that the U.S. beef cow herd dropped to 28.9 million head, […] Read more
CBOT March 2023 soybeans with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans firm as Argentina drought worries persist

Cold snap in U.S. brings renewed wheat damage fears

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago soybeans climbed on Monday, underpinned by concern that drought-damaged crops in Argentina could face more dry weather. Wheat inched higher after climbing to four-week highs earlier in the session on fears a cold snap in U.S. grain belts could lead to crop damage, while potential escalations in the Russia-Ukraine war […] Read more
CME April 2023 live cattle with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Live cattle firm on strong cash trade

Cattle inventory report due out Tuesday; CME hogs end mixed

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Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures firmed on Monday, supported by strengthening cash trade and in anticipation of the U.S. Agriculture Department’s biannual cattle inventory report, due out on Tuesday. “Historically, the cattle inventory report wouldn’t be that big of a market mover. But it is a good check in on where you’re […] Read more
CBOT March 2023 soybeans with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soy futures weak, corn firm

Wheat mixed ahead of weekend

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Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell on Friday on expectations that recent rains in Argentina boosted crop potential from that key South American exporter, traders said. Wheat futures were mixed, with the most-active Chicago Board of Trade soft red winter wheat contract sagging on position squaring after notching its biggest weekly gain in […] Read more

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