Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures surged to a two-week high on Tuesday, as a weaker dollar and an unexpected decline in U.S. crop ratings encouraged more short-covering after prices hit a five-year low last week.
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U.S. grains: Wheat extends rally on crop rating drop, Chinese heat wave concerns
U.S. livestock: Chicago hogs, cattle mixed
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago cattle and lean hog futures ended mixed on Wednesday even as consumer demand remained strong ahead of Memorial Day.
U.S. livestock: Cattle futures, beef boxes recover some losses
Reading Time: < 1 minute Glacier FarmMedia | MarketsFarm – Cattle contracts on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange made small gains on Friday, providing little relief at the end of a tough week. The August live cattle contract gained US$0.900 per hundredweight to close at US$206.750. Meanwhile, August feeder cattle saw an increase of US$1.775/cwt. to end the day at US$297.600. […] Read more
U.S. livestock: Futures fall, boxed beef prices up
Reading Time: < 1 minute Cattle futures tumbled farther off the contract highs hit earlier in the week on Thursday. Profit taking, as well as comments from Tyson Foods CEO Donnie King that cattle herds were “very close” to a rebuild at a conference on Wednesday, caused August live cattle futures to fall and that pressure continued on Thursday. The […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures backtrack from record highs
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle and feeder cattle futures tumbled on Wednesday after climbing to records on dwindling U.S. supplies.
U.S. grains: Soybeans hit nearly 10-month high on biofuel and trade hopes
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures set a nearly 10-month high on Wednesday as the truce in the U.S.-China tariff dispute and a proposal to extend a U.S. biofuel tax credit boosted hopes for demand.
U.S. grains: Soybeans higher on bullish USDA report, US-China trade truce
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago soybean futures settled higher on Tuesday on strength from a temporary truce in the U.S.-China trade war and a bullish U.S. Department of Agriculture report, though profit-taking pressured prices throughout the session.
U.S. livestock: Cattle mixed, hogs make modest gains
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago cattle futures settled on either side of unchanged, Tuesday, after setting fresh highs on Monday. Lean hog contracts made modest gains.
U.S. livestock: Cattle futures reach new contract highs
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago cattle futures hit new contract highs, while boxed beef prices were lower.
U.S. livestock: Cattle mixed, hogs make small gains
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago cattle futures ended mixed, while lean hogs made small gains on Friday.