The wheat market is trading with contracts in the red so far on Thursday. Chicago SRW futures are down 3 to 5 cents across the nearbys at midday. KC HRW contracts are down 5 to 7 cents in the front months so far on the Thursday session. MPLS spring wheat...

Live cattle futures are trading with $1.40 to $1.50 gains on Thursday’s midday. Cash trade has yet to kick off this week, with this morning’s Fed Cattle Exchange from Central Stockyards showing sales on 136 of the 1,140 head at $194 using the BidTheGrid™ method. Other bids were reported at...

Lean hog futures are trading with 40 to 60 cent gains on Thursday’s midday. The national average base hog negotiated price was not reported on Thursday morning, with the 5-day rolling average at $79.59. The CME Lean Hog Index was reported at $84.27 on December 30, down 8 cents from...

The soybean market is kicking off 2025 with contracts extending strength, as futures are up 3 to 4 cents so far. There were 380 deliveries issued against January soybean futures on New Years Eve. CmdtyView’s national front month Cash Bean price is up 2 1/4 cents at $9.57. Soymeal futures...

Corn futures are trading with fractional to as much as 3 cent gains on Thursday as the market kicks off trade in 2025. The national average Cash Corn price from cmdtyView is up 1 1/2 cents at $4.31. The delayed weekly EIA report showed a total of 1.111 million barrels...

Cotton futures are up 62 to 67 points at Thursday’s midday, with contracts rallying to start the new year. The outside factors are mixed on the day as the US dollar index is up 839 points, with crude oil $1.60/barrel higher. The Seam reported 7,129 bales of online sales on...

Cottonprices are kicking off 2025 with a bang, as contracts are up 85 to 100 points in early Thursday trade. Futures settled the Tuesday session with contracts 8 to 33 points lower to close out the year. The outside factors were mixed on the day as the US dollar index...

The wheat market with open at 8:30 CST this morning. They closed Tuesday with gains across the three markets. Chicago SRW futures were up 2 ½ to 3 ½ cents across the board on Tuesday. KC HRW contracts also posted gains of 2 ½ to 3 ½ cents at the...

The soybean market will have a hard open at 8:30 am CST this morning. Soybeans were in rally mode to close out 2024, as contracts were up 14 1/2 to 19 1/4 cents on New Years Eve. There were 380 deliveries issued against January soybean futures on New Years Eve....

Lean hog futures closed out the last session of 2024 with contracts down 22 to 72 cents. The national average base hog negotiated price was reported at $80.08 on Tuesday afternoon, up $1.27 from the day prior. The CME Lean Hog Index was reported at $84.35 on December 27, down...

Live cattle futures rounded out the Tuesday session with contracts up 35 cents to $1.30 to close out 2024. Cash trade has yet to kick off this week, as last week’s sales were reported at $192-193 in the South, up $1-2, and $196-197 in the North, $1-2 higher. Feeder cattle...

The corn market will open at 8:30 am CST this morning. Corn futures rallied to close out 2024, as March neared the June high on the spot price. Contracts were up 3 ¾ to 6 ¼ cents on Tuesday. Preliminary open interest showed net new buying, up 13,688 contracts. The...

The wheat market is trading close to unchanged on Tuesday’s midday. Chicago SRW futures were up 2 ½ to 3 ½ cents across the board on Tuesday. KC HRW contracts also posted gains of 2 ½ to 3 ½ cents at the close. MPLS spring wheat futures saw steady trade...

Lean hog futures closed out the last session of 2024 with contracts down 22 to 72 cents. The national average base hog negotiated price was reported at $80.08 on Tuesday afternoon, up $1.27 from the day prior. The CME Lean Hog Index was reported at $84.35 on December 27, down...

Corn futures rallied to close out the year, as March neared the June high on the spot price. Contracts were up 3 ¾ to 6 ¼ cents on Tuesday. The national average Cash Corn price from cmdtyView is up 2 1/2 cents at $4.26 3/4. The market will be closed...