Corn futures held onto Wednesday’s weakness into the close though the $4.80 area held on December, with contracts just fractionally to 2 ¼ cents lower. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price was down 1 ¼ cents at $4.41. The delayed Tuesday Crop Progress report showed 33% of the US...
Cotton futures closed the midweek session, with contracts up 15 to 21 points in the front months and down 2 to 35 in the deferreds. Crude oil was up $1.03 per barrel on the session, with the US dollar index $0.326 higher. The weekly Crop Progress report showed 82% of...
November Nymex natural gas (NGX26 ) on Wednesday closed down -0.085 (-2.59%). Nat-gas prices fell from a 3-month nearest-futures high on Wednesday and settled sharply lower after forecasts for above-normal US temperatures sparked long liquidation in nat-gas futures. The Commodity Weather Group said Wednesday that it expects above-average temperatures to...
The dollar index (DXY00 ) rallied to a 1.5-year high on Wednesday and finished up by +0.37%. The dollar advanced on Wednesday on the stronger-than-expected US Sep CPI report, which bolsters speculation that the Fed will keep interest rates higher for longer. The CPI report boosted the chance of a...
The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) closed down by -1.11% on Wednesday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed down by -0.09%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed down -2.02%. December E-mini S&P futures (ESZ26 ) fell -1.16%, and December E-mini...
The wheat complex is showing mixed trade so far on Wednesday. Chicago SRW contracts are trading with 2 to 3 cent gains so far on the session. KC HRW futures are showing steady to 1 ½ cent gains at midday. MPLS spring wheat is down 4 to 6 cents so...
December arabica coffee (KCZ26 ) closed up +5.35 (+1.83%) on Wednesday, and November ICE robusta coffee (RMX26 ) closed up +24 (+0.69%). Coffee prices moved higher on Wednesday on supply concerns. Last Friday, Colombia’s Coffee Federation reported that 2025/26 Colombia coffee production (Oct-Sep) fell -15% y/y to 12.65 million bags,...
March NY world sugar #11 (SBH27 ) closed down -0.27 (-1.28%) on Wednesday, and December London ICE white sugar #5 (SWZ26 ) closed down -7.00 (-1.25%). Sugar prices gave up an early advance on Wednesday and moved sharply lower after a rally in the dollar index ($DXY ) to a...
Corn futures are showing 2 to 3 cent losses on Wednesday. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price is down 2 ¼ cents at $4.40. Rains fell in parts of the TX panhandle, KS, MO and IL overnight, putting a pause on some harvest. More rain is expected in those...
Corn futures held onto Wednesday’s weakness into the close though the $4.80 area held on December, with contracts just fractionally to 2 ¼ cents lower. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price was down 1 ¼ cents at $4.41. The delayed Tuesday Crop Progress report showed 33% of the US...
Lean hog futures saw losses of 10 cents to $1.95 on the day, with a couple deferreds up 5 to 12 cents. October expired down a nickel. USDA’s national base hog price was reported at $69.14 on Wednesday afternoon, down $1.12 from the day prior. The CME Lean Hog Index...
The wheat complex was mixed at the Wednesday close. Chicago SRW contracts were steady to 4 cents higher in the front months, with deferreds slightly lower. KC HRW futures was also mixed, with contracts anywhere from 3 cents higher to a penny lower. MPLS spring wheat was fractionally to 4...
The dollar index (DXY00 ) rallied to a 1.5-year high on Wednesday and finished up by +0.37%. The dollar advanced on Wednesday on the stronger-than-expected US Sep CPI report, which bolsters speculation that the Fed will keep interest rates higher for longer. The CPI report boosted the chance of a...
Live cattle futures were down 30 cents to $1.25 across the board on Wednesday The Wednesday Fed Cattle Exchange online auction showed $226 sales on one lot of the 2,914 head offered, with other bids of $223. Feeder cattle futures slipped into the close, with contract down $1.90 to $2.57...
March NY world sugar #11 (SBH27 ) closed down -0.27 (-1.28%) on Wednesday, and December London ICE white sugar #5 (SWZ26 ) closed down -7.00 (-1.25%). Sugar prices gave up an early advance on Wednesday and moved sharply lower after a rally in the dollar index ($DXY ) to a...
November Nymex natural gas (NGX26 ) on Wednesday closed down -0.085 (-2.59%). Nat-gas prices fell from a 3-month nearest-futures high on Wednesday and settled sharply lower after forecasts for above-normal US temperatures sparked long liquidation in nat-gas futures. The Commodity Weather Group said Wednesday that it expects above-average temperatures to...
The wheat complex is showing mixed trade so far on Wednesday. Chicago SRW contracts are trading with 2 to 3 cent gains so far on the session. KC HRW futures are showing steady to 1 ½ cent gains at midday. MPLS spring wheat is down 4 to 6 cents so...
December arabica coffee (KCZ26 ) closed up +5.35 (+1.83%) on Wednesday, and November ICE robusta coffee (RMX26 ) closed up +24 (+0.69%). Coffee prices moved higher on Wednesday on supply concerns. Last Friday, Colombia’s Coffee Federation reported that 2025/26 Colombia coffee production (Oct-Sep) fell -15% y/y to 12.65 million bags,...
Live cattle futures were down 30 cents to $1.25 across the board on Wednesday The Wednesday Fed Cattle Exchange online auction showed $226 sales on one lot of the 2,914 head offered, with other bids of $223. Feeder cattle futures slipped into the close, with contract down $1.90 to $2.57...
Lean hog futures saw losses of 10 cents to $1.95 on the day, with a couple deferreds up 5 to 12 cents. October expired down a nickel. USDA’s national base hog price was reported at $69.14 on Wednesday afternoon, down $1.12 from the day prior. The CME Lean Hog Index...