Live Cattle Cash trades higher surprising Futures traders

A great change is believed to have taken place this week. That being, the basis is shifting from months of being positive, (cash leads the way), to now a negative basis, suggesting great expectations for future prices.

Short Covering Only Takes Price So Far

Tariff talk kept markets moving this week with ride trading ranges in grain and livestock markets. Is this the new norm?

Dan and Oliver share their outlook and confusion over this week's trading environment on a volatile Friday. Confusion and a lack of clarity regarding tariffs and trade have been the running theme this week. Watch here as the team talks through their own views and outlook on this environment.

Crazy Cattle Markets - Tariff Trouble Coming?

The soybean market is showing weakness in the front months on Friday down 4 cents, with new crop up 2 cents. The cmdtyView national front month Cash Bean price is down 4 cents at $9.58 3/4. Soymeal futures were up 20 cents/ton on the day, with Soy Oil futures 14...

Wheat is posting slightly lower trade so far on Friday across the three exchanges. Chicago SRW futures are showing losses of 2 to 3 cents, with front month March slightly higher. KC HRW futures are down 3 to 4 cents across most front months. MPLS spring wheat is down 3...

Corn is continuing to see the bulls battle back, with contracts up 1 to 6 cents so far at midday. There were 23 deliveries against March corn futures overnight. CmdtyView’s national average Cash Corn price is up 4 3/4 cents at $4.28 1/42. Export Sales data has total corn export...

Grain markets have seen volatility rise recently, presenting shorter term trade opportunities for both the Bulls and the Bears. These are the levels to keep an eye on into the last trading day of the week.

Soybeans are trading with 1 to 3 cent losses early on Friday morning. The market closed Thursday with contracts 11 to 16 ¼ cents higher. The cmdtyView national front month Cash Bean price was up 16 cents at $9.62. Soymeal futures were up $2 to $5.10/ton on the day, with...

The corn market is trading with slight losses to start the Friday session. Futures were up from 4 to 9 ¼ cents across most contracts on Thursday, as the market tried to recover some of the losses from the past couple weeks. Preliminary open interest showed a rotation of ownership,...