Spectrum Commodities Wheat & Cattle Markets Analysis

Futures gap higher but struggle to hold gains; cash trade quiet; boxed beef higher; cash feeders lower; large traders increase long positions; more discussion of Cattle-on-Feed report.

Grains move lower as market readies for major reports next week; European drought intensifying with wheat production estimates declining; Commitment-of-Trader's report shows drop in longs for corn and soybeans.

Futures lower; cash generally quiet; boxed beef mixed on light volume; cash feeders higher; solid export sales; Cattle-on-Feed viewed as bearish front months, supportive to back months.

Grains weaken as war premium declines; weather becoming a major issue for the US and Europe; solid export sales.

Futures mixed; cash quiet; choice boxed beef weaker; cash feeders lower; Cattle-on-Feed report out this afternoon.

Grains surge higher on China demand rumors; weather taking a toll on winter and summer crops as too much rain becoming a problem; markets closed Friday.

Futures stronger; cash quiet; boxed beef higher; cash feeders higher; Cattle-on-Feed estimates.

Grains pushing higher on China interest in soybeans and weather concerns mounting for summer crops; drought intensifying in Europe; El Nino shaping up to be a monster.

Futures push higher; cash firms up; boxed beef higher on light volume; cash feeders lower; weekly cash summary; more NWS cases show up.

Grains reverse higher after pushing to new swing lows; crop progress and condition report; wheat quality becoming a concern in the Northern Hemisphere.

Futures and cash mixed for the week; boxed beef lower; cash feeders steady.

Grains mixed for the week; end of hostilities with Iran pushes crude oil and biofuel crops lower; large traders abandon bullish attitudes; weather continues to look good for US while dry conditions developing in the EU; world FOB update.

Futures higher; cash steady; boxed beef lower; cash feeders higher; strong export sales.

Supply/Demand summary - little market reaction; solid export sales; winter wheat harvest progressing.

Futures higher; cash steady; boxed beef mixed; cash feeders steady; more NWS cases.

Grains again struggle to hold gains; Supply/Demand and export sales today; Brazil updates supply/demand estimates.

Futures choppy; cash mixed; boxed beef mixed on good volume; cash feeders weaker; weekly cash summary.

Grains start strong but struggle to hold gains; markets preparing for slew of data from USDA and other countries; talk of China buying Brazil soybeans.

Futures reverse lower; cash steady; boxed beef lower; cash feeders higher; more NWS cases adding more uncertainty to markets.

Grains stabilize after long slide; Crop progress and conditions in line with estimates; weather continues to look good so far.

Futures volatile for the week as NWS reaches the US; cash steady; boxed beef mixed; cash feeders higher.

Grains under pressure last week, holding at major support levels; weather looking good for most of Midwest; wars continue to add volatility.

Futures see huge price swings after confirmation of first US screwworm case; cash slightly lower than last week; boxed beef lower; cash feeders under pressure; poor export sales.

Soybeans accelerate lower on fears that US tariffs will cause China to abandon US imports; rains delaying Kansas wheat harvest and creating quality concerns; China also seeing wheat quality issues; US export sales mixed. 

Futures under pressure on confirmation of US case of New World Screwworm in Texas; cash lower; boxed beef mixed on light volume; cash feeders higher.

Grains continue lower on fund liquidation and good weather; corn and soybeans at major support areas; US to re-impose 10% tariffs.

Futures lower, light cash trade lower; boxed beef higher; cash feeder firming; NWS updates.

Grains continue lower on good weather and lack of China business; world weather update.

Futures higher; cash lower; boxed beef mixed; cash feeders sharply lower; weekly cash update; New World Screwworm creeping north.

Grains weaker on no China news, good weather and expanding wheat harvest; crop conditions update; world FOB update.

Futures and cash lower for the week; boxed beef lower; cash feeders firm; solid export sales.

Grains lower on hopes for Iran cease-fire and improving weather; solid export sales; China moving forward with growing GMO corn and soybeans.

Futures under pressure with feeders mostly limit down; cash higher; boxed beef lower; cash feeders lower; Cattle-on-Feed report this afternoon.

Grains continue to retrace the China rally; good weather for the Midwest heading into a long holiday weekend; solid export sales supportive.

Futures and cash mixed; boxed beef lower on good volume; cash feeders strongly higher; Cargill locks out union workers in Ft. Morgan.

Grains slip on lack of Chinese trade confirmation; weekly energy report summary; US to increase domestic fertilizer production; Illinois wheat tour estimates huge yields.

Futures bounce after lower open; cash steady; boxed beef higher; cash feeders higher.

Futures mixed after robust Monday; basis stronger for corn and beans while wheat slips; reports of east coast mills importing wheat; Southern Hemisphere wheat plantings expected to decline.

Futures lower; cash stays strong; boxed beef higher; cash feeders lower; weekly cash summary.

Grains sharply higher on China trade hopes; weather looks good for spring crops.

Futures higher last week; cash stronger again; boxed beef firm; cash feeders mixed; China renews export licenses for over 400 US beef plants.

Profit taking last week across the grain space replaced by strongly higher markets this morning on reports of more China commitments for US ag purchases; weather conditions remain very good across most of corn and soybean regions.

Futures lower after choppy price action; China renews import licenses for US beef processing plants; light export sales; CME re-sets annual daily price limits.

Rough day in the grain complex on disappointment with US/China summit; light export sales; hard red winter wheat tour results.

Futures strongly higher on China re-authorizing US beef processing plants for imports; cash steady; boxed beef lower; cash feeder slipping.

Kansas City wheat loses steam; soybeans disappointed so far in US/China summit; winter wheat crop tour results; wheat harvest under way in the south.

Futures under pressure; cash firm; boxed beef slightly lower; Supply/Demand summary.

Supply/Demand delivers super bullish report for wheat; report summary.

Futures buckle after announcement of US temporarily removing beef tariff rate import quotas, but manage to bounce back by the close; cash slightly higher; boxed beef higher.

Wheat leads higher; markets waiting for crop tour results and Supply/Demand report; weather looking good for rest of Northern Hemisphere.