Louise Gartner of Spectrum Commodities gives a daily analysis of the wheat and cattle futures and cash markets. She is a 30-year veteran of the commodities markets and owner of Spectrum Commodities, an Introducing Broker located near Cincinnati, OH. Raised on a farm/ranch in eastern Montana, she com…

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.Â

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.

Futures lower for the week; cash higher; boxed beef higher; cash feeders also higher.

Grains retreat from highs last week; weather looks good for row crops; markets looking forward to Tuesday's Supply/Demand report and US/China summit; weekly FOB update.

Futures under pressure; cash higher; boxed beef lower; cash feeders higher; solid export sales.

Wheat leads grain complex lower as cold weather gets replaced by warmer temps; corn and beans bounce off of weak open after Iran rejected US peace offer; light export sales.

Futures quietly higher; cash steady; boxed beef lower; cash feeders slip.

Grain complex under pressure on Iran peace talks; STATS Canada stocks report; EIA energy report; market waits for Kansas crop tour and Supply/Demand next week.

Futures regain Monday's losses; cash steady to higher; boxed beef firm on good volume; cash feeders higher.

wheat sees outside day lower on rains, but cold weather threatens western plains; potential peace agreement with Iran pressuring energies and grains; Oklahoma wheat production expected to be less than half of last year.

Futures under pressure, confirming Friday's key reversal lower; cash steady; boxed beef higher on good volume; cash feeders lower; weekly cash summary.

Wheat loses steam as rains come to parched western plains; corn and soybean higher on China hopes.

Futures give key reversal down; cash holds sharply higher trade; boxed beef slightly lower; cash feeders lower; markets looking for seasonal highs.

Wheat stalls as rains come to parched western plains; corn and beans holding out hope for demand following US/China summit; US offers safe passage through Hormuz, but few takers.