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Klassen: Feeder market quiets at year-end

Feeding margins have moved into negative territory, setting a negative tone for replacements

By Jerry Klassen, GFM Network News January 2, 2024

The last full week of 2023 was characterized by lower volumes and limited buying interest. Feedlot operators don’t want to weigh down schedules of hired hands over the holidays. Many auction barns were closed for the season while some held bred cows and bred heifer sales.

Lean hogs LEG24 as of Dec. 29. (Barchart)

Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME cattle, lean hog futures mixed to lower

China's beef purchases supports live cattle

By P.J. Huffstutter, Reuters, GFM Network News December 29, 2023

Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) livestock futures were mostly mixed to lower on Friday, on limited technical trading and less-than-robust beef export news ahead of the New Year's holiday.

Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn closes with biggest yearly loss in a decade

Wheat, soy decline on bumper Brazil harvest, resilient Black Sea trade

By brendan-obrien, Reuters, GFM Network News December 29, 2023

Chicago corn closed on Friday with its biggest yearly drop in a decade while wheat and soybeans also posted steep annual declines after bumper harvests in Brazil and resilient Black Sea trade tempered concerns about weather and war.

CME live cattle futures LEG24 on Dec. 28 with moving averages for 20, 50 and 100 days. (Barchart)

Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME cattle, lean hog futures weighed by demand questions

Plains blizzards and cold winter weather stressed animals and impacted weight gain

By P.J. Huffstutter, Reuters, GFM Network News December 28, 2023

Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) livestock futures mostly ended lower on Thursday, as a sluggish cash market weighed on nearly all cattle markets and hog traders continued to wrestle with concerns about demand for hefty pork supplies, analysts said.

CBOT wheat futures ZWH24 on Dec. 28 with moving averages for 20, 50 and 100 days. (Barchart)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat rebounds with Black Sea risks, short covering by funds

Corn, soybeans fell as traders assessed a rainy forecast in South America

By brendan-obrien, Reuters, GFM Network News December 28, 2023

Chicago wheat futures climbed on Thursday after a vessel hit a mine in the Black Sea, an incident that underscores the continuing security risks along the key global grain trade shipping route.

Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME lean hog, cattle future contracts mixed

Live cattle futures eased on profit-taking and weaker-than-expected cash trades

By P.J. Huffstutter, Reuters, GFM Network News December 28, 2023

Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) feeder cattle futures firmed on Wednesday, seeing a boost from weakness in the grain market and as the trade tried to spur ranchers to rebuild their herds, analysts said.

Detail from the front of the CBOT building in Chicago. (Vito Palmisano/iStock/Getty Images)

Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat slips after rally, soybeans tick higher

Traders continue to keep a sharp eye on Brazil weather forecast

By brendan-obrien, Reuters, GFM Network News December 27, 2023

Chicago wheat declined on Wednesday, erasing most of the gains made the day before when worries that escalating wartime tensions would impact shipping in the Black Sea exporting region sent grains markets higher.

Crops, Markets

CBOT weekly outlook: Late Christmas gift for futures

Re-opening of U.S./Mexico rail crossings boosted corn, dryness lifted soybeans

By Adam Peleshaty - MarketsFarm, GFM Network News December 27, 2023

On what would have been a bearish week on the Chicago Board of Trade ending Dec. 27, prices received a sharp boost as trading resumed after Christmas.

Soybean futures ZSH24 on Dec. 22 with the 20-day moving average. (Barchart)

Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Chicago soybean, grain futures firm ahead of holidays

Railways between U.S. and Mexico reopened five days after key trade routes closed

By P.J. Huffstutter, Reuters, GFM Network News December 22, 2023

Chicago Board of Trade soybean and grain futures firmed on Friday, as traders adjusted their positions before the year-end holidays after a flurry of economic data showed underlying inflation pressures continuing to ease.

Lean hogs HEG24 on Dec. 22 with the 20-day moving average. (Barchart)

Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs firm, but face bigger-than-expected US herd

Live cattle ended the day down, feeder cattle were up

By P.J. Huffstutter, Reuters, GFM Network News December 22, 2023

Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs turned higher on a technical bump on Friday, and cattle futures were mixed on moderate cash trades, traders said.

U.S. livestock: Cattle drop sharply, hogs mixed

Pulse Weekly: Talk arises of India ending duty-free period

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn, wheat ease, traders eye USDA crop report

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle drop sharply, hogs mixed

Pulse Weekly: Talk arises of India ending duty-free period

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn, wheat ease, traders eye USDA crop report

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Klassen: Feeder market quiets at year-end

U.S. livestock: CME cattle, lean hog futures mixed to lower

U.S. grains: Corn closes with biggest yearly loss in a decade

U.S. livestock: CME cattle, lean hog futures weighed by demand questions

U.S. grains: Wheat rebounds with Black Sea risks, short covering by funds

U.S. livestock: CME lean hog, cattle future contracts mixed

U.S. grains: Wheat slips after rally, soybeans tick higher

CBOT weekly outlook: Late Christmas gift for futures

U.S. grains: Chicago soybean, grain futures firm ahead of holidays

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs firm, but face bigger-than-expected US herd

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