Livestock and Grain Markets, Prices & Futures
Use the chart below to check futures prices for commodities. Click the links for pricing on grains, livestock, and more and stay on top of what’s going on in the markets. Cash price reflects the USDA Chicago terminal.
Latest News from Markets
Last week’s $4-plus rally in cash fed cattle prices cut average feedyard losses in half, leaving the red ink totaling $90 on every animal shipped.
Last week’s market rally helped feedyards erase much of their red ink, but not all.
Feedyard margins improved last week despite a $3 per cwt. decline in cash cattle prices.
Cattle feeders turned a tidy profit for the second consecutive week.
Last week’s $2 per cwt. decline in cash cattle prices left feedyard margins at near breakeven levels.
Feedlot closeouts continue ending on positive notes.
Cattle feeders turned a profit for the eighth consecutive week.
Cattle feeders saw positive margins on closeouts for the ninth consecutive week.
Feedyard margins declined $28 per head last week to total an average loss of $70 per head, according to the Sterling Beef Profit Tracker.