The Latest Breaking News from USDA

The corn market closed out the Monday session with front months fractionally lower and contracts for September ’26 and beyond up ¾ to 1 ¾ cents. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price was steady at $3.78 ¼ on Monday. The USDA reported private sales of 135,660 MT of corn...

As corn and soybean crop harvests begin, the USDA’s quarterly grain stocks report is the key data point to watch this week.

October NY world sugar #11 (SBV25 ) on Monday closed up +0.15 (+0.95%), and December London ICE white sugar #5 (SWZ25 ) closed up +1.30 (+0.28%). Sugar prices on Monday climbed to 1.5-week highs and settled higher as dollar weakness (DXY00 ) spurred short-covering in sugar futures. Last Tuesday, NY...

Live cattle futures are posting slight midday losses on Monday, with contracts down 30 to 60 cents. Cash trade settled in at $232-235 in the North last week, $3 lower, with Southern action at $235-237, down $3. Feeder cattle futures are trading with midday losses of 25 to 80 cents...

Corn futures are showing fractional losses so far on the Monday session. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price is down 1/4 cent at $3.78. The USDA reported private sales of 135,660 MT of corn to Mexico for 2025/26, with 110,668 MT of corn sold to unknown destinations. This morning’s...

Lean hog futures are easing back lower on Monday, with contracts down a tick to 42 cents in the nearbys. USDA’s national base hog prices from the Monday morning report were down $2.35 from the day prior at $101.86. The CME Lean Hog Index was back down 13 cents on...

October NY world sugar #11 (SBV25 ) today is up +0.16 (+1.01%), and December London ICE white sugar #5 (SWZ25 ) is up +2.20 (+0.48%). Sugar prices are moving higher today and posted 1.5-week highs as dollar weakness (DXY00 ) spurs short-covering in sugar futures. Last Tuesday, NY sugar posted...

Cotton price action is up 8 to 11 points so far on Monday. Futures posted gains heading into the weekend as contracts were mostly steady to 12 points higher. December was up 11 points last week. The US dollar index was back down $0.370 on the day to $97.845, with...

Lean hog futures were in rally mode on Friday, as contracts were up $1.40 to $2.50 on the day. October was up $3.52 last week. Preliminary open interest showed new buying, up 5,485 contracts on Friday. USDA’s national base hog prices from the Friday afternoon report were down $1.32 from...

Soybeans are down 3 to 4 cents so far on Monday morning. Futures posted Friday gains of 1 to 2 cents at the close, with November falling back another 11 ¾ cents since last Friday. Preliminary open interest was up 7,416 contracts on Friday, as Nove saw some reduction, down...

Corn prices are down 2 to 2 ½ cents early on Monday. Futures posted losses of 3 to 4 cents across the front months on Friday, with December slipping back 2 cents last week. Preliminary open interest suggested some longs liquidating, down 11,739 contracts on Friday, mainly in the December....