Spectrum Commodities Wheat & Cattle Markets Analysis

Wheat led grains lower on hopes for war ending, but that sentiment has changed this morning as fighting escalates and crude surges higher; rains still in the forecast for the parched plains.

Futures surge higher again with some live cattle contracts filling major gaps; cash quiet; boxed beef higher; cash feeders higher.

Grains higher after plantings/stocks reports; grains lower this morning on talk of ending the war and forecasts for rain in the plains.

Futures higher; cash firm; boxed beef higher; cash feeders slightly lower; weekly cash summary; seasonal tendencies.

Kansas City wheat loses to Chicago on hints of rain for western plains; plantings and stock reports today expected to drive price action; talk of US leaving Iran war pushes equity futures higher.

Futures surge back to resistance on Friday; cash steady; boxed beef mixed on improving volume; cash feeders lower.

Wheat continued higher while corn and beans weakened after EPA bio-fuel announcement; plantings and stocks reports tomorrow will drive price action; hints of rains again in the southern plains; Iran war still creating major uncertainty in most markets.

Futures firm; cash steady; boxed beef lower on light volume; cash feeders higher; solid export sales; dry conditions expected to slow demand for grazing calves.

Kansas City wheat leads grains complex higher as dry conditions linger; high hopes for bullish news on Ag Appreciation Day; solid export sales; China investigating US trade; shipping costs soaring.

Futures fade after firm open; cash higher; choice boxed beef collapses; cash feeders slightly lower.