The Latest Breaking News from USDA

Hogs Falling on Wednesday

Lean hog futures are showing losses of $1 to $1.25 at Wednesday’s midday, with August up a nickel ahead of Thursday’s expiration. USDA’s national base hog price was reported at $110.10 on Wednesday morning, up $3.75. The CME Lean Hog Index was down 18 cents at $109.84 on August 11....

Barchart · Aug 13, 2025

Cattle Posting Mixed Trade on Wednesday

Live cattle futures are showing some positive trade on the Wednesday session, with gains of 10 to 20 cents in the nearbys. Cash trade has been light this week, with light dressed trade at $385, up $4 wk/wk. the Wednesday morning Fed Cattel Exchange online auction showed sales on 40...

Barchart · Aug 13, 2025

Wheat Mixed at Midday

The wheat complex is back to mixed trade on Wednesday. CBT soft red wheat futures are leading the bulls, with fractional gains at midday. KC HRW futures are down 2 to 4 1/4 cents in the front months so far on the session. MPLS spring wheat is fractionally to 1...

Barchart · Aug 13, 2025

Corn Clawing a Couple Cents Back on Wednesday Morning

Corn price action is up 2 to 2 1.4 cents so far on Wednesday morning. Futures fell lower on Tuesday as USDA added more than 1 billion bushels to the balance sheet. Contracts closed with losses of 12 to 13 ½ cents. Preliminary open interest saw some rolling out of...

Barchart · Aug 13, 2025

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GOBankingRates · Aug 13, 2025

Cattle Rallies Back Higher, as Beef Surges

Live cattle futures closed with gains of $2.40 to $2.95 on Tuesday. Cash trade has yet to get kicked off this week, as last week was light with $245 northern action reported and $235 in the South. Feeder cattle futures posted gains of $5.15 to $5.65 as corn losses were...

Barchart · Aug 12, 2025

Corn Hits New Lows as USDA Raises Yield and Acreage

Corn futures fell lower on Tuesday as USDA added more than 1 billion bushels to the balance sheet. Contracts closed with losses of 12 to 13 ½ cents. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price was down 13 1/4 cents at $3.54 1/4. USDA reported a private export sale this...

Barchart · Aug 12, 2025

Hogs Slip Back on Tuesday

Lean hog futures closed out Tuesday with 12 to 42 cent losses. USDA’s national base hog price was reported at $112.41 on Tuesday afternoon, up $4.16. The CME Lean Hog Index was down 23 cents at $110.02 on August 8. USDA’s FOB plant pork cutout report from Tuesday afternoon was...

Barchart · Aug 12, 2025

Cotton Rallies as USDA Production Cut

Cotton futures were in rally mode on Tuesday, as USDA played a supportive role. Contracts were up 161 to 178 points at the close. The US dollar index was back down $0.466 to $97.895, as crude oil futures were down 86 cents. USDA showed a total of 840,000 planted acres...

Barchart · Aug 12, 2025

Wheat Closes with Weakness

The wheat complex fell lower on Tuesday, as USDA added some bushels to the winter wheat output. CBT soft red wheat futures led the charge lower, down 9 to 10 cents in the nearbys. KC HRW futures were down 7 to 8 1/4 cents in the front months. MPLS spring...

Barchart · Aug 12, 2025