Futures Market Overview

Front month wheat futures ended the day with double digit losses of over 2% across all three domestic classes. Chicago was 13 to 14 cents lower and are now sub-$6 through Sep. KC futures ended the day...

Front month hogs, past the Feb contract, gapped lower at the day session open and spent the whole day working in the red. At the close futures were off their daily lows but still down by 52 to 75 cents....

Corn prices sold off at 9AM into the report, but (after an initial spike lower) had recovered back to positive territory. An afternoon fade into the close left the board a penny to 1 ½ cents lower across...

Soy futures were mixed on USDA’s report day, with a Soy oil rally. The triple digit gains of as much as 2.5% helped soybeans stay in the black as well. Front month soybean futures were 1 ¾ to 4 ½ cents...

Cattle futures were back to challenging the 61.8% retracement from their LoC highs to the Dec low on Thursday. The board settled off the session highs, but still triple digits higher with gains of as much...

Cotton prices spent time on both sides of UNCH on Thursday, but ultimately closed 6 to 63 points in the black led by the March contract. Old crop cotton set new highs for the move and are trading near...

What you need to know… The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) on Thursday closed up +0.06%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed up +0.13%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed...

With the USDA report behind us, what's next for the markets?