Market Talk

We see mixed to lower action in grains with higher action in the cattle market coming out of the holiday weekend. Arlan Suderman, Chief Commodities Economist at StoneX, joins us to discuss in our Market Talk Midday Commentary for Tuesday, May 26th.

Today's lineup includes a recap of Friday's Cattle on Feed Report with Susan Littlefield and Kyle Bumsted plus analysis and perspective from Scott Varilek, Brady Huck, Naomi Blohm, Arlan Suderman and Shawn Hackett. Please remember those who paid the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom this Memorial Day.

The week started with plenty of volatility in the grains and oilseeds while we ended the week with big losses in feeder cattle futures. Will this volatility stick around after Memorial Day? What seasonal windows should we be watching in the grain trade? Naomi Blohm with Total Farm Marketing joins us for a wide-ranging conversation on the markets and risk management. Find more online at https://www...

Cattle futures have seen more volatility to end the week while it was quieter in the grain markets at midday Friday. Arlan Suderman from StoneX joined us to discuss in our Market Talk Midday Commentary for Friday, May 22nd, 2026.

The cattle complex was down sharply on Thursday as it appears multiple factors (the lockout at Cargill in Fort Morgan, CO, upcoming Cattle on Feed Report, etc) had a hand in limit lower feeder cattle and big losses in live cattle. The grains and oilseeds also saw more selling pressure as we near the weekend holiday. Bryan Doherty with Total Farm Marketing joins us to discuss the Thursday trade act...

Grains have turned mixed at midday while the cattle complex is under heavy selling pressure. Mike Castle, Senior Commodities Economist at StoneX, joins us for a look at the midday market trade as we near the holiday weekend.

We saw the grain markets along with crude oil, live cattle and lean hogs under pressure on Wednesday as the markets searched for direction ahead of the holiday weekend. Gold did rally and that is one of many items that Mike Zuzolo with Global Commodity Analytics is watching for the broader market picture. We look at charts across gold, corn and cattle on today's show. Find more online at https://w...

Tuesday was a much quieter day in the markets as the grain trade was mixed to slightly lower on the session. After all of the US/China meeting volatility, will weather take center stage? Tyler Schau with AgMarket.net joins us to share perspective on how the markets seem to have ADHD when it comes to trading headlines and volatility. We also get perspective on the cattle complex, expanded limits co...

Grain markets are taking a bit of a breather on Tuesday as we see quieter action after the US/China summit news. We discuss the trade action, crop progress numbers and the outside market picture with Mike Castle, Senior Commodities Economist at StoneX, in our Market Talk Midday Commentary.

The grain markets shot higher to start the week as the White House released news on Sunday of reported agricultural purchase commitments made by China during last week's summit between Trump and Xi. Does this news give the grain markets enough juice to work back through key levels of resistance in the trade? How does the weather conversation play into things? John Heinberg with Total Farm Marketin...

Grain markets were surging through midday on the reported China agricultural purchase commitments announced on Sunday by the White House. We discuss that, the outside markets and the livestock trade with Arlan Suderman, Chief Commodities Economist at StoneX, in our Midday Commentary.

As we head into the weekend, we sit down to talk commodity and livestock markets with Chad Hart, Professor and Economist at Iowa State University. We discuss the markets chasing headlines, the weather impacts, the law of supply and demand, ethanol/E15 legislation, US/China talks and much more. Plus it was a busy week in the cattle markets with plenty of news and record cash trade. Joe Kooima with...

It appears we have more follow-through selling in the grain trade on Friday while cattle futures are pushing a bit higher. Arlan Suderman, Chief Commodities Economist at StoneX, joins us to discuss in our Friday Market Talk Midday Commentary.

Soybeans fell into some hard profit taking on Thursday as traders apparently caught wind of some small nuggets of information from the Trump/Xi meeting ongoing in China. That pulled corn and wheat lower while cattle futures closed lower as news came out regarding new higher limits starting on June 1st. Bryan Doherty with Total Farm Marketing joins us for analysis and perspective on today's show. M...

Soybeans are down hard, pulling wheat and corn lower as well, amid some of the chatter coming from the US/China meeting that is ongoing. Arlan Suderman, Chief Commodities Economist at StoneX, joins us to share some context on the market moves we are seeing through midday Thursday.

We saw a quieter grain trade on Wednesday while cattle surged and we got new energy and inflation data released as well. Mike Zuzolo with Global Commodity Analytics joins us to share technical analysis of things he is watching in the grain, livestock and outside markets at midweek. Find more online at  https://www.globalcommresearch.com . And as farmers continue to work through spring planting 202...

Grain markets are mixed and quieter on Wednesday while we examine new Producer Price Index data and await any news from the Trump/Xi meeting in China. Arlan Suderman with StoneX joins us for analysis of the grain, livestock and outside markets at midweek. ***Always remember the risk of trading futures and options can be substantial.

Winter wheat futures soared on Tuesday after USDA seemingly indicated the well reported issues with this year's crop in the U.S. Plains. We saw 35-45 cent moves higher across the wheat complex while soybeans, bean oil, bean meal and corn also had a positive day. Matt Bennett with AgMarket.net joins us for analysis and reaction to the May WASDE report and some thoughts on the situation with beef im...

On Tuesday, USDA released the latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates for the month of May and it featured a few suprises and changes of note to the U.S. and World balance sheets. Arlan Suderman, Chief Commodities Economist at StoneX joins us for a recap and report day analysis.

The Trump administration is preparing to temporarily lower tariffs on imported beef in an effort to ease record-high beef prices for American consumers. That news on Monday sent cattle futures on a wild ride that ended well off of session lows, as some early week cash cattle trade surfaced on the day as well. John Heinberg with Total Farm Marketing joins us to discuss the livestock and grain trade...

We saw more profit taking in cattle futures on Friday while this week's cash trade was strong again. What's going on with the disconnect between the two markets and where do we go from here? Scott Varilek with Kooima Kooima Varilek joins us for analysis of the week in the livestock trade and more on today's show. Find more at https://www.kkvtrading.com . We are also seeing some positive money flow...

On today's show, we hear from StoneX Senior Commodities Economist Mike Castle to kickoff the show followed by this week's new episode of Cattle Chatter with Susan Littlefield and Brad Kooima. Susan sticks with us in Segment Three as she shares a dairy market conversation with Shawn Hackett from Hackett Financial Advisors while Jesse closes the show with market analysis and recap from Thursday's tr...

We see pressure across commodities, energies and cattle on Thursday as optimism grows about a deal to end the war with Iran. That is helping fuel positivity in the stock market as well as we near the end of the week. Mike Castle, Senior Commodities Economist at StoneX, joins us to discuss in the Market Talk Midday Commentary. ***Always remember the risk of trading futures and options can be substa...

On today's Market Talk, Susan Littlefield sits in for Jesse Allen as she has market analysis with Mike Zuzolo from Global Commodity Analytics and Mike Castle from StoneX. She also shares a conversation with former Senator Heidi Heitkamp, who is now Director of Agriculture at alliant.

It was a classic "turnaround Tuesday" in the trade today as we saw the livestock complex find support to the upside after profit taking to start the week. Meantime, grains saw a round of profit taking as we've been testing key resistance levels. Brian Splitt with AgMarket.net joins us for some technical analysis of the the trade as we talk corn, soybeans, wheat, cotton, rice and cattle on the show...