The table below shows the major ag commodity futures contracts, ranked by price performance last month, with some other assets, such as gold and oil, included for comparison.

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Commodity Month-end price
Change on month
Change on 2022
Brent crude $122.84 per barrel 12.3% 57.9%
White sugar (London) £572.30 per tonne 8.1% 15.1%
Hard red spring wheat (Minneapolis) $12.47 1/2 per bushel 7.4% 27.0%
Lean hogs (Chicago) 108.00 cents per pound 7.0% 32.6%
Hard red winter wheat (Kansas City) $11.65 1/2 per bushel 6.5% 45.4%
Feeder cattle (Chicago) 165.13 cents per pound 5.6% -1.0%
Whole milk powder (NZX) $4,125 per tonne 4.4% 4.4%
Soft red winter wheat (Chicago) $10.87 1/2 per bushel 4.2% 41.1%
Arabica coffee (New York) 231.25 cents per pound 3.9% 2.3%
Bcom 131.343 0.9% 32.4%
Raw sugar (New York) 19.40 cents per pound 0.3% 2.8%
Robusta coffee (London) $2,106 per tonne 0.1% -15.4%
Canola (Winnipeg) Can$1,184.3 per tonne 0.0% 16.9%
S&P 500 4,132.15 0.0% -13.3%
Cocoa (London) £1,748 per tonne -0.2% 2.8%
Bcom ag 75.3925 -0.7% 24.0%
US dollar 101.752 -1.2% 6.0%
Soybeans (Chicago) $16.83 1/4 per bushel -1.5% 26.7%
Soft milling wheat (Paris) E392.25 per tonne -2.1% 40.8%
Gold 1,837.093 per ounce -3.1% 0.5%
Cocoa (New York) $2,496 per tonne -3.9% -1.0%
Soymeal (Chicago) $414.80 per short ton -5.8% 0.8%
Corn (Chicago) $7.53 1/2 per bushel -7.9% 27.0%
Live cattle (Chicago) 130.525 cents per pound -8.0% -6.6%
Cotton (New York) 138.37 cents per pound -9.2% 22.9%
Palm oil (Kuala Lumpur) 6,304 ringgit per tonne -11.3% 34.2%
Soyoil (Chicago) 77.92 cents per pound -12.6% 38.4%
Rapeseed (Paris) E814.75 per tonne -18.3% 8.1%