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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For October’s table, click here.
| Commodity | Month-end price |
Change on month |
Change on 2022 |
| Cotton (New York) | 86.05 cents per pound | +19.5% | -23.6% |
| Raw sugar (New York) | 19.63 cents per pound | +9.2% | +4.0% |
| Gold | $1,746 per ounce | +6.7% | -4.5% |
| S&P 500 | 4080.11 | +5.4% | -14.4% |
| Cocoa (New York) | $2,451 per tonne | +5.0% | -2.7% |
| Soybeans (Chicago) | $14.69 1/2 per bushel | +4.4% | +10.6% |
| Palm oil (Kuala Lumpur) | 4,234 ringgit per tonne | +4.4% | -9.9% |
| Cocoa (London) | £1,998 per tonne | +4.1% | +17.5% |
| Soyoil (Chicago) | 75.23 cents per pound | +2.8% | +33.6% |
| Bcom | 116.3234 | +2.6% | +17.3% |
| White sugar (London) | $539.20 per tonne | +2.3% | +8.5% |
| Feeder cattle (Chicago) | 180.475 cents per pound | +1.6% | +8.1% |
| Robusta coffee (London) | $1,887 per tonne | +0.9% | -24.2% |
| Live cattle (Chicago) | 153.075 cents per pound | +0.4% | +9.6% |
| Whole milk powder (NZX) | $3,300 per tonne | 0.0% | -16.5% |
| Bcom ag | 67.4568 | -1.4% | +11.0% |
| Lean hogs (Chicago) | 82.90 cents per pound | -2.4% | +1.7% |
| Soymeal (Chicago) | 417.70 per short ton | -2.4% | +1.5% |
| Hard red spring wheat (Minneapolis) | $9.56 3/4 per bushel | -2.5% | -2.6% |
| Corn (Chicago) | $6.62 per bushel | -4.3% | +11.6% |
| US dollar | 105.95 | -5.0% | +10.4% |
| Arabica coffee (New York) | 167.70 cents per pound | -5.6% | -25.8% |
| Brent crude | 86.97 per barrel | -6.3% | +11.8% |
| Hard red winter wheat (Kansas City) | $9.13 1/4 per bushel | -6.7% | +13.9% |
| Soft milling wheat (Paris) | E326.50 per tonne | -7.3% | +17.2% |
| Canola (Winnipeg) | Can$845.50 per tonne | -8.5% | -16.5% |
| Rapeseed (Paris) | E599.75 per tonne | -9.8% | -20.5% |
| Feed wheat (London) | £246.00 per tonne | -10.4% | +11.7% |
| Soft red winter wheat (Chicago) | $7.71 1/2 per bushel | -12.6% | +0.1% |
