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.
For the previous month’s table, click here.
| Commodity | Month-end price |
Change on month |
Change for 2023 |
| Feeder cattle (Chicago) | 239.175 cents per pound | +13.4% | +30.2% |
| Cocoa (London) | £2,346 per tonne | +6.4% | +13.8% |
| Cotton (New York) | 83.48 cents per pound | +5.6% | +0.1% |
| Lean hogs (Chicago) | 82.575 cents per pound | +3.7% | -5.8% |
| US dollar | 104.33 | +2.6% | +0.8% |
| Live cattle (Chicago) | 169.125 cents per pound | +2.2% | +7.1% |
| Robusta coffee (London) | $2,556 per tonne | +0.8% | +36.8% |
| S&P 500 | 4,179.83 | +0.2% | +8.9% |
| Hard red spring wheat (Minneapolis) | $7.80 per bushel | -1.0% | -16.9% |
| Gold | 1,962.80 per ounce | -1.4% | +7.7% |
| Whole milk powder (NZX) | $3,140 per tonne | -1.6% | -1.6% |
| White sugar (London) | $696.10 per tonne | -2.2% | +25.6% |
| Hard red winter wheat (Kansas City) | $7.90 per bushel | -3.0% | -11.0% |
| Bcom ag | 64.3959 | -3.4% | -6.4% |
| Palm oil (Kuala Lumpur) | 3,201 ringgit per tonne | -4.1% | -23.3% |
| Soft red winter wheat (Chicago) | $5.94 1/4 per bushel | -4.1% | -25.0% |
| Raw sugar (New York) | 25.06 cents per pound | -4.9% | +25.0% |
| Cocoa (New York) | $3,007 per tonne | -5.3% | +15.7% |
| Arabica coffee (New York) | 178.65 cents per pound | -5.4% | +6.8% |
| Bcom | 97.96 | -6.1% | -13.2% |
| Corn (Chicago) | $5.94 per bushel | -6.6% | -12.5% |
| Soft milling wheat (Paris) | €218.25 per tonne | -8.5% | -29.4% |
| Rapeseed (Paris) | €395.25 per tonne | -8.6% | -32.8% |
| Brent crude | 72.71 per barrel | -9.5% | -15.4% |
| Soybeans (Chicago) | $12.99 3/4 per bushel | -10.1% | -14.4% |
| Soyoil (Chicago) | 46.20 cents per pound | -10.3% | -27.6% |
| Feed wheat (London) | £165.50 per tonne | -12.4% | -31.2% |
| Soymeal (Chicago) | $393.40 per short ton | -13.2% | -17.8% |
| Canola (Winnipeg) | Can$649.50 per tonne | -13.7% | -24.3% |
