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 |
| Soyoil (Chicago) | 65.65 cents per pound | +42.1% | +2.9% |
| Soybeans (Chicago) | $15.57 3/4 per bushel | +19.8% | +2.5% |
| Palm oil (Kuala Lumpur) | 3,789 ringgit per tonne | +18.4% | -9.2% |
| Cocoa (London) | £2,722 per tonne | +16.0% | +32.0% |
| Lean hogs (Chicago) | 95.65 cents per pound | +15.8% | +9.1% |
| Canola (Winnipeg) | Can$746.90 per tonne | +15.0% | -13.0% |
| Rapeseed (Paris) | €449.00 per tonne | +13.6% | -23.6% |
| Cocoa (New York) | $3,318 per tonne | +10.3% | +27.6% |
| Soft red winter wheat (Chicago) | $6.36 1/4 per bushel | +7.1% | -19.7% |
| Soymeal (Chicago) | $418.90 per short ton | +6.5% | -12.5% |
| S&P 500 | 4450.38 | +6.5% | +15.9% |
| Feed wheat (London) | £175.15 per tonne | +5.8% | -27.2% |
| Hard red spring wheat (Minneapolis) | $8.25 per bushel | +5.8% | -12.1% |
| Soft milling wheat (Paris) | €230.75 per tonne | +5.7% | -25.4% |
| Robusta coffee (London) | $2,697 per tonne | +5.5% | +44.3% |
| Live cattle (Chicago) | 177.175 cents per pound | +4.8% | +12.2% |
| Brent crude | $75.41 per barrel | +3.7% | -12.2% |
| Bcom | 101.48 | +3.6% | -10.0% |
| Feeder cattle (Chicago) | 247.575 cents per pound | +3.5% | +34.8% |
| Bcom ag | 66.476 | +3.2% | -3.4% |
| Hard red winter wheat (Kansas City) | $8.01 1/4 per bushel | +1.4% | -9.8% |
| Cotton (New York) | 82.84 cents per pound | -0.8% | -0.6% |
| US dollar | 102.92 | -1.4% | -0.6% |
| Gold | $1,921.10 per ounce | -2.1% | +5.4% |
| Whole milk powder (NZX) | $3,050 per tonne | -2.9% | -4.4% |
| Corn (Chicago) | $5.56 1/4 per bushel | -6.4% | -18.0% |
| Raw sugar (New York) | 22.89 cents per pound | -8.7% | +14.2% |
| White sugar (London) | $633.40 per tonne | -9.0% | +14.2% |
| Arabica coffee (New York) | 161 cents per pound | -9.9% | -3.8% |
