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% |