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. This month, sterling has been included too.
For August’s table, click here.
| Commodity | Month-end price |
Change on month |
Change on 2022 |
| Soft red winter wheat (Chicago) | $9.21 1/2 per bushel | +13.9% | +19.6% |
| Feed wheat (London) | £291.15 per tonne | +8.0% | +32.2% |
| Cocoa (London) | £1,940 per tonne | +7.8% | +14.1% |
| Soft milling wheat (Paris) | E356.75 per tonne | +7.4% | +28.1% |
| Hard red winter wheat (Kansas City) | $9.91 1/2 per bushel | +7.3% | +23.7% |
| Hard red spring wheat (Minneapolis) | $9.82 per bushel | +7.3% | 0.0% |
| US dollar, versus basket of currencies | 113.173 | +4.1% | +17.9% |
| Rapeseed (Paris) | E633.00 per tonne | +2.7% | -16.0% |
| Whole milk powder (NZX) | $3,740 per tonne | +2.5% | -5.3% |
| Canola (Winnipeg) | Can$852.00 per tonne | +2.0% | -15.9% |
| Live cattle (Chicago) | 143.275 cents per pound | +1.2% | +2.6% |
| Corn (Chicago) | $6.77 1/2 per bushel | +0.6% | +14.2% |
| Raw sugar (New York) | 17.68 cents per pound | -1.2% | -6.4% |
| Bcom ag | 67.888 | -1.9% | +11.7% |
| Lean hogs (Chicago) | 89.225 cents per pound | -2.5% | +9.5% |
| Gold | $1,659.67 per ounce | -3.0% | -9.2% |
| Cocoa (New York) | $2,354 per tonne | -3.0% | -6.6% |
| Sterling, versus dollar | 1.116 | -4.0% | -17.5% |
| White sugar (London) | $528.70 per tonne | -4.0% | +6.4% |
| Robusta coffee (London) | $2,153 per tonne | -4.2% | -13.5% |
| Feeder cattle (Chicago) | 174.175 cents per pound | -4.5% | +4.4% |
| Arabica coffee (New York) | 221.55 cents per pound | -7.3% | -2.0% |
| Bcom | 111.4887 | -8.3% | +12.4% |
| Brent crude | $87.96 per barrel | -8.8% | +13.1% |
| S&P 500 | 3585.62 | -9.3% | -24.8% |
| Soybeans (Chicago) | $13.64 3/4 per bushel | -9.5% | +2.7% |
| Soyoil (Chicago) | 65.35 cents per pound | -10.2% | +16.1% |
| Soymeal (Chicago) | $403.20 per short ton | -12.1% | -2.1% |
| Palm oil (Kuala Lumpur) | 3,416 ringgit per tonne | -17.6% | -27.3% |
| Cotton (New York) | 93.22 cents per pound | -21.2% | -17.2% |
