Cattle Surge as Wheat Tumbles Thursday

Closing Markets for Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026

• December corn settled at $5.40 3/4, down 2 3/4 cents.
• November soybeans settled at $13.16 1/4, up 6 cents.
• December Chicago wheat settled at $7.54 1/4, down 19 3/4 cents.
• December Kansas City hard red winter wheat settled at $8.15 1/2, down 18 3/4 cents.
• October live cattle settled at $214.300, up $4.125.
• October feeder cattle settled at $321.100, up $6.725.
• October lean hogs settled at $83.450, down 32 1/2 cents.

Wheat led the grain weakness Thursday, and corn finished lower under spillover pressure. Soybeans recovered from early losses to close modestly higher.

Cattle futures rebounded sharply as northern cash trade developed, with feeder cattle leading the livestock gains. Lean hogs eased as USDA’s national base hog price fell to $87.09.

Settlements verified from free delayed Barchart data for Sept. 3, 2026. Futures prices are subject to exchange corrections.