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Futures Spreads and Basis Levels Tell a Lot About a Market
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Posted at Wednesday, August 19, 2026 10:07AM CDT

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Quotes

@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
  High Low Last Chg
Aug 226.025 223.075 223.300 - 1.600
Oct 221.000 217.000 217.125 - 1.800
Dec 221.225 217.050 217.075 - 2.125
Feb 221.600 217.675 217.675 - 2.125
Apr 221.750 218.325 218.325 - 1.975
Jun 214.525 211.550 211.550 - 1.950
Aug 210.375 207.650 207.650 - 1.725
Oct 208.950 206.525 206.525 - 1.850
Dec 209.275 209.275 209.275 - 2.175
Feb 207.000 - 2.175
 
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
  High Low Last Chg
Aug 341.500 336.600 336.625 - 2.600
Sep 335.075 328.800 328.800 - 4.550
Oct 328.125 321.775 321.775 - 4.550
Nov 320.075 313.825 313.825 - 4.800
Jan 311.725 305.150 305.225 - 4.950
Mar 307.250 301.275 301.275 - 4.925
Apr 305.600 301.050 301.050 - 4.875
May 304.600 300.150 300.275 - 4.575
Aug 303.800 300.100 300.100 - 4.925
 
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
  High Low Last Chg
Oct 81.925 80.900 81.500 0.775
Dec 71.750 70.900 71.450 0.525
Feb 74.525 73.850 74.250 0.250
Apr 79.850 79.200 79.625 0.225
May 83.725 83.700 83.700 0.250
Jun 92.625 92.000 92.525 0.300
Jul 94.150 93.475 94.075 0.425
Aug 93.625 92.975 93.625 0.500
Oct 79.150 78.700 78.975 0.125
Dec 71.500 0.200
Feb 75.000 0.200
 
@C - CORN - CBOT
  High Low Last Chg
Sep 471'2 461'4 471'2 8'0
Dec 496'4 486'2 496'0 8'0
Mar 512'0 502'0 511'6 7'6
May 519'2 510'0 518'6 6'6
Jul 521'6 513'2 521'2 6'2
Sep 501'4 495'0 501'2 4'2
Dec 506'2 500'6 505'6 3'2
Mar 516'6 512'0 516'2 2'6
May 522'4 518'4 521'4 2'0
Jul 525'0 522'0 523'2 1'0
Sep 493'2 493'0 493'0 0'6
Dec 498'0 497'0 497'2 0'6
Jul 511'0 0'0
Dec 496'0 0'0
 
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
  High Low Last Chg
Sep 1224'4 1198'2 1220'4 19'6
Nov 1239'4 1214'0 1235'4 18'6
Jan 1253'4 1228'6 1249'6 18'2
Mar 1258'0 1235'4 1254'4 16'2
May 1262'4 1241'4 1259'0 14'4
Jul 1265'4 1246'2 1262'4 13'2
Aug 1247'6 1230'6 1245'0 11'4
Sep 1207'2 1198'2 1205'6 6'6
Nov 1199'4 1188'0 1194'6 3'4
Jan 1209'0 1204'2 1204'2 2'6
Mar 1204'4 1204'4 1204'4 4'2
May 1172'4 0'0
Jul 1211'6 1209'0 1209'0 1'6
Aug 1197'4 0'0
Sep 1175'0 0'0
Nov 1179'0 1174'0 1174'4 2'6
Jul 1191'0 0'0
Nov 1130'0 0'0
 
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
  High Low Last Chg
Sep 683'2 660'2 677'4 13'0
Dec 700'2 677'2 694'6 13'4
Mar 717'4 694'6 712'2 13'2
May 725'0 702'4 719'2 12'0
Jul 724'0 705'4 718'2 10'0
Sep 730'0 712'0 724'2 8'6
Dec 741'6 724'4 736'2 8'6
Mar 747'4 747'0 747'4 12'0
May 734'6 0'0
Jul 711'0 0'0
Sep 720'0 0'0
Dec 740'2 740'0 740'0 7'0
Mar 743'6 0'0
May 734'2 0'0
Jul 726'0 0'0

 
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