Live futures prices for the major commodity contracts — energy (WTI, Brent, natural gas, RBOB), metals (gold, silver, copper), and agriculture (wheat, corn, soybeans, cattle, hogs, coffee, sugar, cocoa) — with day, week, YTD and year-over-year moves, each linking to a full-history chart.
Commodities are stage one of the inflation pipeline: raw-input costs that reach producer prices in months and the shelf after that. The pipeline page traces that chain end to end; the oil tracker and natural-gas pages go deep on the energy complex.
Front-month futures settlement prices for 28 contracts in 5 groups (Energy, Precious Metals, Industrial Metals, Agriculture, Livestock), with the change on the day, week, month, year to date and year over year, end-of-day history back to 2015 and same-day quotes layered on top; each row links to a full-history chart, and the dollar and major currency pairs share the page. Commodities are stage one of the inflation pipeline: raw-input costs that reach producer prices in months and the shelf after that.
| Contract | Price | Day | Week | Month | Year to date | Year over year | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WTI Crude Oil (CLUSD) | $99.02/bbl | 0.00% | +7.8% | -2.8% (roll September 23, 2026) | +72.4% | +72.1% | October 17, 2026 |
| Brent Crude (BZUSD) | $109.86/bbl | 0.00% | +4.9% | +4.8% | +80.5% | +79.2% | October 17, 2026 |
| Natural Gas (NGUSD) | $3.116/MMBtu | 0.00% | -3.2% | +7.4% | -15.5% | +3.6% | October 17, 2026 |
| Gasoline (RBOB) (RBUSD) | $3.144/gal | +0.04% | -4.6% | -10.3% (roll September 29, 2026) | +83.3% | +71.1% | October 17, 2026 |
| Heating Oil (HOUSD) | $4.723/gal | +0.01% | -0.3% | -7.6% (roll September 29, 2026) | +122.6% | +116.7% | October 17, 2026 |
| Contract | Price | Day | Week | Month | Year to date | Year over year | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold (GCUSD) | $4,181.1/oz | 0.00% | -0.8% | -5.0% | -3.7% | -0.8% | October 17, 2026 |
| Silver (SIUSD) | $57.31/oz | 0.00% | -6.1% | -13.3% | -18.8% | +14.4% | October 17, 2026 |
| Platinum (PLUSD) | $1,633.1/oz | 0.00% | -3.6% | -9.0% | -20.1% | +0.8% | October 17, 2026 |
| Palladium (PAUSD) | $1,118.6/oz | 0.00% | -2.8% | -14.2% | -32.3% | -26.5% | October 17, 2026 |
| Contract | Price | Day | Week | Month | Year to date | Year over year | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copper (HGUSD) | $6.574/lb | 0.00% | -1.8% | -1.3% | +15.7% | +32.3% | October 17, 2026 |
| Aluminum (ALIUSD) | $3,093.5/metric ton | -0.14% | -2.9% | -10.6% | +4.1% | +13.4% | October 17, 2026 |
| Contract | Price | Day | Week | Month | Year to date | Year over year | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corn (ZCUSX) | 474.25¢/bu | 0.00% | -1.1% | -10.6% | +7.7% | +12.2% | October 17, 2026 |
| Wheat (KEUSX) | 704.00¢/bu | 0.00% | -2.1% | -11.4% | +36.8% | +43.2% | October 17, 2026 |
| Soybeans (ZSUSX) | 1,261.25¢/bu | +0.06% | -2.4% | -4.4% | +20.4% | +23.7% | October 17, 2026 |
| Soybean Oil (ZLUSX) | 67.13¢/lb | +0.04% | -0.9% | -2.3% | +39.7% | +31.3% | October 17, 2026 |
| Soybean Meal (ZMUSD) | $357.1/short ton | +0.11% | -2.3% | -3.8% | +19.3% | +27.1% | October 17, 2026 |
| Oats (ZOUSX) | 397.75¢/bu | +0.19% | -5.5% | -4.8% | +31.5% | +34.8% | October 17, 2026 |
| Rough Rice (ZRUSD) | $17.32/cwt | 0.00% | +2.2% | +9.7% | +74.5% | +63.1% | October 17, 2026 |
| Sugar (SBUSX) | 20.85¢/lb | 0.00% | +3.0% | +19.7% | +38.9% | +34.5% | October 17, 2026 |
| Coffee (KCUSX) | 305.60¢/lb | +0.02% | +6.5% | +10.5% | -12.4% | -23.1% | October 17, 2026 |
| Cocoa (CCUSD) | $5,645/metric ton | -0.72% | -0.4% | -2.2% | -6.9% | -4.2% | October 17, 2026 |
| Cotton (CTUSX) | 80.19¢/lb | +0.24% | -0.4% | -2.4% | +24.8% | +24.8% | October 17, 2026 |
| Orange Juice (OJUSX) | 141.40¢/lb | +0.50% | -4.9% | +1.0% | -29.7% | -22.9% | October 17, 2026 |
| Lumber (LBUSD) | $532.5/1,000 board ft | 0.00% | -0.1% | -3.2% | -1.1% | -16.0% | October 17, 2026 |
| Milk (Class III) (DCUSD) | $17.34/cwt | -0.06% | +15.8% | +7.4% | +13.9% | +2.1% | October 17, 2026 |
| Contract | Price | Day | Week | Month | Year to date | Year over year | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Cattle (LEUSX) | 228.35¢/lb | 0.00% | +0.6% | +5.9% | -1.7% | -6.0% | October 17, 2026 |
| Feeder Cattle (GFUSX) | 341.90¢/lb | -0.05% | 0.0% | +5.4% | -2.4% | -8.1% | October 17, 2026 |
| Lean Hogs (HEUSX) | 66.93¢/lb | +0.01% | -1.3% | -15.2% | -21.4% | -18.7% | October 17, 2026 |
Up most over the past year: Heating Oil +117%, Brent Crude +79%, WTI Crude Oil +72%, Gasoline (RBOB) +71%; down most: Palladium -27%, Coffee -23%, Orange Juice -23%, Lean Hogs -19%. Year to date the leaders are Heating Oil +123%, Gasoline (RBOB) +83%, Brent Crude +81% and the laggards Palladium -32%, Orange Juice -30%, Lean Hogs -21%.
Crude passes into pump prices within weeks — about 85% of a move — and pump prices enter the Gauge daily through the AAA feed; WTI at $99.02 (+72% on the year) and RBOB gasoline futures at $3.14 a gallon are the upstream of the motor-fuel component (40.48% year over year in the Gauge today). Grains and livestock reach the grocery shelf in three to six months: the equal-weight food-futures composite is 7.46% year over year against CPI food at 2.48%. Industrial metals and energy feed the producer price index first — the all-commodities PPI was 295.7 in September 2026, +12.8% year over year — and consumer goods prices after that. Gold ($4,181, -1%) is not an input to any price index; it is the market's vote on the unit of account, and the ratio lab prices other assets in it. The Gauge (3.46%) reads the shelf end of this chain; the official CPI (3.7%) reads it a month later. The pipeline page traces the stages end to end, the oil tracker carries the global balance, and the energy page the inventories under the energy contracts.
Prices are for the nearest-dated contract and roll to the next month as each expires, so a long-horizon change includes roll effects; a day, week or month change marked "roll" spans the day the WTI, RBOB gasoline or heating oil series switched to the next contract (taken from the exchange's expiry calendar, not from the size of the move), and part of it is the price gap between the two contracts. Brent and natural gas changes are not marked, because the day their series switch could not be confirmed. Only daily settlements are used: weekend sessions, US exchange holidays and empty closes are left out. Grains are quoted in cents per bushel, metals in dollars per ounce or pound, energy in dollars per barrel, gallon or MMBtu, livestock in cents per pound. A one-day move of several percent is ordinary for natural gas or coffee and rare for gold. Data refreshes every trading day from the market feed.