Gold, Platinum, Cattle Among Top Commodity Performers in 2025
As the first nine months of 2025 wrap up, a review of the 48 commodities tracked daily reveals standout winners and surprising laggards in the market. According to the Bottom Line Report, precious metals dominated this year’s commodity performance list, with platinum, silver, and gold leading the way.
“Platinum, silver, and gold rank one, two, and three on our list.”
Platinum surged to the top spot, recording a 67% gain since January.
“Platinum up 67% over the year. Gold and silver would have been very good investments on New Year’s. Silver up 52% for the year so far. Gold up 40%.”
While precious metals stole the spotlight, livestock commodities also performed strongly despite a tough September.
“Live cattle and feeder cattle did have a tough 30 days in September, but since New Year’s, overall in nine months, they rank in the top 10.”
“Feeder cattle up 36.5% with live cattle up 29.5%.”
Other notable performers include coffee and lean hogs, both of which made their way into the year-to-date top 10.
“Coffee so far this year up 24%. Lean hogs up 22%.”
These results reflect continued volatility and investor interest across different sectors, with inflation concerns and global supply chain challenges fueling precious metal demand and commodity speculation.
However, not all commodities performed well. At the very bottom of the list sits orange juice, which saw a sharp downturn in 2025.
“At the very bottom of our list of 48 year to date, orange juice down 48.25% since New Year’s. But keep in mind, orange juice led that list in 2024 all 12 months, so had a higher percentage decline.”