You will likely want to check quotes and examine charts if you are interested in trading commodities. There are several free sources online where you can check delayed or real-time quotes and charts.
Delayed quotes are typically 10-30 minutes behind real-time prices. Most free quote services use delayed quotes. Real-time quotes are prices where the market is currently trading - hence the term, real-time. Most services will charge you a fee for real time quotes.
FutureSource
This is one of the most popular sites for futures traders. They offer free quotes on futures and options and they have excellent charts with several technical studies.
You can look up futures quotes on the quote page by the drop down menu of commodities and futures. Or, you can scroll further down the page and check by market category.
Once you pull up a quote page, look in the far left column and run your mouse over the icons. There you will see the links to access charts, option prices and more quotes on each commodity or futures market.
CommoditiesStreet.com
Quotes and charts on all commodity and futures markets. You can also find quotes on futures options for each market. The quoteboard lists the front month of each commodity. The main navigation is in the far right column titled "links." You can go to expanded quotes on each month for a commodity is traded, as well as advanced charting and option quotes.
Futures quotes and charts are a portion of what CommoditiesStreet.com has available to users. It is well worth your time to look around the site. They have a great deal of research on commodities that you normally can't find.
BarChart
Futures quotes are organized in a one-page format. On the quotes page, you will see all the commodity and futures quotes separated by categories. The front month contract is always listed on this page. You can click the link on the commodity and it will take you to an extended list of all the different contract months and quotes for each commodity market.
The far right column has links for additional quotes, charts and market opinions using technical analysis. Once you open a chart, you have to click the custom chart field to use technical studies. They could use an upgrade to the charts as they very plain with dull graphics.
