Live cattle futures are trading with midday gains of 85 cents to $1.10. There were no new deliveries on Monday for October cattle. Last week there were Southern cash sales of $188 and Northern sales of $188 live and $296 in the beef. Early week action so far has been...
Lean hog futures are posting 20 to 82 cent gains so far on Tuesday. The national average base hog price was reported at $75.18 on Tuesday morning, up 61 cents from the previous day. The CME Lean Hog Index was reported at $84.23 on October 18, up 27 cents from...
Cotton futures are trading with 4 to 6 point losses so far on Tuesday. The outside markets are mostly supportive, with crude oil up $1.85/barrel and the US dollar index just 16 points higher. Crop Progress data showed the US cotton crop with 94% setting bolls, 3% ahead of the...
Soybeans are posting a Tuesday rally of 10 to 13 cents across the front months at midday. Preliminary open interest showed net new buying across most contracts, up 13,560 contracts cross all but the November contract, which was an exodus of 23,780 contracts. CmdtyView’s national front month Cash Bean price...
Corn futures are showing 4 to 5 ½ cent gains across most contracts on Tuesday, with December leading the way. Preliminary open interest showed net new buying, up 20,956 contracts, with most of that in the March contract (13,944). The national average Cash Corn price from cmdtyView is up 5...
The wheat complex is shrugging off the overnight weakness, with contracts posting midday gains. Chicago SRW futures are up 4 to 5 cents on the day. KC HRW contracts are 4 to 6 cents higher on the session. MPLS spring wheat is up 2 to 4 cents so far on...
Soybeans are showing losses of 1 to 2 cents so far on Tuesday. They settled the Monday session with contracts up 2 ½ to 11 cents, led by the nearbys. Preliminary open interest showed net new buying across most contracts, up 13,560 contracts cross all but the November contract, which...
Wheat futures are showing 4 to 5 cent losses across the three markets on Tuesday morning. The wheat complex fell back from their intraday highs on Monday to close mixed. Chicago SRW futures were fractionally mixed on the day. KC HRW contracts were fractionally to 1 3/4 cents higher on...
Cotton prices are withing a few points of unchanged on Tuesday AM trade, as contracts are up 3 to down 2 .Futures closed out the Monday session with contracts up 28 to 121 points. The outside markets are mixed, with crude oil back up $1.26/barrel and the US dollar index...
Corn prices are showing fractionally mixed trade so far on Tuesday AM. Futures closed out the Monday session with fractional to 4 ¾ cent gains following a slew of export sales announcements totaling 498,118 MT to unknown, Mexico, and South Korea. Preliminary open interest showed net new buying, up 20,956...
Lean hog futures saw modest gains of 15 to 45 cents on Monday. The national average base hog price was reported at $75.22 on Monday afternoon, up $3.17 from the previous day. The CME Lean Hog Index was reported at $83.96 on October 17, up 12 cents from the day...
Live cattle futures closed out the day with contracts down 30 to 62 cents across the board. There were no new deliveries on Monday for October cattle. Last week there were Southern cash sales of $188 and Northern sales of $188 live and $296 in the beef. Feeder cattle futures...
Lean hog futures saw Monday gains of 15 to 45 cents on Monday. The national average base hog price was reported at $75.22 on Monday afternoon, up $3.17 from the previous day. The CME Lean Hog Index was reported at $83.96 on October 17, up 12 cents from the day...
The wheat complex fell back from their intraday highs on Monday to close mixed. Chicago SRW futures were fractionally mixed on the day. KC HRW contracts were fractionally to 1 3/4 cents higher on the session. MPLS spring wheat is posted losses of 2 to 5 ¼ cents at the...
Corn futures closed out the Monday session with fractional to 4 ¾ cent gains following a slew of export announcements this morning. The national average Cash Corn price from cmdtyView was up 5 cents at $3.78 1/4 per bu. The weekly Crop Progress report showed the US corn crop was...