Ag Market Commentary
Soybeans Late Session Pop Pushes Rally
Soybean bulls found some more spark after midday to extend the strength into the close. Contracts rallied 16 to 22 ¾ cents on the day. CmdtyView’s national front month Cash Bean price was up 23 1/2 cents at $9.71. Soymeal futures shrugged off weakness settle with gains of 10 cents...
Cotton Rally on Thursday
Cotton futures posted a sharp Thursday rally with contracts up 58 to 136 points on the day. The outside markets were supportive today, with crude oil up 48 cents/barrel. The US dollar index was down 765 points to 104.220 on the day, as the Fed rate decision was as expected...
Cattle Pushes Higher Despite Boxed Beef Weakness
Live cattle futures closed out the Thursday session with contracts up 42 cents to $1.20, despite weaker boxed beef movement. Cash trade has yet to see much action so far this week, with very light sales of $186-188 reported in the North today. Thursday morning’s Central Stockyards Fed Cattle Exchange...
Corn Bulls Extend Gains on Thursday
Corn futures got some late session strength on Thursday to close with gains of ½ to 2 cents across the board. The national average Cash Corn price from cmdtyView was up 1 3/4 cents at $4.01 1/2 per bu. USDA reported a private export sale of 120,000 MT of corn...
Wheat Weakness Prevails on Thursday
The wheat market fell lower across the three exchanges to close out the Thursday session. Chicago SRW futures were down 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 cents on the day. KC HRW contracts were 4 to 5 cents lower on Thursday. MPLS spring wheat was steady to 4 cents lower on...
Hogs Post Mixed Close
Lean Hog futures settled the Thursday session with contracts mixed, as most were up 10 to 45 cents and nearby December was down 92 cents. The national average base hog price was reported at $85.03 on Thursday afternoon, an increase of $2.31 from the previous day. The CME Lean Hog...

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