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Ag Commentary
- Cattle Rally Extends to Tuesday
- Live cattle futures closed the Tuesday session with the front months up 72 cents to $1.02. Cash action for early in the week was mostly compiling showlists. Last week’s business was limited, as some cattle exchanged hands at $208 in the north and $204 in the South. Feeder cattle futures...
- Cotton Posts Strength on Turnaround Tuesday
- Cotton futures saw a Turnaround Tuesday bounce, to close out the session 66 to 99 points higher. Crude oil futures are down 9 cents/barrel. The US dollar index was back up $0.503 to $99.900. Weekly Crop Progress data showed the US cotton crop at 5% planted, which is behind the...
- Corn Closes Mixed, as New Crop Bids Up
- The corn market posted mixed trade, as the recent bull spreads unwind. Nearbys were down 3 to 4 cents at the close, with new crop December up 2 ¼ cents. The May-December corn spread is down to 17 cents, after being over 30 cents on Friday. The front month CmdtyView...
- Hogs Stick to Steady on Tuesday
- Lean hog futures posted mixed trade on Tuesday, with contracts sticking near unchanged at the close and nearbys with in a quarter of unch. USDA’s national average base hog negotiated price was up $3.85 on Tuesday afternoon to $85.84. The CME Lean Hog Index was down another 86 cents from...
- Soybean Posts Mixed Trade, as New Crop Holds Up
- The soybean market closed with mixed action on Tuesday, as front months were down 3 to 6 cents. New crop November was up 1 ¼ cents. CmdtyView’s national front month Cash Bean price was down 6 cents at $9.83. Soymeal futures posted losses of 30 cents to $2.90/ton, with Soy...
- Wheat Weakness Extends into Tuesday’s Close
- The wheat complex posted extended weakness on Tuesday, with contracts down across the three markets. Chicago SRW futures closed with losses of 5 to 6 cents on the Tuesday session. Kansas City HRW posted losses of 1 to 3 cents at the final bell. MPLS spring wheat was down 3...
