Commentary
- Cattle Look to Thursday After Wednesday Rally
- Live cattle futures rallied on Wednesday, supported by some stronger outside equity factors. Contracts were up $1.30 to $1.85 at the close. Preliminary open interest suggested net new buying, up 3,249 contracts. Cash trade has been quiet so far this week, with a few $213 sales reported across the country...
- Cotton Pulling Back on Thursday Morning
- Cotton prices are trading with 2 to 19 point losses in most contracts, with May dropping 224 points on first notice day. Futures rallied across most contracts on Wednesday, with gains of 126 to 181 points. That was despite less than supportive outside market activity, with crude oil futures back...
- Hogs Settle Wednesday with Mixed Action
- Lean hog futures fell off into the Wednesday close to end to the day with contracts down 35 cents to slightly higher in some deferred months. Preliminary open interest was up 2,027 contracts. USDA’s national average base hog negotiated price was up $1.87 from the day prior at $91.87 on...
- Corn Bouncing Back on Thursday Morning
- Corn futures are trading with contracts are up 1 ½ to 2 ½ cents so far on Thursday morning. The corn market fell lower on Wednesday, with losses of 3 to 4 cents across the front months. The nearby CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price is down 2 ¾ cents...
- Soybeans Extending Gains Early on Thursday
- Soybeans are trading with Thursday morning gains of 2 to 4 ½ cents. The soybean market held onto gains on Wednesday, with contracts closing 1 to 6 cents higher. Preliminary open interest was up 3,204 contracts. CmdtyView’s national front month Cash Bean price was up 5 1/4 cents at $9.90...
- Wheat Mixed on Thursday Morning
- Wheat posted Wednesday losses across the three markets. Chicago SRW futures were down 6 to 8 cents at the final bell. Preliminary open interest was down 4,330 contracts. Kansas City HRW contracts were 8 to 9 cents lower at the close. MPLS spring wheat closed the Wednesday session with contracts...
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