Commentary
- Wheat Gains Holding at Wednesday’s Midday
- The wheat complex is trading with gains across most contracts on Wednesday. Chicago SRW contracts are 8 cents higher so far on the midweek session. KC HRW futures are 12 cents higher in the front months so far on the day. MPLS spring wheat is back up 4 to 5...
- Cattle Rallying on Wednesday
- Live cattle futures are trading with contracts $1.65 to $2.50 higher at midday. Cash trade has been quiet this week following the $232-235 last week. The Wednesday Fed Cattle Exchange online auction showed no sales on the 734 head offered, with bids at $230-230.50 live and $365 dressed. Feeder cattle...
- Cotton Rally Holding at Midday
- Cotton futures are back up 70 to 107 points in the front months at Wednesday’s midday. Crude oil is slipping 87 cents per barrel, with the US dollar index down $0.124. The NOAA 7-day QPF shows dryness continuing across much of TX in the next week, with very light totals...
- Hogs Falling Back on Wednesday
- Lean hog futures are trading with $1.07 to $1.45 cent losses on Wednesday. USDA’s national base hog price was reported at $98.91 on Wednesday morning, down 52 cents from the day prior. The CME Lean Hog Index was down 51 cents on August 3 at $97.17. USDA’s pork carcass cutout...
- Soybean Weakness Extends to Wednesday
- Soybeans are trading with contracts down 3 to 5 ¼ cents at midday. The cmdtyView national average Cash Bean price is down 5 3/4 cents at $11.28 3/4. Soymeal futures are down $2.20 to $3.00, with Soy Oil 30 to 40 points lower. There were 137 deliveries issued against August...
- Corn Losses Extend to Wednesday’s Midday
- Corn futures are continuing to slide, with contracts down 5 to 6 cents so far on Wednesday’s midday. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price is down 5 cents at $4.07 1/2. USDA reported a private export sale of 120,000 MT of corn to Mexico this morning, with 30,000 MT...
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