Commentary
- Cattle Falling Back on Monday
- Live cattle futures are down 67 cents in nearby August, with other contracts down $5 to $5.75 on Monday. Cash trade has picked up a few at $355-360 dressed and $223-227. Feeder cattle futures are trading with contracts $2.25 to $3.65 lower at midday. The CME Feeder Cattle Index was...
- Wheat Posting Mixed Midday Action
- The wheat complex is mixed on Monday, with Chicago holding higher. Chicago SRW contracts are holding higher, with contracts up 4 to 5 cents. KC HRW futures are fractionally lower across most front months. MPLS spring wheat is showing 1 to 3 cent losses so far at midday. Monday’s weekly...
- Soybeans Falling Lower on Monday
- Soybeans are trading with 12 to 15 cent losses across most contracts on Monday. The cmdtyView national average Cash Bean price is down 13 3/4 cent at $11.88. Soymeal futures are up $4.70 on the day, with Soy Oil falling back 263 to 268 points. USDA’s FGIS tallied soybean export...
- Corn Holding onto Double Digit Gains at Midday
- Corn futures took off higher at the Sunday night open with midday gains holding of 11 to 12 ½ cents. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price is up 12 1/2 cents at $4.67 ½. Monday’s Export Inspections report showed corn shipments at 1.296 MMT (51.03 mbu) in the week...
- Cotton Posting Midday Gains on Monday
- Cotton futures are trading with contracts 20 to 33 points higher on the Monday session. Crude oil is down $2.03 with the US dollar index $0.176 higher. Commitment of Traders data showed managed money adding another 5,798 contracts to their net long in cotton futures and options during the week...
- Hogs Trading on the Higher Side at Midday
- Lean hog futures are posting modest gains on Monday, with front months a tick to 12 cents higher. USDA’s national base hog price was not reported on Monday morning due to light volume. The CME Lean Hog Index was down another 46 cents on August 20 at $93.26. Friday’s Commitment...
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