Lean hog futures are posting slight 7 to 35 cent gains on Thursday. The national average base hog price was reported at $76.31 on Thursday morning, up $1.43 from the afternoon prior. The CME Lean Hog Index was $84.22 on September 17, unchanged from the day prior. Pork export sales...
Cotton futures are trading with 180 to 213 point gains on Thursday. The dollar index is back up 133 points, with crude oil futures $1.42/barrel lower. Export Sales data showed cotton bookings at 106,801 RB in the week that ended on September 12. That was a 4-week low, but slightly...
Corn futures are showing losses of 4 to 5 ½ cents across the front months so far on Thursday. The front month national Cash Corn price from cmdtyView is down 5 ½ cents at at $3.73 per bu. This morning's Export Sales report indicated 847,350 MT in corn bookings during...
Soybean futures are posting 1 to 2 cent gains so far on Thursday with solid export bookings is this morning’s report. CmdtyView’s national front month Cash Bean price is up 1 ¼ cents at $9.54 3/4. Front month Soymeal futures are up $1.40/ton. Soy Oil futures are up 88 points...
The wheat complex is posting losses across the board on Thursday.Chicago SRW futures are down 8 to 9 cents so far on the day. KC HRW is posting 10 to 12 cent lower trade. MPLS spring wheat is showing 8 to 9 cent losses. Thursday morning’s Export Sales report showed...
Live cattle futures are up $1.40 to $1.50 across the front months. Cash trade has yet to kick off this week. This morning’s Central Stockyards online Fed Cattle Exchange auction showed no sales on the 1,354 head listed, with bids of $178.5 to $181 and asks of $183-184. Bids outside...
Soybean futures are trading with Thursday morning weakness of 2 to 3 cents. They fell to just slight midday gains on Wednesday, but bulls found some late session strength to close with 5 to 8 cent gains. CmdtyView’s national front month Cash Bean price was up 8 ¼ cents at...
Cotton prices are showing 46 to 48 point higher trade on Thursday morning. Futures posted Wednesday losses of 34 to 113 points at the close. The dollar index was back up 58 points by the close, with crude oil futures $1.08/barrel lower. The Fed released their rate cut this afternoon,...
Live cattle futures posted steady to 20 cent higher trade across all but the nearby October contract, which was down 50 cents. Cash trade has yet to kick off this week. This morning’s Central Stockyards online Fed Cattle Exchange auction showed no sales on the 1,354 head listed, with bids...
Futures are starting off the Thursday session with 4 to 6 cent lower trade. The wheat complex saw steady to lower trade on the Wednesday session, backing off from the early morning strength. Chicago SRW futures were unchanged in most contract, with March down ¼ cent. KC HRW showed fractional...
Lean hog futures closed the Wednesday session with most contracts up a dime to 40 cents higher. The national average base hog price was reported at $74.88 on Wednesday afternoon, down $2.45 from the week prior. The CME Lean Hog Index was $84.22 on September 16, down another 16 cents...
Corn prices are kicking off the Thursday session with losses of 2 to 2 ½ cents. Futures faded off the early Wednesday session strength at midday, but contracts closed with steady to fractional gains on the day. A few deferreds were down ¼ to ½ cents. The front month national...
Lean hog futures are showing mixed action at midday, with nearby contracts down a tick to 15 cents higher. The national average base hog price was not reported on Wednesday morning due to light volume, with the 5-day rolling average at $76.55. The CME Lean Hog Index was $84.22 on...
Cotton futures are showing 118 to 140 point lower trade on Wednesday, as futures continue to fade off the Monday limit gains. The dollar index is back down 22 points so far, with crude oil futures 77 cents/barrel lower. The Seam reported 1,096 online cash cotton bale sales on September...
Corn futures are fading off the early Wednesday session strength at midday, with contracts down fractionally to a penny. The front month national Cash Corn price from cmdtyView us down a penny at $3.76 ¼ per bu. Weekly EIA data showed 1.049 million barrels per day of ethanol production during...