HARVEST HOURS
- Cattle Rally into the Weekend, as Cash Firms
- Live cattle futures caught some strength on Friday, with contracts up $1.10 to $1.65 at the close. December was up $1.30 on the week. USDA reported northern dressed sales at $350-355 and $222-227 live. Southern sales were reported at $228. The Friday morning Fed Cattle Exchange online auction showed sales...
- Hog Bulls Find Footing on Friday, as Pork Sees Strength
- Lean hog futures found some strength to close the week, with contracts up 27 cents to $1.25 on Friday. December was still down 90 cents for the week. USDA’s national base hog price was reported at $67.09 on Friday afternoon down $4.61 from the day prior. The CME Lean Hog...
- Wheat Weakness Extends into the Weekend
- The wheat complex headed into the weekend holding onto the weakness on Friday. Chicago SRW contracts fell lower on Friday, with contracts down 1 ½ to 9 ½ cents on the day and December losing 10 ½ cents this week. KC HRW futures slipped back 3 to 9 cents at...
- Cotton Closes the Week with Mixed Trade
- Cotton futures posted mixed trade on Friday, with contracts down 19 points to 24 points higher. December was down 54 points on the week. Crude oil was up $3.87 per barrel on the session, with the US dollar index $0.255 lower. Weekly CTC data showed managed money adding 1,862 contracts...
- Corn Falls on Friday as Spec Longs Continue Exit
- Corn futures closed out the Friday session with contracts 1 to 4 ½ cents across the board, as December was 5 ½ cents lower. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price was down 3 3/4 cents at $4.35. Now halfway through October the average close for December futures has been...
- Soybeans Slip Lower into the Weekend as Export Buying Continues
- Soybeans pulled off early losses on Friday, as contracts were down 1 ¾ to 3 cents in the front month and up ½ to 1 ¾ cents in the deferreds. November was 30 ¾ cents lower for the week. We are over halfway through October, as the average close for...
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