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- Cotton Weaker at Friday’s Midday
- Cotton futures are trading with 15 to 29 point losses at Friday’s midday. The outside markets were mixed, with crude oil futures back up 47 cents/barrel and the US dollar index up $0.182 to $99.350 Export Sales data has cotton bookings for the year totaling 10.859 million RB, which is...
- Cattle Extending Gains into the Weekend
- Live cattle futures are trading with 20 to 75 cent gains on Friday. Preliminary open interest was up 3,533 contracts on Thursday. Cash trade has been quiet so far this week, with bids this morning being reported in KS at $210-213. Friday morning’s Fed Cattle Exchange online auction from Central...
- Hogs Rallying on Friday, with Cutout Strength
- Lean hog futures are trading with contracts up 90 cents to $1.125. USDA’s national average base hog negotiated price was back up $1.52 from the day prior at $91.7 in the Friday AM report. The CME Lean Hog Index was up another 52 cents from the previous day at $87.27...
- Corn Mixed at Midday
- The corn market is trading with contracts steady to 1 ½ cents higher in the nearbys and a penny lower in December. The nearby CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price was is up 1 1/2 cents at $4.52. The CBOT is raising daily price limits for corn futures by a...
- Wheat Edging Out Gains on Friday
- Wheat is trading with gains so far on Friday across the three markets. Chicago SRW futures are fractionally higher at midday. Kansas City HRW contracts are showing fractional gains. MPLS spring wheat is steady to down a penny. May options expire today. Export Sales data shows a total of 21.483...
- Soybeans Posting Mixed Friday Trade
- The soybean market is slipping 1 to 2 cents in the front months and showing 1 ½ gains in November. CmdtyView’s national front month Cash Bean price down 2 cents at $10.03 ¾. Soymeal futures are up $1.80/ton, as Soy Oil futures are down 36 points on the session. May...
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