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Cattle Bulls Taking a Long Weekend
Live cattle futures are falling $4.50 to $4.80 at Friday’s midday. There were no deliveries issued for August live cattle on Wednesday. The Friday morning Fed Cattle Exchange online auction showed BidTheGrid™ sales of 240.50-245 on 220 of the 600 head offered. Feeder cattle futures are collapsing, with contracts down...
Soybeans Mostly Weaker on Friday
Soybeans are back to mixed action on Friday, with mostly weaker trade showing up. August is up 1 ¼ cents, with the rest down 3 to 4 cents. Open interest was up 20,965 contracts on Thursday, suggesting net new buying interest. The cmdtyView national average Cash Bean price is own...
Corn Backing Off Early Gains for Fractional Midday Losses
Corn futures are pulling back from the early gains on Friday, as contracts are fractionally lower in the nearbys. Contracts closed Thursday with 4 to 6 cent gains. Some of that was possibly short covering, with preliminary open interest down 12,249 contracts. September was a large part of that, down...
Cotton Bulls Pushing Back on Friday
Cotton futures are trading with 12 to 23 point gains so far on the Friday. The US dollar index is back down $0.189 to $98.040, as crude oil futures are up 26 cents. The Cotlook A Index was down 25 points at 78.00 cents on August 6. ICE cotton stocks...
Wheat Posting Mixed Action
The wheat complex is mixed at midday, with the winter wheats slipping bck and soring wheat posting gains. KC HRW futures are slipping back by2 to 3 ¼ cents at midday. CBT futures are trading with contracts down 1 to 2 cents. MPLS spring wheat is trading with 4 to...
Hogs Mixed at Midday
Lean hog futures are mixed so far on Friday, with contracts up a dime to 35 cents to lower movement on the winter months. Preliminary open interest was up 2,799 contracts on Thursday. USDA’s national base hog price was reported at $106.63 on Friday morning, slipping 85 cents from the...

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