Lean hog futures were in rally mode on Wednesday, with contracts up $1.30 to $1.80 on the day. USDA’s national base hog price was not reported on Wednesday afternoon due to light volume. The CME Lean Hog Index was 15 cents higher on March 2 at $89.84...
The wheat complex was lower across the three exchanges on Wednesday. Chicago SRW futures were down 5 to 6 cents at the close. KC HRW futures were 5 to 7 cents lower on the session. MPLS spring wheat was down 2 to 4 cents in the red on the midweek...
Corn futures posted losses of 2 to 3 cents across most contracts on Wednesday. Crude oil was flat most of the day, failing to provide some spillover support. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price was down 3 1/2 cents to $4.02 1/4. USDA repo...
Soybeans rounded out Wednesday trade with slight weakness, as contracts were fractionally to 1 ¼ cents lower. There were another 244 deliveries issued overnight. The cmdtyView national average Cash Bean price was down 1 3/4 cents at $10.97 3/4. Soym...
Cotton futures were up 10 to 15 points in the front months on Wednesday. The outside markets provided some support, as crude oil was up $1.54 on the day to $76.10. The US dollar index was back down $0.231 at $98.775. The Seam showed sales of 6,789 b...
Live cattle futures rallied on Wednesday, with contracts up $4.20 to0 $4.50 at the close. Cash trade has yet to be reported so far this week. Wednesday morning’s Fed Cattle Exchange online auction showed no sales on the 1,224 head, with bids at $238....
