Lean hog futures are up $1.80 to $2.80 so far on Wednesday. USDA’s national average base hog negotiated price was up 38 cents on Wednesday afternoon to $86.22. The CME Lean Hog Index was down another 63 cents from the previous day at $85.37 on April 14. Wednesday afternoon’s pork...Piglets Sleeping
Live cattle futures posted Wednesday gains of $2 to $2.30 in the nearbys. Cash business has been relatively quiet this week, with some $212 bids showing in in NE. The Wednesday morning Central Stockyards Fed Cattle Exchange online auction saw no sales on the 1,628 head offered, with bids running...C
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It is suspected that the past 3 days of buying is coming from short covering, or producers applying the Texas hedge, as we have seen little increase in open interest.Cows eating hay in a farm cowshed by Matthias Bockel via Pixabay
Lean hog futures are up $1.80 to $2.80 so far on Wednesday. USDA’s national average base hog negotiated price was up $1.73 on Wednesday morning to $86.40. The CME Lean Hog Index was down another 63 cents from the previous day at $85.37 on April 14. Wednesday morning’s pork cutout...Pink pig in pastu
Live cattle futures are up $2 to $2.50 at Wednesday’s midday trade. Cash trade has been light this week so far. The Wednesday morning Central Stockyards Fed Cattle Exchange online auction saw no sales on the 1,628 head offered, with bids running $202-205. Feeder cattle are rallying $1.37 to $2.35...
Grain markets have been able to gain ground in the first half of the shortened week. More upside left ahead of tomorrow’s Cattle on Feed report?Pink pig in pasture by DESPIERRES via Pixabay
Lean hog futures were mixed on Tuesday, with contracts sticking near unchanged at the close and nearbys with in a quarter of unch. Preliminary open interest dropped for the eighth straight day, down just 70 contracts on Tuesday. USDA’s national average base hog negotiated price was up $3.85 on Tuesd
Live cattle futures were higher on the Tuesday session, with the front months up 72 cents to $1.02. Preliminary open interest was up 2,361 contracts on Tuesday, after dropping for eight straight days. Cash action for early in the week was mostly compiling showlists. Last week’s business was limited,
Live cattle futures closed the Tuesday session with the front months up 72 cents to $1.02. Cash action for early in the week was mostly compiling showlists. Last week’s business was limited, as some cattle exchanged hands at $208 in the north and $204 in the South. Feeder cattle futures...Angus cow
Lean hog futures posted mixed trade on Tuesday, with contracts sticking near unchanged at the close and nearbys with in a quarter of unch. USDA’s national average base hog negotiated price was up $3.85 on Tuesday afternoon to $85.84. The CME Lean Hog Index was down another 86 cents from...Pig in a p
Soybean Oil About to Takeoff? Are All the Grains About to Rally? Cattle on Feed Report ThursdayRows of crops by oticki via iStock
Soybean Oil About to Takeoff? Are All the Grains About to Rally? Cattle on Feed Report ThursdayRows of crops by oticki via iStock
Cattle feeders continue to push the envelope as to how much input risk one can assume to produce a pound of beef.Single cow with number tag in ear by Mabel Amber, who will one day via Pixabay
Lean hog futures are mixed at midday, with contracts within a quarter of unchanged. USDA’s national average base hog negotiated price was down $1.17 on Tuesday morning to $84.67. The CME Lean Hog Index was down another 86 cents from the previous day at $86.86 on April 11. Tuesday morning’s...Piglets
Live cattle futures are up 50 cents to $1 in the front months on Tuesday. Cash trade for Monday was mostly compiling showlists. Last week’s business was limited, as some cattle exchanged hands at $208 in the north, with $204 reported in the South. Feeder cattle futures are trading with...Two cows o
Livestock markets firm to start the week. More upside left, or are we back to a near term equilibrium?Cattle behind barn fence by dusanpetkovic via Istock
Lean hogs posted strength of $1.30 to $1.80 on the Monday session. USDA’s national average base hog negotiated price was down $1.11 on Monday to $81.99. The CME Lean Hog Index was down another 81 cents from the previous day at $86.86 on April 10. Monday afternoon’s pork cutout value...Pig with dirt
Live cattle futures posted strength on Monday, with contracts rallying $1.47 to $2.27. Cash trade for Monday was mostly compiling showlists. Last week’s business was limited, as some cattle exchanged hands at $208 in the north, with $204 reported in the South. Feeder cattle futures were 2.25 to $2.
Live cattle futures closed out the Monday session with contracts rallying $1.47 to $2.27. Cash trade was limited last week, as some exchanged hands at $208 in the north, with some $204 in the South. Feeder cattle futures were up $2.25 to $2.90 at the Monday close. The CME Feeder...Black and white c
