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Danbury
Commentary
- Cattle Closes Mixed, Cattle on Feed Report Neutral
- Live cattle futures closed out Friday mixed, within 20 cents of unchanged in the front months, as June was back up $3.57. Cash trade was reported at $230-231 live in the north and dressed at $360-370. Southern trade was light, from 220 to $229 in some cases. Feeder cattle futures...
- Soybeans Hold onto Weekly Gains Despite Weaker Friday Action
- Soybean futures closed out Friday with contracts down 4 to 7 ¼ cents, as July was still up 10 ¼ cents this week. November saw a 15 cent pop since last Friday. The cmdtyView Cash Bean price was down 7 1/4 cents to $10.11. Soymeal futures were $2.20-2.40/ton lower on...
- Hogs Close with Weakness on Friday
- Lean hog futures closed the Friday session with contracts down 40 to 75 cents. June was down $2.025 on the week. USDA’s national average base hog negotiated price was reported at $94.86 on Friday afternoon, down 43 from the day prior. The CME Lean Hog Index was up another 41...
- Corn Corrects Lower into Long Weekend
- Corn futures fall back from the weekly strength, as the tariff news gave the bulls an excuse to take some money off the table ahead of the three-day weekend. Contracts were down 2 to 4 cents, as July was up 16 cents this week, and December rallies 15 ¼ cents....
- Wheat Closes Mixed into the Long Weekend
- The wheat complex closed mixed across the three markets, with the spring wheat the strongest. Chicago SRW futures were 2 to 3 cents lower on the day, with July rallying up 17 ½ cents this week. The Kansas City HRW contracts closed 1 to 2 cents in the red, as...
- Cotton Pushes Higher into Long Weekend
- Cotton futures closed out the week with Friday gains of 25 to 50 points, as July was up 122 points this week. Crude oil prices were up 51 cents on the day, with the US dollar index down $0.849 to $99.000. The market will be closed on Monday for Memorial...
