Live cattle futures were weaker on Friday, as most contracts fell 47 cents to $1.75. February was an exception, up 35 cents on cash strength, with the weekly move +95 cents.…
Live cattle futures closed steady to 30 cents higher across the nearbys on Friday, with February down $3.825 last week. Cash trade was reported at $208 in the North, down $2-4 from…
Lean hog futures are down 10 to 35 cents at midday. USDA’s national base hog price was reported at $83.89 on Friday morning, down 49 cents from the previous day. The…
Lean hog futures saw weaker Friday trade, with contracts down 30 to 45 cents in the nearbys. February was down $1.10 this week. USDA’s national base hog price was reported at…
Soybeans are trading with 10 to 11 point losses in the front months on Friday. The cmdtyView national average Cash Bean price is 2 3/4 cents lower at $10.05. Soymeal futures are…
The wheat complex gave into weakness on Friday, as a $0.893 gain in the dollar index added some pressure. Chicago SRW futures saw 3 to 4 ¼ cent losses on…
Cotton futures posted losses of 12 to 92 point losses on Friday, with March falling 123 points on the week. The outside factors should be supportive but were not, as the…
Corn futures closed the Friday session with contracts pulling off midday lows but still down 2 to 4 cents. March was down 2 ¼ cents this week. The CmdtyView national…
March NY world sugar #11 (SBH26) today is down -0.44 (-2.99%), and March London ICE white sugar #5 (SWH26) is down -6.40 (-1.55%).This week's plunge in sugar prices continued today,…
Cotton futures are down 34 to 51 points at midday. Crude oil futures were up $0.85 per barrel on the day at $64.57. The US dollar index was back up…
The dollar index (DXY00) on Friday rose by +0.79%. The dollar rallied on Friday after President Trump nominated Keven Warsh as the next Fed Chair. Mr. Warsh is seen as…
March arabica coffee (KCH26) on Friday closed down -13.25 (-3.845%), and March ICE robusta coffee (RMH26) closed down -66 (-1.58%).Coffee prices retreated on Friday, with arabica posting a 5.5-month nearest-futures…