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Ag Market Commentary
Wheat Posts Strength on Thursday
The wheat complex posted gains across the three exchanges on Thursday. Chicago SRW futures were 4 to 4 ½ cents higher on the day. KC HRW contracts were up 4 ¼ to 7 1/4 cents on the session. MPLS spring wheat rallied 4 ¼ to 8 cents higher into the...
Cotton Settles Lower on Thursday
Cotton futures were down 22 to 50 points across most contracts on Thursday. The outside markets are a pressure factor, with crude oil down $0.35/barrel and the US dollar index 190 points higher. The Seam reported 2,657 bales of online sales on October 16 at an average price of 69.08...
Corn Comes Back into Thursday’s Close
Corn futures closed out the Thursday session with contracts puling off the early low and closing steady to 2 cents higher in the nearbys. Other contracts were fractionally to a penny lower. The national average Cash Corn price from cmdtyView was up 2 1/4 cents at $3.75 3/4 per bu....
Hogs Mixed at the Close
Lean hog futures were mixed with contracts 45 cents higher to 35 cents lower. The national average base hog price was reported at $76.15 on Thursday afternoon, down $1.28 from the previous day. The CME Lean Hog Index was reported at $83.85 on October 15, down 23 cents from the...
Cattle Closes Mixed on Thursday
Live cattle futures were mixed again on the Thursday session contracts anywhere from 50 cents lower to 22 cents higher. The 6 deliveries against October from Wednesday were retendered on Thursday. The Thursday morning Central Stockyards online Fed Cattle Exchange auction showed no sales on the 2,720 head listed for...
Soybeans Pull Out Gains on Thursday
Soybeans faced early weakness on Thursday, but bulls fought back to close the day with contracts up 1 ¾ to 8 ¾ cents as Nov was narrowing some spreads. CmdtyView’s national front month Cash Bean price was up 9 1/2 cents at $9.30. Soymeal futures were mixed, with front months...

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