Cattle Fade Higher Open With Some Calling a Top, Hogs Consolidate: Grains Mixed on Weather, WASDE, Exports

Cattle open higher then fade. Is the top in after yesterday’s key reversals & record cash? Hogs consolidating. Corn lower on better forecast, while soybeans see bull spreading. Scott Varilek, Kooima Kooima Varilek.

Cattle open higher but are losing steam. Is the top in after yesterday’s key reversals, which came despite record cash yesterday. North $300/$190-$193. Hogs consolidate with uncertainty on Prop 12. Corn lower on better forecast, poor exports while soybeans see bull spreading indicating tight old crop stocks. Scott Varilek of Kooima Kooima Varilek has details.

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