Cattle Higher with Lower Corn, Hogs See Profit Taking: Gap Lower Opening in Grains with Forecasted Rains

Cattle higher on lower corn but will it hold with lower cash expectations? Hogs see some profit taking ahead of Hogs/Pigs Report. Gap lower in grains with forecasted rains. Brad Kooima, Kooima Kooima Varilek.

Cattle higher with the lower corn and a short covering bounce but will it hold with cash expectations lower this week? Hogs see some profit taking heading into the Hogs/Pigs Report. Gap lower openings in grains with rain in the forecast but $5.60 may be a good place to buy Dec corn for livestock producers. Brad Kooima, Kooima Kooima Varilek has insight.

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