Corn and Beans Higher on Profit Taking, Report Squaring, Export Biz: Cattle Digest the COF, as Macros Eye Govt. Shutdown

Soybeans & corn up on profit taking, report positioning and MX corn export biz, wheat mixed. Cattle consolidate, digesting the COF. Macro markets fear a govt. shutdown. Alan Brugler, Brugler Marketing, covers it all!

Soybeans end higher and back above the August lows on profit taking, along with corn which got a boost from the Mexican export biz. Markets position ahead of the USDA reports Friday but are the harvest lows in? Wheat was mixed on spreads. Cattle consolidated, digesting the COF but will the market now retest the highs? Are the macro markets preparing for a government shutdown? Alan Brugler, Brugler Marketing, covers it all!

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