Grains End Mostly Higher as Beans and Meal Lead on Short Covering: Live Cattle Firm with Profit Taking in Hogs

Gains in beans, meal and wheat mostly short covering end of quarter ahead of USDA’s data dump. Live cattle slightly higher awaiting higher cash, hogs saw profit taking. John Heinberg, Total Farm Marketing has more.

Grains higher except old crop corn. Gains in soybeans, meal and wheat mostly short covering end of quarter and ahead of USDA’s data dump. Corn saw spread unwinding. Live cattle traded 2-sided but ended slightly higher waiting for higher cash, while hogs saw profit taking. John Heinberg of Total Farm Marketing has details.

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