Grains Higher Except Soybeans Trading Weather and WASDE: Contract Highs in Cattle After Record Cash

Grains end mostly higher Monday on weather and technical buying heading into the WASDE. Cattle futures make more new contract highs on record high cash but is the top in sight? DuWayne Bosse of Bolt Marketing.

Grains end mostly higher Monday on weather and technical buying heading into the WASDE. Cattle futures make more new contract highs on record high cash and the tightest numbers are yet to come. DuWayne Bosse of Bolt Marketing has more.

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