Live Cattle See Profit Taking after NCHs, Hogs Try to Recover: Grains Mixed Ahead of USDA Report

Cattle lower, but with is this just healthy profit taking after contract highs? Hogs try to recover after new lows. Report positioning in the grains. Brad Kooima of Kooima Kooima Varilek has analysis.

Cattle lower, but with higher cash and cutouts and tight supplies is this just healthy profit taking? Hogs try to recover after technical damage and China trade concerns. Corn and soybeans position ahead of the report but are still rangebound. Brad Kooima of Kooima Kooima Varilek has analysis.

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