Soybeans and meal ended higher on technical buying, signaling the market may have taken out enough weather premium. Wheat saw more short covering, but corn ran into chart resistance and could not follow. Live cattle were mostly higher with the back months scoring new contract highs, but can they keep going? Hogs are oversold, but still ended lower. Don Roose of U.S. Commodities has analysis.
Soybeans and Meal End Higher After Removing Weather Premium, Wheat Sees Short Covering, While Deferred Live Cattle Score New Contract Highs
Soybeans, meal end higher and may have taken out enough weather premium. Wheat saw short covering, but corn couldn’t follow. Deferred live cattle scored new contract highs. Don Roose of U.S. Commodities has more.
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