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Cattle futures are higher early Friday in tandem with the bounce in the equity markets and the pull back in crude oil and the energy markets according Scott Varilek of Kooima Kooima Varilek.
Soybeans made new highs for the move during the session. Mark Schultz with Northstar Commodity says it was partly due to the rally in crude oil and soybean oil. However, there were also some other factors that boosted prices.
Grain markets are continuing to rally on Thursday morning. Greg McBride with Allendale says they following the energy markets and trading headlines.
Grains ended higher on Wednesday with technical buying returning as traders attempted to add risk or war premium to the market says Don Roose of U.S. Commodities.
Grains were back sharply higher on Wednesday following crude oil and adding war premium according to Darin Newsom, senior market analyst with Barchart.
Rich Nelson with Allendale says with a quiet WASDE, the corn and wheat markets were again caught in the money flow from the energy sector.
Grains futures all made new highs for the move in the overnight session but could not hold on to gains during the day says Garrett Toay of AgTrader Talk with a pick up in farmer selling.
Cattle futures are sharply lower on Monday with feeder cattle touching limit down at one point on economic uncertainty according to Brad Kooima of Kooima Kooima Varilek.
Grains markets all hit fresh highs for the move on Friday as funds piled into buy in the complex. Chip Nellinger with Blue Reef Agri-Marketing says they were adding risk premium.
Scott Varilek with Kooima Kooima Varilek says the uncertainty of the war in Iran has caused some reallocation of money this week.