Markets Today
Massive technical selling in corn and wheat, closing below key support. Soybeans recovered despite lower BO. Livestock mostly higher, with firm cash cattle and technical buying. Darren Frye, Water Street Solutions.
Grains mixed with more fund selling in corn and wheat, while soybeans bounce despite lower soybean oil. Livestock higher, with strong cash cattle trade and lower corn. Chip Nellinger of Blue Reef Agri-Marketing.
Corn and wheat see more technical selling w/a higher dollar. Technical bounce in beans, despite the continued selloff in BO. Live cattle see early pressure despite steady to higher cash, profit talking in hogs.
Grains lower, with soybeans hit hard following an implosion in soybean oil after EPA released the RFS volumes. Slow exports added to the technical selling. John Payne of Hedge Point Global Markets has details.
Live cattle lower as steady cash disappoints. Hogs extend gains on short covering. Grains down with slow exports, profit taking, lower soybean oil a drag on soybeans. Pat Von Tersch with Professional Ag Marketing.
Cattle mostly higher with steady cash, hogs mixed with disappointing exports. Grains start lower with slow exports and sharply lower BO. Scott Varilek of Kooima Kooima Varilek has analysis.
Soybeans made new highs for the move, with higher meal. Wheat saw short covering, funds sold corn. Cattle higher with steady cash and hogs also saw short covering. Bryan Doherty of Total Farm Marketing has details.
Grains up w/ soybeans making new highs for the move as Congress votes to avert the rail strike, China demand news supportive. Cattle consolidating, short covering in hogs. Kent Beadle, Paradigm Futures has details.
A higher midday trade except corn futures, with new highs for the move in soybeans. Michelle Rook gets details with Jeff Hoogendoorn of Professional Ag Marketing.
Grain and livestock futures end mixed after two-sided trade due to end of the month positioning. Ted Seifried of Zaner Ag Hedge called it a “bookmark day” as the market await more news.