Live cattle futures are mostly higher on Friday with contracts a tick to 30 cents higher, and newly appointed June down 50 cents. Cash trade got kicked off early again this week, starting at $250-252 across the country and working up to $256-257 on W...
The wheat complex is showing mostly modest gains on Friday. Chicago SRW futures are mixed, with May down 3 ½ cents and other contracts up 1 to 2 cents. There were 312 delivery notices against May CBT wheat futures overnight. KC HRW futures are showi...
Corn futures are trading with contracts up 5 to 7 ¼ cents across most contracts on Friday. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price is higher on the day to $4.41 ¾. USDA reported a private export sale of 148,240 MT of corn to unknown destinati...
Lean hog futures are falling back on Friday with losses of 45 cent to $1.60 at midday. USDA’s national base hog price was reported at $92.51 on Friday morning, down 92 cents from the day prior. The CME Lean Hog Index was back up 10 cents on April 28...
Soybeans futures are trading with contracts 3 to 8 cents higher as nearby May is down 1 ½ cents. The cmdtyView national average Cash Bean price is up 9 cents at $11.32 1/4. Soymeal futures are steady to $1.70 lower, with Soy Oil futures up 22 to 42...
They may suffer the occasional knee-jerk setback. By and large, though, investors understand these companies are capable of standing up to almost any challenge.
