Futures Market Overview

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The wheat complex was lower across the three exchanges on Wednesday. Chicago SRW futures were down 5 to 6 cents at the close. KC HRW futures were 5 to 7 cents lower on the session. MPLS spring wheat was...

Lean hog futures were in rally mode on Wednesday, with contracts up $1.30 to $1.80 on the day. USDA’s national base hog price was not reported on Wednesday afternoon due to light volume. The CME Lean...

Corn futures posted losses of 2 to 3 cents across most contracts on Wednesday. Crude oil was flat most of the day, failing to provide some spillover support. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price...

Live cattle futures rallied on Wednesday, with contracts up $4.20 to0 $4.50 at the close. Cash trade has yet to be reported so far this week. Wednesday morning’s Fed Cattle Exchange online auction showed...

Cotton futures were up 10 to 15 points in the front months on Wednesday. The outside markets provided some support, as crude oil was up $1.54 on the day to $76.10. The US dollar index was back down $0.231...

Soybeans rounded out Wednesday trade with slight weakness, as contracts were fractionally to 1 ¼ cents lower. There were another 244 deliveries issued overnight. The cmdtyView national average Cash Bean...