Grains consolidate overnight, dollar firms. Cattle and hog calls 'mixed' ahead of Friday's COF and today's Weekly Export Sales data

At the closing bell for the midweek session, lean hog futures were a nickel to 82 cents weaker. Dec is once again premium to Feb. The October 19 CME Lean Hog Index was $78.62, up by 35 cents. USDA’s...

Fat cattle futures ended 22 to 87 cents in the red. Feeders gave back some of the earlier gains, but still closed 25 to 37 cents higher. October feeders closed Wednesday with a dime loss and 1,463 contracts...

Consolidation in the livestock markets

Front month lean hog futures are trading 7 to 97 cents lower so far. USDA’s National Average Base Hog price fell by $2.55 to $59.29. USDA’s National Pork Carcass Cutout value was $1.77 higher, on strength...

Cattle futures are down 17 to 77 cents. Feeders are in the black at midday, with gains limited to 85 cents in the front months. The October 19 Feeder Cattle Index dropped $1.60 to $138.66. The FCE online...

The grains are still making moves, lets see where some action needs to be taken and how high we can still go.

Cattle futures reversed triple digit intraday losses to close 12 to 90 cents higher. Feeder cattle futures also recovered from midday losses and ended the session with $0.70 to $1.97 gains. The October...

Lean hog futures ended the Tuesday session $0.25 to $2.17 lower. The losses in the back months were less than the nearbys. The CME Lean Hog Index was 4 cents better at $78.27 on the 16th. USDA’s National...

grains push higher overnight, dollar slips; Cattle calls are steady to higher; Hogs weaker