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Cattle Markets make new all-time highs, Hogs make new contract high

Jim summarizes his latest views on the most active markets in grains and soft commodities

Soybeans held onto gains into the Friday close, with contracts climbing another 3 to 6 cents. Jul was up 15 ½ cents on the week, as November gained back 10 ¼ cents. The cmdtyView Cash Bean price was...

The wheat complex posted gains on Friday, with contracts closing near their highs. Chicago SRW futures were 9 to 10 cents in the green at Friday’s close, as July rallied 20 ¾ cents on the week. Kansas...

Live cattle futures pushed the gain into the close, rallying to new all time highs and up $1.55 to $3.40 on the day. June was up $10.82 this week. Cash trade this week saw wide ranges mostly $230-232 in...

Lean hog futures were rallying on Friday, with contracts up $1.77 to $2.35 at the close. July rose $2.17 this week. USDA’s national average base hog negotiated price was reported at $100.55 on Friday...

Corn futures closed out the Friday session in rebound, with the recent bear spreading seeing some slight unwinding. Contracts were up 1 to 3 cents at the final bell. July was down just 1 ½ cents this...

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) Friday closed up +1.03%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed up +1.05%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed up +0.99%. June E-mini S&P futures...

To repeat the most common phrase this week, "what a time to be in the cattle business"!

The dollar index (DXY00 ) Friday rose by +0.44%. The dollar moved higher Friday on the heels of a better-than-expected US May payroll report, easing concerns that the US labor market was cooling. Also,...

July WTI crude oil (CLN25 ) Friday closed up +1.21 (+1.91%), and July RBOB gasoline (RBN25 ) closed up +0.0139 (+0.67%). Crude oil and gasoline prices on Friday settled higher, with crude climbing to a...

July Nymex natural gas (NGN25 ) on Friday closed up by +0.107 (+2.91%). July nat-gas prices on Friday rallied to a 1-week high and settled sharply higher as US weather forecasts turned hotter, potentially...

July NY world sugar #11 (SBN25 ) Friday closed down -0.08 (-0.48%), and August London ICE white sugar #5 (SWQ25 ) closed up +1.90 (+0.41%). Sugar prices on Friday extended their two-month-long selloff,...

July ICE NY cocoa (CCN25 ) Friday closed up +183 (+1.82%), and July ICE London cocoa #7 (CAN25 ) closed up +225 (+3.40%). Cocoa prices on Friday extended this week's rally to 2-week highs due to the slowing...

July arabica coffee (KCN25 ) Friday closed down -1.70 (-0.47%), and July ICE robusta coffee (RMN25 ) closed down -153 (-3.33%). Coffee prices on Friday gave up an early advance and turned lower on harvest...
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In Thursday’s unusual options activity, there were 1,399, split almost evenly between puts (705) and calls (694). Of the top 100 by Vol/OI ratios, the top three ratios range from 81.86 to 69.31.