Futures Market Overview

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Lean hog futures are up 50 cents to $1, with May down 22 cents. USDA’s national base hog price was not reported on Monday morning to thin trade. The CME Lean Hog Index was back down 23 cents on May 7...

Soybeans are trading with 5 to 7 cent gains at midday. The cmdtyView national average Cash Bean price is up 6 1/4 cents at $11.47 3/4. Soymeal futures is up $5.10 to $6.20, with Soy Oil futures 20 to 75...

The wheat complex is rallying on Monday, with gains across the three markets. Chicago SRW futures are posting 13 to 15 cent gains in the front months on Monday. There was single delivery issued against...

Live cattle futures are steady to $2.25 lower in the front months on Monday. Cash trade settled in at $256-260 last week, with southern action $256-258 and northern trade at $258-260. Feeder cattle futures...

Cotton futures are trading with 110 to 160 point gains across most contracts on Monday. The US dollar index is $0.046 higher at $97.830. Crude oil is up $3.63 at $99.04 so far on the Monday’s. Managed...

Corn futures are trading with contracts up 4 to 5 ½ cents across the nearbys on Monday. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price is up 4 1/2 cents to $4.34 1/4. USDA reported a couple private export...

July NY world sugar #11 (SBN26 ) today is up +0.30 (+2.04%), and Aug London ICE white sugar #5 (SWQ26 ) is up +7.00 (+1.62%). Sugar prices are sharply higher today on concerns about tighter global supplies....