Alan Brugler
Wheat Followed Corn’s Rally on Thursday
BarchartThu Mar 28, 4:29PM CDT
Despite neutral to bear-friendly NASS data, wheat futures rallied into the 3-day Holiday weekend. The spring wheat futures faded on the higher acreage to close 3 ½ to 6 cents in the red. Chicago prices were 8 cents off their highs for the close, but still 8 ¾ to 12...
Corn Rallied into 3-Day Weekend with NASS Data
BarchartThu Mar 28, 4:29PM CDT
Thursday’s trading session left the corn market ~6c off the day’s highs, but still 13 to 16 cents in the black. Old crop May ended the week with a 2 ¾ cent gain and finished the last trade day of March with a 12c gain for the monthly. The new...
Mixed Close for Report Day Soybeans
BarchartThu Mar 28, 4:29PM CDT
Old crop beans ended the day with 1 to 1 ¼ cent losses, while the new crop contracts finished as much as 8 ¼ cents in the black. The May soybean contract finished the week with the same 1c loss, but was still up 50 cents through the month of...
Cattle Firm Up into the Weekend
BarchartThu Mar 28, 4:29PM CDT
Thursday’s cattle trade pushed futures back up by $1.40 to $1.57. For the June contract that ended the week a net $2.65 lower after bouncing off the Bollinger midline. June fats were a net 97c weaker through the month of March, after a wide monthly range from -$4.80 to +$5.40....
Hogs Closed Off Highs but still Stronger for NASS Report
BarchartThu Mar 28, 4:29PM CDT
Nearby lean hog futures were up by as much as $1.25 for the day’s high, but prices ended the day mixed / mostly higher. June was down by 15c for Thursday which finished the week’s move on a net $1.75 gain and put the monthly gain at $1.25. June traded...
Cotton Gains into the Holiday Weekend
BarchartThu Mar 28, 4:29PM CDT
May cotton futures kept to a mostly tight range from -26 to +120 points, and finished the day with a 61 point gain. The lead month finished the week with a net 15 point loss, and closed the month of March a net 8.2 cents/lb in the red after setting...
Corn Rallies Out of Reports
BarchartThu Mar 28, 11:53AM CDT
Corn futures shot higher after NASS released data near midday. Current prices are working at or near their highs for the day with double digit gains of as much as 17 ¼ cents. NASS data showed corn stocks were counted at 8.347 bbu as pf March 1st, including 5.079 bbu...
Beans Back to Mixed for Midday
BarchartThu Mar 28, 11:53AM CDT
Soybeans were fading into the reports, before rallying out of the release. Current quotes are back to mixed as the new crop futures are holding fractional to 4 cent gains and old crop prices are back to 2 cents in the red. Midday Soymeal futures are trading $2 in the...
Wheat Futures Up Double Digits
BarchartThu Mar 28, 11:53AM CDT
Midday wheat futures are gaining double digits for midday, with prices ~5 cents off their highs. Chicago is up by as much as 2.9% for midday. KC wheat is gaining 8 to 11 cents so far. Spring wheat futures were slow to join the rally with futures near their highs...
Cotton Mostly Higher with Low Acreage Reported
BarchartThu Mar 28, 11:53AM CDT
Cotton futures are 70 points off their session highs into midday, following a strong surge out of the NASS data. New crop futures are also up by 21 to 43 points for midday. FAS data showed cotton bookings were 98.2k RBs for the week that ended 3/21. That was up...
Cattle Mostly Higher so far
BarchartThu Mar 28, 11:53AM CDT
Live cattle futures are trading with midday gains of as much as $1.80 across the front months. Feeders are also in the black with gains of as much as 80 cents. USDA confirmed some light cash trade on Wednesday mostly near $185, or $3 below last week. The 3/26 CME...
Hogs Pushing Upside into NASS Data
BarchartThu Mar 28, 11:53AM CDT
Lean hog futures are trading near to 70 cents under the session high for midday wit 40 to 8- cent gains on the board. USDA’s National Average Afternoon Base Hog price was $1.37 weaker to $79.26. The CME Lean Hog Index was $83.69 for 3/25, back up by 21 cents....
Hogs Firmed Up for Wednesday
BarchartThu Mar 28, 7:15AM CDT
Nearby lean hog prices were 12 to 62 cents higher across the front months, leaving June with a $1.90 weekly gain into the quarterly Hogs and Pigs report. USDA’s National Average Afternoon Base Hog price was $1.37 weaker to $79.26. The CME Lean Hog Index was $83.69 for 3/25, back...
Beans Weaker into Report Day
BarchartThu Mar 28, 7:15AM CDT
Current soybean prices are 4 to 3 ¾ cents lower ahead of the weekly Export Sales report and the USDA Grain Stocks and Planting Intentions reports scheduled for 11 AM CDT. Soy Oil futures closed more than 70 points weaker with 1.5% losses. Beans were down by 4 ¾ to...
Wheat Mixed After Tight Overnight Trade
BarchartThu Mar 28, 7:15AM CDT
Wheat prices are fractionally mixed ahead of the USDA data releases. Overnight the May SRW contract kept to a fairly tight 5 cent range, from +2 ¾ to -2 ¼ cents. KC wheat futures ended the day mixed within 1 ¾ cents of UNCH. The soft red winter wheat futures...