The Latest Breaking News from USDA

Live cattle futures saw higher trade on Tuesday, with contracts up $2.10 to $2.40. Cash trade settled in last week at $238-240 live across the country and $375-378 dressed. Early action this week has been quiet with most compiling showlists. Feeder cattle futures posted gains of $1.57 to $2.05 on...

March NY world sugar #11 (SBH26 ) on Tuesday closed up +0.37 (+2.59%), and March London ICE white sugar #5 (SWH26 ) closed up +12.40 (+3.06%). Sugar prices settled sharply higher on Tuesday as a weaker dollar (DXY00 ) sparked short covering in sugar futures. On Monday, NY sugar fell...

It seems likely that a few key “outside markets” will continue to influence corn, soybean, and what futures traders this week.

March NY world sugar #11 (SBH26 ) on Monday closed down -0.01 (-0.07%), and March London ICE white sugar #5 (SWH26 ) closed up +0.10 (+0.02%). Sugar prices extended their week-long plunge on Monday, with NY sugar falling to a 2.5-month low and London sugar dropping to a 5-year low....

Lean hog futures are trading $2 to $2.25 higher in the front months as Feb was up 80 cents. USDA’s national base hog price was not reported on Monday morning due to light volume. The CME Lean Hog Index was up another 6 cents on Jan 29 at $85.78. CFTC...

Live cattle futures are in rally mode, up $3.20 to $3.70 at midday. Cash trade settled in last week at $238-240 live across the country and $375-378 dressed. Feeder cattle futures are up $7 to $8.125 in the front months at midday. The CME Feeder Cattle Index was back up...

Soybeans are showing 5 to 6 cent losses at Monday’s midday. The cmdtyView national average Cash Bean price is 4 1/4 cents lower at $9.93 1/4. Soymeal futures are 30 to 50 cents higher, with Soy Oil futures are down 52 points USDA’s FGIS tallied soybean export shipments at 1.31...

March NY world sugar #11 (SBH26 ) today is down -0.02 (-0.14%), and March London ICE white sugar #5 (SWH26 ) is down -1.60 (-0.39%). Sugar prices extended their week-long plunge today, with NY sugar falling to a 2.5-month low and London sugar dropping to a 5-year low. The outlook...

Lean hog futures posted weaker Friday trade, with contracts down 30 to 45 cents in the nearbys. February was down $1.10 last week. Open interest was up 2,647 contracts on the day. USDA’s national base hog price was reported at $83.57 on Friday afternoon, down 81 cents from the previous...