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Live cattle futures are seeing some month end selling, with contracts down $3.55 to $4.65 on Thursday. Cash trade has picked up this week to $235 in KS, up $3 to $5 from last week. Business has been quiet outside of that. This morning’s Fed Cattle Exchange online auction from...

The wheat complex is showing losses at Thursday’s midday. CBT futures are down 5 to 6 cents lower on Thursday. Kansas City contracts are down fractionally to 2 cents so far on the day. MPLS spring wheat is fractionally lower at midday. USDA reported a private export sale of 100,000...

October NY world sugar #11 (SBV25 ) today is down -0.13 (-0.79%), and October London ICE white sugar #5 (SWV25 ) is down -2.30 (-0.49%). Sugar prices are moving lower today, with London sugar posting a 1-week low. Signs of stronger global sugar production in Brazil are weighing on sugar...

September arabica coffee (KCU25 ) today is up +2.70 (+0.92%), and September ICE robusta coffee (RMU25 ) is up +4 (+0.12%). Coffee prices today are moving higher. Arabica coffee is climbing today on tariff risks after President Trump delayed the implementation of 50% tariffs on Brazil exports by a week,...

Live cattle futures continued to rally on Wednesday, as contracts were $3.15 to $3.35 higher across the front months. Preliminary open interest was up another 2,0390 contracts on Wednesday. Cash trade has picked up this week to $235 in KS, up $3 to $5 from last week. This morning’s Fed...

Lean hog futures settled the Wednesday session with contracts up 40 to 50 cents and August down 22 cents at the final bell. USDA’s national base hog price was up $1.20 from the previous day, at $113.34 this afternoon. The CME Lean Hog Index was up 11 cents at $110.41...

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Lean hog futures closed out the Wednesday session with contracts up 40 to 50 cents and August down 22 cents. USDA’s national base hog price was up $1.20 from the previous day, at $113.34 this afternoon. The CME Lean Hog Index was up 11 cents at $110.41 on July 28....

October NY world sugar #11 (SBV25 ) on Wednesday closed down -0.14 (-0.84%), and October London ICE white sugar #5 (SWV25 ) closed down -5.30 (-1.12%). Sugar prices were under pressure Wednesday on signs of stronger global sugar production in Brazil after Brazil's ministry of agriculture and livestock said that...

September arabica coffee (KCU25 ) on Wednesday closed down -3.10 (-1.05%), and September ICE robusta coffee (RMU25 ) closed up +66 (+1.97%). Coffee prices settled mixed on Wednesday, with robusta coffee climbing to a 2-week high. Arabica coffee was under pressure for a second day Wednesday after Commerce Secretary Lutnick...

Lean hog futures are back up 40 to 50 cents in most front months on Tuesday, with August down a nickel. USDA’s national base hog price was up $8.76 from the on Tuesday AM report, at $114.30 this morning. The CME Lean Hog Index was up 11 cents at $110.41...