In my opinion, the division is clear between the expectations of expansion creating a shorter supply of cattle, and the expectations of the incoming administration to lower inflation.

The wheat complex closed with losses across the board on Friday. Chicago SRW futures were down 3 1/4 to 4 3/4 cents across the board on the day, with December still up 7 ¾ cents on the week. KC HRW contracts posted 1 ¼ to 2 ½ cent losses across...

Soybeans were pressured for much of the week with weaker product values, but managed to close Friday with gains of 1 ¼ to 7 cents. January was still down 15 cents since last Friday’s close. CmdtyView’s national front month Cash Bean price was up 5 3/4 cents at $9.33. Soymeal...

The corn market posted fractional to 1 ¼ cent losses on Friday, a few deferreds up ¼ cent. December still managed to pull out a 1 ½ cent gain on the week. December options expired today. First notice day is next Friday. The national average Cash Corn price from cmdtyView...

March 25 Corn Examined

The wheat complex is heading back lower on Friday. Chicago SRW futures are down 4 to 5 cents across the nearbys. KC HRW contracts are showing fractional to 3 cent losses. MPLS spring wheat is down fractionally to 2 cents on the Friday session. December wheat options expire today, with...

The corn market showing fractionally mixed trade so far on Friday. December options expire today. The national average Cash Corn price from cmdtyView is down 1/2 cent at $4.03 1/4 per bu. Spillover pressure from midday losses in wheat and the US dollar index hitting the highest prices since November...

Soybeans are trading with contracts up 3 to 5 cents at Friday’s midday. CmdtyView’s national front month Cash Bean price is up 3 3/4 cents at $9.31. Soymeal futures are up 50 cents/ton, with Soy Oil futures down another 32 points. USDA reported a private export sale of 198,000 MT...

Wheat futures are showing gains on Friday morning. The wheat complex was pressured lower on Thursday, with the US dollar index hitting a 1 year high, up 414 points. Chicago SRW futures were down 1 ½ to 3 3/4 cents across the board at the close. KC HRW contracts closed...

The corn market is kicking off the prelude to the weekend with gains of 2 to 3 cents so far. Corn posted Thursday losses at the close, with contracts down 3 ½ to 4 ½ cents across the board. Pressure mounted as the rest of the grains were lower and...

Soybeans are trading with a slight bounce back attitude to kick off Friday, as contracts are up 3 to 4 cents in the nearbys. They failed to get much upside reaction to either the export business or better than expected Export Sales report from early on Thursday. Futures closed with...

Overnight through early Friday morning saw headlines of Russia firing missiles back at Ukraine. Naturally, some of the Missile Markets responded.