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March NY world sugar #11 (SBH26 ) on Monday closed down -0.45 (-2.96%), and March London ICE white sugar #5 (SWH26 ) closed down -14.40 (-3.31%). Sugar prices fell sharply to 1-week lows on Monday as India ramped up sugar production. The India National Federation of Cooperative Sugar Factories Ltd...

Lean hog futures are steady to 20 cents higher on the day. USDA’s national base hog price was not reported on Monday morning due to light volume. The CME Lean Hog Index was down another 35 cents on November 26 at $81.92. USDA showed 38,790 MT of pork sold of...

Cotton futures are trading with 10 to 20 point losses on Monday, with in delivery December up 14 points. Crude oil futures are up 72 cents per barrel at $59.27 on the day, with the US dollar index $0.183 lower to $99.225. USDA’s Export Sales report showed 132,760 RB of...

Live cattle futures are $1.30 to $2.05 lower so far on Monday. Cash trade improved late last week with $220 in the South on Friday, with some northern trade at $215, up from the $208-210 seen in the first half of the week. Feeder cattle futures are down 1 to...

March NY world sugar #11 (SBH26 ) today is down -0.30 (-1.97%), and March London ICE white sugar #5 (SWH26 ) is down -11.30 (-2.59%). Sugar prices are retreating today on ramped-up sugar production in India, after India's National Federation of Cooperative Sugar Factories Ltd reported that Indian sugar production...

Live cattle futures were $4.55 to $5.30 higher on the Friday session with December up $1.125 last week. Open interest dropped 1,161 contracts on Friday. Cash trade improved late last week with $220 in the South on Friday, with some northern trade at $215, up from the $208-210 seen in...

Lean hog futures were up 17 cents in the December contract on Friday, the rest of the nearbys down 35 to 45 cents. December was up $2.80 last week. USDA’s national base hog price was reported at $72.09 on Friday afternoon, down $1.48 from the day prior. The CME Lean...

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Lean hog futures were up 17 cents in the December contract on Friday, the rest of the nearbys down 35 to 45 cents. December was up $2.80 this week. USDA’s national base hog price was reported at $72.09 on Friday afternoon, down $1.48 from the day prior. The CME Lean...

Live cattle futures were $4.55 to $5.30 higher on the Friday session with December up $1.125 this week. Cash trade improved late this week with $220 in the South on Friday, with some northern trade at $215, up from the $208-210 seen in the first half. Feeder cattle futures were...

Soybeans posted gains of 4 to 6 ¼ cents across the nearby contracts on Friday, with January up 12 ¾ cents on the week. The cmdtyView national average Cash Bean price was 6 1/2 cents higher at $10.65 ½. Soymeal futures were down $1.70 to $3.60, with December down 70...