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Lean hog futures are up 52 cents to $1.55 across most contracts on Monday. USDA’s national base hog price was not reported this morning due to no volume reported for negotiated hogs. The CME Lean Hog Index was down another 56 cents on November 19 at $85.71. USDA’s pork carcass...

Live cattle futures are down the $7.25 limit across most contracts on Monday. Last week’s cash trade was $215-219 in the North, with $220-224 in the South. Feeder cattle futures are down the $9.25 limit across the board at midday. The CME Feeder Cattle Index was up $1.44 to $339.72...

Corn futures are trading with contracts down fractionally to 2 cents in the front months on Monday. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price are down 1 ½ cents at $3.86. USDA tallied corn export shipments at 1.63 MMT (64.26 mbu) during the week ending on November 20. That was...

March NY world sugar #11 (SBH26 ) today is up +0.14 (+0.95%), and March London ICE white sugar #5 (SWH26 ) is up +2.50 (+0.59%). Sugar prices are posting moderate gains today as they continue to consolidate below last Wednesday's 1-month highs. Sugar is supported by the recent news that...

Live cattle futures saw Friday losses of 27 to 62 cents, with the weekly loss taken to $4.70 in December. A few cash sales in the north were reported at $215-219 last week, with most on the higher side of that range, and $222-224 in the South. Feeder cattle futures...

Lean hog futures saw weakness on Friday, with contracts down $1.67 to $2.42. December saw back and forth trade to close with a 70 cent losses on the week. USDA’s national base hog price from the Friday PM report was down $1.23 from the day prior at $70.64. The CME...

Lean hog futures saw weakness on Friday, with contracts down $1.67 to $2.42. December saw back and forth trade to close with a 70 cent losses on the week. USDA’s national base hog price from the Friday PM report was down $1.23 from the day prior at $70.64. The CME...

Live cattle futures saw Friday losses of 27 to 62 cents, with the weekly loss taken to $4.70 in December. A few cash sales in the north were reported at $215-219 this week, with most on the higher side of that range, and $222-224 in the South. Feeder cattle futures...

Corn futures held onto the losses across the front months on Friday, as contracts were fractionally to a penny lower. December was down 4 ¾ cents this week as the contract’s options expired today. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price was down a penny at $3.87 1/4. USDA’s delayed...

China’s U.S. soybean haul has exceeded 1 million metric tons this month. Trump wants China to buy 12 million tons by the end of the year.

March NY world sugar #11 (SBH26 ) on Friday closed up +12 (+0.82%), and March London ICE white sugar #5 (SWH26 ) closed up +4.10 (+0.98%). Sugar prices recovered from early losses on Friday and settled higher on some pre-weekend short covering. Since posting 3.5-week highs on Wednesday, sugar prices...