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Live cattle futures closed the Thursday session with contracts $2.30 to $3.57 higher, following the rallying cash market. There were no new deliveries on Thursday. Cash trade picked up on Thursday with $230 trade across the country reported. Feeder cattle futures were $4.60 to $5.02 higher in the nearbys. The...

Lean hog futures saw strength on Thursday with contracts up 85 cents to $1.85. USDA’s national base hog price was reported at $71.69 on Thursday afternoon, up $1.64 from the day prior. The CME Lean Hog Index was up 27 cents on December 8 at $82.16. USDA’s Export Sales report...

March NY world sugar #11 (SBH26 ) on Thursday closed down -0.06 (-0.40%), and March London ICE white sugar #5 (SWH26 ) closed down -1.90 (-0.45%). Sugar prices gave up early gains on Thursday and turned lower after crude oil prices plunged. WTI crude (CLF26 ) tumbled to a 7-week...

Lean hog futures are up 82 cents to $1.90 across most contracts on Thursday. USDA’s national base hog price was reported at $72.04 on Thursday morning. The CME Lean Hog Index was up 27 cents on December 8 at $82.16. USDA’s Export Sales report for the week ending on November...

Soybeans are up 1 to 3 cents at Thursday’s midday. The cmdtyView national average Cash Bean price is 2 ¼ cents higher at $10.23. Soymeal futures are up $1.50, with Soy Oil futures 30 to 38 points lower. There were 4 deliveries issued against December soybean oil on Wednesday. USDA...

Corn futures are up 1 to 2 cents at Thursday’s midday. There were another 22 deliveries issued against December corn overnight. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price is up 1 3/42 cents at $4.01 3/4. USDA reported a private export sale of 186,000 MT of corn to unknown destinations...

March NY world sugar #11 (SBH26 ) today is down -0.01 (-0.07%), and March London ICE white sugar #5 (SWH26 ) is down -0.80 (-0.19%). Sugar prices gave up early gains today and turned lower after crude oil prices plunged. WTI crude (CLF26 ) tumbled more than -2% today to...

Soybeans are up 1 to 3 cents on Thursday morning. Futures were 1 to 4 cents higher across most contracts on Wednesday. Open interest was down 9,608 contracts on Wednesday. The cmdtyView national average Cash Bean price was 4 1/4 cents lower at $10.21 3/4. Soymeal futures were steady to...

Lean hog futures were down a nickel in the soon to expire December contracts, with other contracts up 55 to 85 cents. USDA’s national base hog price was reported at $70.05 on Wednesday afternoon, down $1.38 from the day prior. The CME Lean Hog Index was up 5 cents on...