Elkhorn, Nebraska (68022)

Cattle Mixed at Close - October 23, 2020

Cattle closed mixed ahead of the COF report, with 2 to 10 cent gains in 2020 expiry months. The back months were 15 to 60 cents in the red. Feeder cattle went into the weekend with 30 to 77 cent losses. For Dec feeders that was a weekly drop of 4%. T...

Corn Higher at Close - October 23, 2020

Corn rallied in the afternoon and added 1 to 3 cents to the week’s move. For the week, Dec futures were up 4.29%. The carry (a.k.a contango) shrank to only 1 cent per bushel to March. USDA announced a private export sale of 100k MT of corn to unkno...

Ag Market Commentary - October 23, 2020

Corn rallied in the afternoon and added 1 to 3 cents to the week’s move. For the week, Dec futures were up 4.29%. The carry (a.k.a contango) shrank to only 1 cent per bushel to March. USDA announced a private export sale of 100k MT of corn to unkno...

Soy Rallies into Weekend - October 23, 2020

Soybeans rallied off of midday losses and ended the week with 4 to 10 cent gains. November outgained Jan by 3 cents from Friday to Friday, adding to the inverse/backwardation. Carry in Chinese beans is 17 yuan/MT (~7 cents/bu) from November to Januar...

Wheat Gains on Friday Trading - October 23, 2020

Front month wheat futures were higher on Friday. CBT wheat closed the last trading day of the week with 4 3/4 to 10 cent gains. KC HRW gained 7 to 9 1/2 cents. The winter wheats were up 1.2 and 2% on the week respectively. MGE HRS futures closed the ...

Hogs Gain in Afternoon - October 23, 2020

After trading in the red at midday, Friday hog futures closed 2 to 82 cents higher. May futures stayed 32 cents in the red at the close. For December hog futures, that reduced the weekly move to minus $2.78. The CME Lean Hog Index for 10/21 was $78.6...