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1 Jul 2016
DTN Closing Livestock Comment 07/01 15:17 Pre-Holiday Cattle Paper Drops Hard in Light Volume Live and feeder futures closed sharply higher, pressured by late-week profit-taking and a general lack of buying interest. Lean hog issues settled mixed with August through December gaining on both spot July and 2017 contracts. By John Harrington DTN Lives...
1 Jul 2016
DTN Closing Grain Comments 07/01 13:44 Wheat Skids to New Low All three grains were lower Friday, but only soybeans survived the week higher. This week's slide in September corn stopped short of its contract low, but Chicago wheat fell to its lowest spot close in over nine years as anecdotal reports of high yields at harvest proved too bearish.
1 Jul 2016
DTN Midday Livestock Comments 07/01 12:02 Light Trade Activity Draws Pressure to Cattle Futures Sharp triple-digit losses have quickly developed across the cattle complex Friday morning. The overall lack of trade activity and inability to draw additional interest into the market before the long holiday weekend is allowing for volatile price swings ...
1 Jul 2016
DTN Midday Grain Comments 07/01 11:52 All Grains Lower at Midday Weak trade at midday following less threatening forecasts and bearish USDA numbers yesterday. By David Fiala DTN Contributing Analyst General Comments The U.S. stock market indices are higher with the Dow futures up 45 points. The interest rate products are higher. The dollar index is...
1 Jul 2016
USDA MARKET NEWS--AFTERNOON CATTLE REPORT 07/01/16 VOLUME USDA TOTAL RANGE DTN PRACTICAL RANGE WT AVG KANSAS CONFIRMED CASH SALES - TODAY: 570 WEEK T0 DATE: 27,387 STEERS 200 122.00-122.00 122.00-122.00 122.00 HEIFERS 40 122.00-122.00 122.00-122.00 122.00 NEBRASKA CONFIRMED CASH SALES - TODAY: 15,538 WEEK TO DATE: 57,998 STEERS 5,668 192.00-196.00 ...