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11 Mar 2016
DTN Closing Livestock Comment 03/11 15:55 Cattle Futures Pop to New 4-Month Highs The cattle complex finished the week with significant price progress, supported by aggressive short-covering, technical buying, and improving fundamentals. Lean hog contracts settled on a mixed basis with deferreds gaining on nearbys. By John Harrington DTN Livestock ...
11 Mar 2016
DTN Closing Grain Comments 03/11 14:07 Soybeans Post New 2016 High May soybeans posted their highest close in 2016 with help from a half-cent gain in soybean oil and a 1% gain in Brazil's real. May corn finished a couple of cents higher, helped by a modest export sale to Japan while May Chicago wheat ended a little lower.
11 Mar 2016
DTN Midday Livestock Comments 03/11 12:00 Cattle futures Hold Gains, But Pull Back From Session Highs Aggressive morning-buying activity has developed through the complex with traders focusing on tighter supplies and short-bought packer situations at the end of the week. This has sparked a strong rally in cash cattle trade with prices in the North ...
11 Mar 2016
DTN Midday Grain Comments 03/11 11:02 Corn, Beans Higher at Midday Beans, corn, spring wheat and bean oil are all higher at midday with outside market support. By David Fiala DTN Contributing Analyst General Comments The U.S. stock market indices are higher with the Dow futures up 210 points. The interest rate products are lower. The dollar index i...
11 Mar 2016
USDA MARKET NEWS--AFTERNOON CATTLE REPORT 03/11/16 VOLUME USDA TOTAL RANGE DTN PRACTICAL RANGE WT AVG KANSAS CONFIRMED CASH SALES - TODAY: 239 WEEK T0 DATE: 239 STEERS No reportable live trade HEIFERS No reportable trade NEBRASKA CONFIRMED CASH SALES - TODAY: 16,263 WEEK TO DATE: 18,168 STEERS 6,305 216.00-220.00 220.00-220.00 219.98 HEIFERS 4,792 ...