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DTN Closing Grain Comments Short-Covering Rally Mon Feb 8, 2010 02:36 PM CST
Grains finished higher on noncommercial short-covering ahead of Tuesday's USDA Supply and Demand report and light outside market support.
DTN Closing Livestock Comments Lean Hog Rebound by Triple Digits 36 minutes ago
The pork complex launched the new week with significant progress in both pits, supported by fund buying and buy stops. Live and feeder contracts settled moderately higher thanks to short covering and cash optimism.
Gulke: Major Thinking Shift Sun Feb 7, 2010 04:39 PM CST
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DTN Market Matters Blog
Not much net movement in cash grain bids last week, as some big advances on one day were offset by equally dramatic losses the next. But through it all, the basis continued to strengthen.
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Not much net movement in cash grain bids last week, as some big advances on one day were offset by equally dramatic losses the next. But through it all, the basis continued to strengthen.
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It's one of those bromides that's been in the industry forever -- that the ratio between new crop beans and corn futures is a good indicator of upcoming shifts in acreage.
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Contract Month Last Chg High Low
ELEC. CORN [10] Mar-10 356'0s 4'4 --- ---
Dec-10 391'0s 4'0 396'0 389'0
ELEC. SOYBEANS [10] Mar-10 929'4s 16'0 --- ---
Nov-10 914'4s 11'0 --- ---
ELEC. WHEAT [10] Mar-10 484'0s 10'6 --- ---
Dec-10 554'4s 9'6 558'0 547'4
ELEC. HRW WHEAT [10] Mar-10 495'4s 11'0 497'6 488'0
Dec-10 547'6s 11'2 548'6 540'0
ELEC. HRS WHEAT [10] Mar-10 511'6s 9'2 --- ---
Dec-10 562'6s 9'0 --- ---
LIVE CATTLE [10] Feb-10 87.675s 0.250 87.950 87.150
Apr-10 90.800s 0.400 91.200 90.400
FEEDER CATTLE [10] Mar-10 99.225s 0.900 99.650 98.100
Apr-10 100.025s 0.350 100.750 99.550
MILK CLASS III [10] Feb-10 14.14s 0.04 --- ---
Apr-10 13.18s -0.06 --- ---
ELEC. COTTON # 2 [10] Mar-10 69.16s 2.54 69.54 67.10
Mon, Feb 8, 2010 5:13 PM CST     *Quotes are in market time.
Delay is indicated in brackets.
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