Corn
Brugler Marketing and Management, LLC - Thu Sep 18, 3:43PM CDT
Corn futures closed around three cents lower. Trade estimates for US corn export sales last week were in the 450,000 to 800,000 MT range. The USDA update at 7:30 am CDT put the actual figure in the middle of the range at 659,700 MT. YTD commi...
Soybeans
Brugler Marketing and Management, LLC - Thu Sep 18, 3:43PM CDT
Soybean futures closed mostly 11 cents lower on the day. Trade expectations for the weekly USDA Export Sales were 850,000 MT to 1.6 MMT for soybeans. USDA put the actual figure for soybeans at 1,468,500 MT. There were also 110,000 MT of soybe...
Wheat
Brugler Marketing and Management, LLC - Thu Sep 18, 3:43PM CDT
Wheat futures lost 10 to 12 cents today. Trade estimates for the morning USDA weekly Export Sales report were in the 350,000 MT to 650,000 MT range. USDA put the actual number at only 314,500 MT, with Japan the largest buyer. Weekly exp...
Cattle
Brugler Marketing and Management, LLC - Thu Sep 18, 3:43PM CDT
Cattle futures closed with losses more than a dollar lower in the front three contracts today, erasing the gains from Wednesday, and then some. Wholesale beef prices were lower this afternoon. USDA shows Choice boxes down $1.03, with Select 23 cent...
Lean Hogs
Brugler Marketing and Management, LLC - Thu Sep 18, 3:43PM CDT
Hog futures closed lower for the second day in a row with the October contract down $2.125, but the Dec and Feb contracts rallied into the close and lost only $0.10 and $0.30 respectively. The CME Index was up another $0.93 at $104.15 and is ...
Cotton
Brugler Marketing and Management, LLC - Thu Sep 18, 3:43PM CDT
Cotton futures closed limit-down in the front month October contract, and December was off 63 points. The US dollar rallied sharply yesterday after the Fed announced that the QE3 program will be ending next month, but was weaker today. This m...