Hogs And Pigs not good enough and steady cattle cash prices disappoint

The May WTI (CLK25 ) contract settled at 69.36 (-0.56) [-0.80%] , high of 70.09, low of 68.87. Spot price is 69.90 (+0.25), open interest for CLK25 is 330,240. CLK25 settled below its 5 day (69.41), above its 20 day (67.55), below its 50 day (69.97), below its 100 day...

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In my opinion, the cattle/beef industry continues to shift, wiggle and squirm in the attempt to find margin.

1 | King Corn Only a few days remain until March 31’s Prospective Plantings report which will set the tone for new crop trade the next several months. New crop acreage intentions are highly correlated with February averages not only because price action can drive planting decisions, but crop insurance...

Core PCE, the Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation indicator, is due at 7:30 am CT. Expectations are for February Core +0.3% m/m, unchanged from January, and +2.7% y/y, up from +2.6%. Headline is expected +0.3% m/m and +2.5% y/y, flat from January.

The U.S. had a data dump this morning with the ever important PCE figure printing slightly hotter than expected while consumption was weaker than expected. The data dump has fueled some stagflationary fears and forward looking GDP growth forecasts were revised down.

Soybeans saw strength in Thursdays trade but are under minor pressure this morning, along with corn and wheat

Live cattle futures surge higher to post a new closing high. More upside to come ahead of the weekend?

Precious metals surge as silver squeezes higher—momentum building or a breakout fake-out? Phil Streible breaks it all down in today’s Metals Minute—tune in!

ocks are still in retracement mode after Trump’s announcement of a 25% tariff on imported cars, which continues to fuel trade war concerns and risk-off flows. This pressure may not be over yet, especially considering that US indexes appear to have made only a temporary three-wave bounce from the March lows. As a result, risk-off sentiment could keep dollar pairs in consolidation, while some commodity currencies might remain under pressure in the near term.

Hogs continue weakness in front of Hogs and Pigs report

Grain markets were mixed today with soybeans posting an impressive gain. Cattle markets were weaker but found their footing thanks to rumors of a sharply higher cash trade in the making.

Skepticism continues to be expressed by futures traders in the form of the positive basis, and enormous volatility.