Hedge Plus Reports

Selected grain contracts at settlement...

Somewhat positive sign that corn turned in a positive session the first trading day after Friday's USDA induced bloodbath...

Dec CORN: up 3¼ cents to $4.83

Nov SOYBEANS: down 4¼ cents to $12.87¾

Dec WHEAT: up 1¼ cents to $6.72¼

The cattle markets were unable to sustain Friday's momentum and took a bit of a breather today...

December live cattle dipped 45 cents to $226.60 while November feeder cattle fell 85 cents to $341.10

Selected grain contracts at settlement...

The USDA didn't bother lowering corn yield by a small amount, they raised it instead. Bold strategy, hopefully it works...

Dec CORN: down 20½ cents to $4.79¾

Nov SOYBEANS: up 4½ cents to $12.92

Dec WHEAT: down 12¼ cents to $6.71