Livestock Report

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Walsh Trading Daily Insights Commentary June Lean Hogs opened lower, trying to put fear in traders hearts as the Thursday candle was bullish in my opinion, and trading to the session low at 88.80. Good sense took over and price rallied to the session high at 91.875. The rally stalled… it was mid-session and price consolidated and settled near the …

Grain Spreads: Wheat/Corn Short Covering

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Commentary Wheat futures firmed overnight amid Black Sea supply uncertainty. Corn followed to the upside, Private exporters reported 204,000 metric tons of corn for delivery to China for the current marketing year. This sale brings the two-week running total to 2.75 million metric tons of corn, or 108.3 million bushels of corn sold to China. Per Reuters, according to two unidentified …

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Walsh Trading Daily Insights Commentary June Lean Hogs opened lower and rallied to the session high at 91.575. The market reversed course and took out the previous 2 inside candle lows and then broke down below support at 90.40 and the declining 200-DMA now at 90.35 and traded down to the Friday low and then to a new low since …

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Walsh Trading Daily Insights Commentary June Lean Hogs opened higher and challenged resistance at 92.375, trading to the session high at 92.775. It quickly turned lower and by mid-morning was at the session low at 90.975. It consolidated in the middle of the range for the rest of the day and settled in the lower end of the range at …

Grain Spreads: Corn Demand

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Commentary The USDA announced a flash sale announcement yet again into China for US corn. Todays purchased marks China’s its fifth daily purchase in the past six sessions. Today’s sale was light, this just 136k tonnes, or 5.35 million bushels. That brings the cumulative sales over that span to 88.5 million bushels, which will start to show up officially on …

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Walsh Trading Daily Insights Commentary June Lean Hogs is now the lead contract as its volume has exceeded the volume of the April contract. It opened lower and traded to the session low at 90.80. It turned up and traded to the session high at 92.95. It couldn’t handle the success and pulled back, settling in the middle of the …

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Walsh Trading Daily Insights Commentary April Feeder Cattle was in limbo on Friday, just drifting within Thursday’s trading range as it waited for the cattle on feed report. The high was at 195.125 and the low at 193.775 with settlement at 194.65. The low was just below the rising 21-DMA now at 194.025 and the high was below resistance at …

Grain Spreads: KC Wheat Tests Resistance

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Commentary There is increased chatter and noise regarding the health of the winter wheat crop, Specifically the hard red winter wheat or KC Crop. Most weather forecasts imply little hope for a significant spring improvement in the KC crop. Several signs point to conditions likely to be at or near record lows when USDA publishes its first Crop Progress Report …

Lean Hog Commentary

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Hog markets again sold off sharply with the June contract going limit down and the April contract settling $4.30 lower at 79.450. Hog supplies are proving a bit larger than year-ago levels, the opposite of what was implied from the USDA expected, falling 2% below last year. On the other hand, this morning’s weekly export sales report indicated last week’s …

Livestock Report

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Walsh Trading Daily Insights Commentary April Feeder Cattle gap opened lower, closed the gap at the session high at 195.475 and the broke down the rest of the session to the low at 192.65. It bounced at the end of the session to settle at 193.25. Outside market worries the lead cause of the decline as crashing equities and crude …