Estimates for USDA Planted Acreage and Stocks Report
Monday, June 28th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Hello Everyone: Click on the image below to enlargen. You'll find the estimtes for the USDA's Planted Acreage and Grain Stocks reports due out on Wednesday morning. Call me if you would like to discuss @ 1.800.388.0998, Bob
Contra-Seasonal Rally in Feeders to Continue?
Thursday, March 4th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »As of this writing the cash cattle markets hadn't traded on the day in the TX/OK/NM region. The LCJ0 is posting a a 22 point gain. Feeder Cattle are fairing pretty well yet again with the FCJ0 @ +57.
USDA’s Livestock Outlook
Wednesday, February 24th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »The USDA Livestock, Dairy, & Poultry Outlook led with the comment "Continued Contraction in Cow Herd Implies Decreased Production Beyond 2010."
USDA Cattle on Feed Report 02.19.2010
Friday, February 19th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »The Cattle on Feed Report from the USDA ... See Below
Estimates for Today’s Cattle on Feed & Forthcoming Tendencies
Friday, February 19th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »As I write this we are moments from the close of the LC and FC regular trading hours, and it surely seems that we are going to post yet another solid day for beef livestock markets - at least without ...
Heavy Lifting
Wednesday, February 17th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »The inverse correlation of feeder cattle prices to feed prices is being challenged, for regardless of whether the prices of such inputs as corn or soymeal go up or down -- feeder cattle keep powering up. FCK0 posted new swing ...
Oilseeds and Grains Better on the Day
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Today was a day where most commodities received a boost. The $US was lower by 70-some points basis the DXH0, equities were higher, and energies were higher - except for nat gas. The combination of these three helped push the ...
A Beautiful Bottom? … In Beans
Friday, February 12th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Soybeans have been on a losing streak. Will this trend persist? July '10 Soybeans (SN10) closed the first trading day of the year at $10.67/bushel. Today we're trading around $9.60 or so. Of the many reasons for the break, a primary one has been ...
Expectations for November USDA S/D Report
Monday, November 9th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »We have the November USDA S/D numbers due out tomorrow morning at 7:30am central time. For reference, I have posted a set of expectations for production and ending stocks. Click on the thumbnail image below to zoom in. (Courtesy of Informa Economics, Inc.)
A Whiff of Weakness?
Wednesday, October 14th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »The grain and oilseed markets today continued their upward march, that is until they didn't. Five of the most recent six trading days have seen higher intraday moves compared to the previous day with respect to SX9. Sx9 has rallied ...