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Hogs Posting Gains to Start the Holiday Week

Lean hog futures are up 30 to 65 cents across most contracts at midday. USDA’s national base hog price was not reported this morning due to light volume. The CME Lean Hog Index was down 15 cents on December 18 at $83.73. Export Sales data from this morning showed a...

Barchart · Dec 22, 2025

Cotton Showing Slight Thursday Gains

Cotton futures are up 5 to 7 points so far on Thursday’s midday. Crude oil futures are 50 cents per barrel higher at $56.44. The US dollar index is $0.143 higher to $98.145. Export Sales data showed 135,886 RB of cotton sold during the week of 11/27, a 4-week low....

Barchart · Dec 18, 2025

Hogs Slipping Lower on Monday

Lean hog futures are down 75 cent to $1 across most contracts on Monday. USDA’s national base hog price was up $2.07 in the Monday morning afternoon report at $73.00. The CME Lean Hog Index was up 23 cents on December 11 at $82.80. Export Sales data showed a total...

Barchart · Dec 15, 2025

Cotton Bouncing Higher on Thursday

Cotton futures are trading with midday gains of 20 to 30 points in the nearbys on Thursday, with October down 32 points. The US dollar index is down $0.252 on the day to $97.505 with crude oil futures $1.21 lower. USDA’s weekly Export Sales report showed 129,598 RB of cotton...

Barchart · Sep 11, 2025

Corn Slip into Friday’s Close

Corn futures slipped lower into the Friday close, failing to hold the midday gains. Contracts were fractionally to 2 cents lower across most contracts, as December was 2 ¼ cents lower on the week. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price was down 2 at $3.73 ¼. Export Sales data...

Barchart · Sep 5, 2025

Cotton Sticking Near Unchanged at Midday

Cotton futures are trading with steady to 4 point lower action across most nearby contracts at midday. The outside markets are mixed factors, as the US dollar index is down $0.779 on the day to $97.530 and crude oil futures $1.67 lower. USDA’s weekly Export Sales report showed a total...

Barchart · Sep 5, 2025

Corn Holds Gains into the Wednesday Close

Corn futures slipped off the intraday highs on Wednesday, still closing with fraction to 2 cent gains across the front months. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price was up 1/2 cent at $3.62. USDA reported private export sales of 125,741 MT of corn to Mexico and 100,000 MT to...

Barchart · Aug 20, 2025

Corn Holding onto Gains on Wednesday

Corn futures are posting 2 to 3 cent gains across most contracts so far on the Wednesday session. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price was up 2 cents at $3.62 1/2. USDA reported private export sales of 125,741 MT of corn to Mexico and 100,000 MT to Colombia this...

Barchart · Aug 20, 2025

Corn Closes with Mixed Trade on Thursday

Corn bulls fought off the weakness on Thursday, as contracts closed with nearbys within a penny of unchanged. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price was up 3/4 cent at $3.57 1/4. USDA reported private export sales announcements of 136,000 MT to South Korea and 132,000 MT to Spain all...

Barchart · Aug 14, 2025

Corn Showing Weakness at Midday

Corn futures are trading with September up ¾ cents, as other contracts 1 to 2 cents in the red. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price is up ½ cent at $3.57. This morning’s Export Sales report showed net reductions of 88,686 MT for old crop corn, below expectations of...

Barchart · Aug 14, 2025