Grains were uniformly lower in Tuesday's trade while livestock futures found their footing to post gains across the board. Here's how today's trade shook out.

Crop Progress - 2024-11-12

This is the way I see it and not to be confused with fact.  The US dollar was moving sharply higher and bonds sharply lower beginning in October of this year.

Corn futures are holding up at midday, considering the grain counterparts, with contracts down 2 to 4 cents. An export sale may be helping the bulls out. The national average Cash Corn price from cmdtyView is down 2 cents at $4.02 1/4 per bu. USDA reported a private export sale...

Soybeans are trading with Tuesday midday losses of 13 to 17 cents. CmdtyView’s national front month Cash Bean price is down 16 1/4 cents at $9.52 1/2. Soymeal futures are down $1.30/ton. Soy Oil futures are in freefall mode, with losses of 216 points. Malaysian palm oil futures were weaker...

The wheat complex is trading with Tuesday losses across the three markets. Chicago SRW futures are down 14 to 15 cents so far on Tuesday. KC HRW contracts are showing midday losses of 14 to 15 cents on the day. MPLS spring wheat is down 10 to 12 cents. Export...

Jim's Weatherwise Wisdom on Wheat

Was Today The Calm Before The Storm?

Grain markets were uniformly weaker to start the week but are mixed this morning with corn higher, beans, lower, and wheat near unchanged. What’s in store for today’s trade?

Corn futures are showing 1 to 3 cent gains so far on Tuesday morning. Following the strength from last week, the corn market felt pressure from outside and a weaker wheat market on Monday, as contracts were 1 to 3 ½ cents lower. Preliminary open interest was up 33,838 contracts...

Wheat is mixed on Tuesday morning across the three exchanges, with SRW and HRS the strongest. The wheat complex posted losses on Monday, as contracts did pull off the lows into the close. Chicago SRW futures were down 3 ¼ to 7 cents in the nearbys on Monday. KC HRW...

Soybeans are trading with Tuesday AM losses of 3 to 5 cents. They fell back on Monday with contracts down 7 1/4 to 8 1/4 cents across the board, as soon to expire (Thursday) November was down 5 cents on light OI. CmdtyView’s national front month Cash Bean price was...