CORN
- Dec down 1-1/2 @ 5.49-1/4
- In the southwest Plains, corn is $35/ton cheaper than HRW wheat
- Good rains overnight across northern Iowa and southern Minnesota
- The 5.40 area in Dec corn should be supportive
- Tropical Storm Ida will likely make landfall in the US on Sunday – sending heavy rains to the North and maybe some to the eastern Corn Belt
SOYBEANS
- Nov down 10 @ 13.16
- We are likely seeing concern about demand in soybeans, as well as relatively big numbers coming out of South America for their 2022 crop
- The 13.00 area in Nov soybean should be supportive
- US soybean prices are cheap relative to Brazil
- Yesterday the USDA announced 9.7mb sale of new crop soybeans to China and unknown destinations
- November soybeans on China’s Dalian exchange today were down to the equivalent of 18.63 / bushel (still near the high for the year)
WHEAT
- Dec wheat down 3 @ 7.36-1/4, Dec KC down 1-3/4 @ 7.26-1/2, Dec MNPLS up 4-3/4 @ 9.16-1/4
- We are trading supply concerns – non-US wheat exporter stocks to usage ratios are record low
- We would expect the USDA in September to continue to drop the Russian crop
- On Monday we could see a lower Canada crop when they release their numbers
- Canada has seen rain over the last week and more expected for the upcoming week, causing harvest challenges
- The moisture resulting from the incoming tropical storm should benefit next month’s planting conditions of SRW wheat
CATTLE
- Oct LC down 0.325 @ 129.275 & Sep FC down 0.125 @ 164.325
- Choice cuts up 0.38 & select up 3.90
- Boxed beef runs out of momentum ahead of holiday
- The bullish nature of last Friday’s report has diminished
- Live cattle futures have fallen over the past 3 days
- Cattle slaughter projected at 113K
HOGS
- Oct hogs up 2.075 @ 89.975 & Oct pork cutout up 1.55 @ 102.70
- Market continues in a sideways pattern
- Despite choppy trade, the general trend in stochastics shows upward price momentum
- Thursday’s surge in cutouts may indicate strengthening demand
- Hog slaughter projected at 467K
- Packers have been able to obtain sufficient numbers of hogs without being very aggressive