Selected grain contracts at settlement... Soybeans bounced overnight and showed some rebound strength early but all of the grain markets faded as the day progressed... Dec CORN: down 6¼ cents to $4.48¾ Jan SOYBEANS: down 9½ cents to $12.43 Dec WHEAT: down 5¾ cents to $6.10¼

Don't look at hog prices today if you're squeamish as that market is putting in fresh multi-year lows... December hogs dropped $2.65 to end the day at $62.02½

Selected grain contracts at settlement... The surprise election result in Brazil brought down the value of the Real and pressured the suddenly less competitive U.S. grains... Dec CORN: down 1 cent to $4.55 Jan SOYBEANS: down 16 cents to $12.52½ Dec WHEAT: down 9 cents to $6.16

The cattle markets had momentum early coming off of Friday's bullish Cattle on Feed, but the bounce was limited late... December live cattle added 7.5 cents to $231.20 while January feeder cattle picked up 65 cents to finish at $346.00

U.S. harvest stays mostly dry this week while center-west Brazil waits on late-week showers that may still fall short. Argentina soil moisture remains mostly favorable, but southern Russia stays dry with only light scattered rain ahead

Selected grain contracts at settlement... Corn got the flash sale today but harvest pressure is clearly the strongest there as futures continued to dribble downward... Dec CORN: down 4½ cents to $4.56 Nov SOYBEANS: up 3½ cents to $12.56½ Dec WHEAT: up ¼ cent to $6.25

Hogs futures didn't slide any further today but they didn't exactly show much strength either... December hogs added 2.5 cents to finish the week at $65.57½

Selected grain contracts at settlement... The highest weekly export sales total for soybeans in nearly 3 years ended a long losing streak while corn and wheat drifted... Dec CORN: down 2¾ cents to $4.60½ Nov SOYBEANS: up 7¾ cents to $12.53 Dec WHEAT: down 3½ cents to $6.24¾

The cattle markets have been surging and tomorrow's Cattle on Feed isn't expected to change that much, but a breather and some profit taking was overdue... December live cattle traded even at $231.12½ while January feeders fell $1.82½ to $344.00

The latest USDA announced soybean sale to China is for another 7.4 million bushels... Private exporters reported sales of 202,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to China during the 2026/2027 marketing year fas.usda.gov/newsroom/export…

The sales are finally showing up for corn and soybeans, still not so much for wheat however. Corn export sales for the most recent week were up 36% versus the week prior and up 87% vs the 4 week average. Soybean sales were up near the high end of raised expectations as well

Selected grain contracts at settlement... More of the same early for grains but corn and beans managed to bounce off early session lows while wheat stayed in freefall... Dec CORN: up 1¼ cents to $4.63¼ Nov SOYBEANS: down 3 cents to $12.45¼ Dec WHEAT: down 15 cents to $6.28¼

Heavy slaughter volumes are keeping packers in control and the hog markets gave back all of yesterday's gains and then some... December hogs fell $1.42½ to end the day at $65.72½

Ethanol output rose to 1.094 million barrels per day last week, up 2% from a year ago, using 107 million bushels of corn. Even at that pace, corn use would fall short of the USDA's 5.65B bushel forecast, with stocks well above last year

Today's USDA announced soybean sale includes a tender made by Spain in addition to China. 11 million combined bushels... 134,000 MTs of soybeans to China in the 26/27 marketing year 165,000 MTs of soybeans to Spain in the 26/27 marketing year fas.usda.gov/newsroom/export…

Selected grain contracts at settlement... A steady stream of flash sales continue to fail to impress as harvest selling and Russian adaptive exporting overrides... Dec CORN: down 5 cents to $4.62 Nov SOYBEANS: down 5¼ cents to $12.53½ Dec WHEAT: down 12 cents to $6.43¼

The cattle markets moved in unison upwards today as a tighter supply outlook outweighed a flat cash market... December live cattle added $2.15 to $230.17½ while January feeder cattle picked up $2.70 to finish at $342.62½

Your daily notice of soybean sales to China, this one totaling just shy of 22.5 million bushels... Private exporters reported sales of 612,000 MT of soybeans for delivery to China during MY 2026/2027 fas.usda.gov/newsroom/export…

Selected grain contracts at settlement... Strong export loadings and more flash sales did little to prevent soybeans from bleeding lower along with corn and wheat... Dec CORN: down 7¼ cents to $4.67 Nov SOYBEANS: down 7¾ cents to $12.53½ Dec WHEAT: down 5¼ cents to $6.55¼