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Market Commentary: Some Weekend Pullbacks but Nothing Scary

It was a pause and reflect day for some contracts, and more getting beat down for the cattle market. The latter invoking more limit-down safeguards. There were slight gains for soymeal, HRW and hogs, with the rest of the complex showing red. There was good volume for a Friday in corn, soybeans, some wheats, and particularly in cattle. No doubt there was some profit-taking involved.  The overall week was generally greener than the ‘get out of Dodge’ mindset on Friday with the following notables: It was the fourth week lower for lean hogs, led by lower cutout values. It was the second week lower for cattle, but with cutout values counterintuitively gaining. It was the second week higher for corn, SRW, HRW, soybeans and soyme...

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WASDE Corn - Dec 2025

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WASDE Wheat - Dec 2025

USDA’s Dec 2025 estimate is that the 2025/26 season-average wheat price received by U.S. farmers will remain at $5.00 per bushel. Global wheat stocks rose 3.4 million tons to 274.9 million, mainly on increases for several exporting countries...

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WASDE Soybeans - Dec 2025

USDA’s Dec 2025 estimate is that the 2025/26 season-average prices are presently unchanged for U.S. soybeans at $10.50 per bushel, for soymeal at $300 per short-ton, and for soyoil at 53 cents per pound.  Global soybean ending stocks are increased 0.4 million tons to 122.4 million, m...

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WASDE Corn - Dec 2025

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WASDE Wheat - Dec 2025

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WASDE Soybeans - Dec 2025

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Market Commentary: Corn Exports Hit Record; WASDE Little Changed for Soy, Wheat

The CBOT wasn’t expecting much from the December WASDE report and USDA delivered fully on those expectations. The headline numbers were the increase of corn exports to a record-breaking 3.2 Bbu and a commensurate reduction in ending stocks. Soybeans and wheat were left out of the balance...

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