Cattle Fall Into Lower Channel

This is Matt Rice with today’s Market Line Report for Monday. Cattle under pressure to end the week, however prices relatively solid overall. Let’s go to Virginia McGathey with the CME Group to hear more.

Chicago Soft Red Winter Wheat prices for May closed the day dn 1, to finish at 7-97. May Corn was up 3 ½, to finish the day at 6-52 ¾. Kansas City Hard Red Winter Wheat prices for May were up 12 ¼, to settle at 8-40.

Portland prices for Club Wheat with 10 ½ % Protein were Unch, ranging from 10-50 to 13-50. Soft white wheat with 10 ½ % Protein prices for March were Unch, ranging from 10-50 to 11-00. Hard Red Winter Wheat with 11 ½ percent Protein prices for March were up 12 ¼, ranging from 10-35 ¼ to 10-85 ¼. DNS wheat with 14 % protein, prices for March were up 3 ½, ranging from 10-70 ¾ to 11-15 ¾.

Live Cattle for April were dn $.90, closing at 145.87 ½. March Feeder Cattle were dn $.77 ½ to finish the day at 165.42 ½. March Class III milk was up $.05 to settle at 22.40.