A 1 Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 28, 1996 GRAIN, CATTLE AND HOG FUTURES MARKETS DTN GRAINS 18 CORN MAR 97 1 8 15 22 OCT DTN FUTURES 14 12/26/96 PRICES ARB DECIMAL MOVING CONTRACT CLOSE 4-DAY 9-DAY WHEAT MAR 394.00 392.37 394.42 WHEAT HAY 369.75 368.87 369,86 KCWHT MAR 408.25 408.50 409.89 KCWHT MAY 375.25 375.87 378.61 HNWHT MAR 387.50 388.56 391.03 CORN MAR 267.00 266.75 265.50 CORN MAY 267.50 267.62 266.89 CORN JDL 268.25 268.69 268.56 OATS MAR 157.00 156.56 156.33 BEANS JAN 701.75 702.69 704.97 BEANS MAR 696.50 698.81 700.94 BEANS MAY 692.75 694.44 697.22 MEAL JAN 230.90 231.08 229.94 OIL JAN 22.88 22,95 23.17 CATTLE FEB 65.03 64,59 64,03 CATTLE APR 65.57 65.20 64.90 PDRCAT JAN 66.95 66.77 66.34 BOGS FEB 76.75 76.02 75.81 HOGS APR 72.43 71.96 71,77 PKBLS FEB 77,95 78.31 78.06 CORK HIGH LON 2704 2656 2704 2664 2704 2670 2654 2622 2622 2600 2666 2654 LAST CHG 2670* +2 2674* 0 2682* -2 2630* +4 2612* 0 2660* -4 2744* -4 2590* +lO 2744 2734 2590 2590 SOYBEANS 7100 7010 7016* 7060 6960 6964* 7014 6920 6926* 7014 6910 6914* - 6984 6900 6900* - 6780 6714 6714* - 6670 6580 6586* - 6704 6640 6640* - 6750 6750 6750* - 6500 6480 6480* - LIVE CATTLE HIGH LOW LAST CHG 6517 6465 6502* +7 6567 6525 6557* +l2 6302 6265 6282* -10 6272 6245 6265* +lO 6545 6522 6535* +2 6700 6680 6685* +7 6770 6760 6760* +3O SWISS FRANC 7507 7486 7493* +9 7561 7555 7561* +l2 7629 7629 7629* +l2 MR JDN SEP (Closing bids; Thursday, December 26, 1996) CONTRACT HIGH: 3.944 ■\\\ 5 12 NOV TECHNICAL POINTS AVERAGES 18-DAY 45-DAY 386.06 383.06 362.03 361.76 403.28 398,53 372.06 371,41 384.78 384.99 265.08 269.88 267.19 273.70 269.00 276,25 155,25 160.48 700.57 696.45 695.99 695.67 692.99 695.22 226.62 224.76 23.16 23.30 63.66- 63.75 64.84 65.20 66.41 66.30 76.47 76.51 72,08 71.49 78.43 75.36 CHICAGO HIGH LOW LAST 3984 3920 3940* 3734 3680 3696* 3456 3420 3432* 3464 3464 3464* 3594 3580 3590* 1582 1570 1570* 1614 1600 1602* 1644 1636 1636* 1632 1632 1632* SOYBEAN HEAL 2337 2303 2309* 2249 2210 2212* 2189 2152 2153* 2175 2140 2144* 2155 2130 2133* 2125 2100 2100* 2053 2053 2053* 2070 2040 2053* MAR MAY JLY SEP FEEDER CATTLE HIGH LOW LAST 6710 6685 6695* - 6745 6695 6722* - 6760 6715 6745* + 6800 6750 6797* + 6975 6950 6975* + 6950 6925 6950* ♦ 6955 6925 6955* + 6990 6980 6990* + HIDAH LIVE HOGS 5570 5290 5480 FEB APR JUN 10 DEC RSI'S 14DAY 30DAY 55.5 49.4 56.0 48.1 54.3 49.0 51.1 45.7 50.0 46.2 46.2 38.8 41.1 36.3 37.1 34.9 46.0 41.0 49.7 47.5 48.1 46.1 46.9 44.9 57.0 51.6 40.1 42.4 62.8 55.8 58.6 51.6 56.3 54.6 53.9 53,1 54.8 51.3 51.9 51.7 WHEAT OATS CHG 5567* +37 5290* +33 5475* +33 5500 5250 5450 FEB MAR MAY 2.604 2.774 2.732 2.699 2.646 2,604 SLOW STOCHASTIC 5 DAY 20 DAY U *