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
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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 *<D U ID
20 21 62 69
17 21 57 66
12 23 61 70
11 16 54 67
9 22 55 67
49 52 37 30
37 41 24 20
21 29 20 19
49 44 42 37
30 24 58 61
26 24 62 65
27 23 56 58
70 74 87 83
23 18 27 39
95 82 79 62
95 78 66 43
86 75 59 46
85 65 27 21
76 60 32 27
70 73 47 51
K.C. WHEAT
HIGH LOW LAST
4100 4054 4082*
3780 3720 3752*
3540 3510 3534*
3540 3504 3524*
3590 3570 3584*
MINN WHEAT
3900 3644 3874*
3764 3730 3744*
3650 3640 3646*
3520 3500 3500*
3580 3580 3580*
SOYBEAN OIL
2318 2287 2288*
2360 2325 2330*
2393 2358 2358*
2417
2399
2415
2420
2467
+lO
+l4
+l6
-16
-11
-14
2388 2389* -13
2399 2399* -8
2410 2410* -6
2420 2420* -4
2450 2450* +5
LEAN HOGS
HIGH LOW LAST CHG
7690 7595 7675* +65
7255 7200 7242* +37
7530 7460 7512* +52
7175 7125 7165* +35
6785 6735 6747* -22
6150 6120 6140* +lO
6060 6040 6055* +lO
6220 6220 6220* -5
PORK BELLIES
7830 7767 7795* -37
7800 7740 7767* -22
7815 7790 7800* -70
LEAN HOGS FEB 97
’N LIVESTOCK
’N LIVESTOCK 19 CATTLE, L
24 1 8 15 22 29 5 12 19 26 3
DTN GRAINS 23 SOYBEANS
■N
1 8 15 22 29
OCT
7 24
!BP
25 SOYBEAN MEAL JAN 97
’N GRAINS
CONTRACT
FEB 97 CONTRACT HIGH
97 CONTRACT HIGH: 8.24
JAN
CONTRACT HIGH
IF
79.20 LON: 63.15
HIGH
60.15
6.500
0 LON; 211.3