Al6-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 19, 1997 GRAIN, CATTLE AND HOG FUTURES MARKETS These Markets Published Courtesy Of Data Transmission (Closing bids: Thursday, April 17, 1997) 18 CORN MAY 97 CONTRACT HIGH: 3.940 DTN GRAINS 7 14 21 28 4 11 18 25 4 11 18 25 1 8 15 JAN FEB MAR APR DTN FUTURES 14 04/17/97 PRICES ARB DECIMAL MOVING CONTRACT CLOSE 4-DAY 9-DAY WHEAT HAY 425.25 417,69 401.64 WHEAT JUL 431.00 424.12 406.81 KCWHT MAY 482.00 473.50 449.28 KCWHT JUL 462.75 450.12 423.36 MNWHT MAY 452.00 445.69 431,31 CORN MAY 297.00 300.19 300.36 CORN JUL 297.75 301.31 302.00 CORN SEP 285.75 288.19 289.72 OATS HAY 173.75 174.06 170.78 BEANS MAY 838.50 834.94 842.78 BEANS JUL 842.50 840.00 847.78 BEANS AUG 826.25 826.25 834.03 MEAL MAY 276.20 275.05 278.76 OIL MAY 24.09 24.05 24.07 CATTLE APR 68.95 69.59 68.90 CATTLE JON 64,28 64.71 64.34 FCTL APR 71.18 71.08 71,03 HOGS JON 85.45 83.67 82.64 HOGS JUL 85.08 83.33 82.27 PKBLS MAY 87,55 84.40 82.34 COTTON MAY 70.75 71.44 71.78 COTTON JUL 72,45 73.11 73.50 CORN HIGH LON 3010 2962 3020 2956 2890 2844 2854 2804 2900 2854 2924 2910 2954 2940 LAST CHG 2970* -2 2976* +4 2856* +6 2826* +6 2876* +6 2914* 0 2954* +6 2790 2750 2784* +2O SOYBEANS 8452 8322 8496 8364 8324 8220 7530 7440 6952 6880 7010 6940 7050 7020 7014 7014 7060 7020 6620 6590 8384* +62 8424* +5O 8262* +42 7460* +2 6884* -24 6950* -22 7020* -20 7014* -34 7020* -30 6620* 0 LIVE CATTLE HIGH LOW LAST CHG 6960 6855 6895* +l5 6510 6390 6427* +37 6450 6360 6387* +42 6810 6745 6767* +37 7000 6950 6970* +35 7065 7025 7050* +25 7250 7230 7230* 0 SWISS FRANC 6873 6832 6864* +24 6940 6903 6932* +23 7010 6980 7006* +22 JDN SEP DEC TECHNICAL POINTS AVERAGES CHICAGO WHEAT LAST 4252*+ 4310*+ 4354*+ 4444*+ 4470*+ 4190*+ MAY JLY SEP DEC 1760 1712 1736* +24 1724 1672 1700* +26 1694 1646 1684* +26 1694 1650 1682* +26 SOYBEAN MEAL 2780 2733 2762* +29 2753 2703 2728* +23 2657 2617 2635* +22 2510 2470 2471* -2 2293 2265 2268* +3 2205 2175 2176* -6 2165 2165 2165* 0 2170 2150 2155* 0 FEEDER CATTLE HIGH LOW LAST CHG 7140 7105 7117* +32 7115 7060 7085* +62 7415 7360 7402* +B5 7410 7365 7395* +B5 7440 7400 7432* +B7 7615 7575 7577* +47 7705 7675 7675* +5O 7680 7650 7650* +5O HIDAM LIVE HOGS 6115*+150 6050*+150 5870*+150 6050 6050 5790 6115 6050 5870 JUN JLY AUG Network (DTN) f SLOW STOCHASTIC 5 DAY 20 DAY *K ID U VD 71 78 86 72 75 81 88 81 83 89 92 91 85 89 92 87 72 80 87 83 22 37 25 29 23 39 23 33 13 23 23 37 40 55 65 54 36 28 25 36 30 24 27 38 26 23 29 42 28 22 31 44 53 49 31 27 44 70 76 75 40 67 71 68 44 46 84 88 90 87 96 93 90 87 97 93 91 86 95 92 27 42 17 18 24 39 18 19 RSI'S 14DAY 30DAY 66.5 62.8 70.7 67.1 74.0 69.2 76.4 71.5 66.6 63.1 46.7 51.7 46.8 51.8 45.0 50.6 53.9 53.8 50.5 55.1 50.7 55.6 49.9 55.0 51.0 56.7 46.6 47.5 52.9 53.8 49.0 50,2 62.4 58.5 71.9 64,4 74.0 67.0 68.9 60.9 34.8 39.4 34.9 39.6 K.C. WHEAT HIGH LOW LAST CHG 4890 4634 4820*+170 4650 4420 4626**226 4634 4404 4600**214 4680 4440 4630**200 4630 4410 4560*+180 MINN WHEAT 4570 4362 4520*+162 4560 4320 4514**194 4544 4334 4504**194 4540 4330 4516**206 4530 4380 SOYBEAN 2415 2396 2454 2435 2472 2454 2476 2462 2485 2463 2505 2485 2512 2512 2530 2525 4530*+180 OIL 2409* +5 2451* +6 2467* +7 2476* +5 2485* +6 2500* +7 2512* +7 2530* 0 LEAN HOGS HIGH LOW LAST CHG 8545 8380 8545*+200 8512 8340 8507M95 8242 8060 8225*+182 7557 7375 7495*+137 7315 7150 7207* +92 7165 7025 7072* +62 6760 6625 6685* +6O 7300 7260 7285* +6O PORK BELLIES 8755 8520 8755*+300 8645 8430 8642*+297 8310 8155 8310*+300 MAY JLY ADG LIVESTOCK LEAN Iff f- 14 21 28 4 JAN LIVESTOCK 19 CATTLE 14 21 28 4 11 18 JAN FEB GRAINS 25 SOYBEAN NEAL MAY DTN 14 21 28 4 11 18 25 4 11 18 25 JAN FB6 MAR ITN GRAINS 23 SOYBEANS MAY 97 CONTRACT HIGH: 8 HOGS JON 97 CONTRACT HIGH; 85,45 LON: 67.60 H 18 25 4 11 18 25 1 8 MAR APR FEB LIVE APR 97 CONTRACT HIGH: 70.80 LOW 4 11 MAR CONTRACT 8 15 APR LOW: 205. HIGH 8 APR LON