JjJv r tiCP i l vi.otnntH ' AlM.ancaater Farming, Saturday,' August 2, 1997 GRAIN, CATTLE AND HOG FUTURES MARKETS CORN - CBOT u woT/iWn SHPTBMBffP 1997 9 nkt MCVIHCJ AVUbCOt BI Q9/19/IT I £ SAT HC'i'lM’ fcVBUSG* Vjjfp 9 16 11 10 6 LI 20 27 1 LO L 7 24 1 LO 17 24 21 7 14 21 21 5 11 19 26 2 9 16 22 20 7 14 21 2» 4 OIC-96 JM-97 m KU Ul MftT JUV JUX. So. St. Paul, Mn Thursday July 31, 1997 Chicago Board of Trade Grain Futures Wheat Sep Dec Mar May Jul Corn Sep Dec Mar May Jul Oats Sep Dec Mar May Soybeans Aug Sep Nov Jan Mar May Meal Soybean Aug Sep Oct Dec Oil Soybean Aug Sep Oct Dec Source: USDA Livestock .and Grain Market News, So.St.Paul, 612 451-1565 Omaha, NE Thursday, July 31, 1997 ' USDA-Market News Chicago Mercantile Exchange Futures Prices MONTH OPEN HIGH LOW LAST SETT CHGE VOL Live Cattle Settlement Prices as of 07/31/97 02:01 PM AUG 9 7 OCT 97 DEC 9 7 FEB9B APR9B JUN9B AUG9B TOTAL 67.350 70.100 72.025 73.300 74.900 71.625 71.500 Lean Hogs: Settlement Prices as of 07/31/97 02:01 AUG 97 81.350 82.150 81.350 81.900 OCT 97 74.150 75.450 74.150 75.100 DEC 97 70.200 71.300 70.200 71.250 FEB9B 68.750 69.800 68.700 69.550 APR9B 64.200 65.500 64.100 A 64.900 JUN9B 67.500 68.900 67.500 68.500 JLY9B 66.200 66.9008 65.300 A 66.9008 AUG9B 64.500 65.4008 64.300 65.4008 OCT9B 60.1-00 60.8508 60.100 60.8508 DEC 9 8 57.5508 57.5508 FEB 99 59.0508 59.0508 TOTAL (Clodng bids: Thursday, July 31, 1997) Settlement Change 1/2 1/2 3/4 3/4 1/4 1/4 1/4 1/4 1/2 3/4 69 69 73 75 3/4 1/2 258.40 233.80 221.50 215.20 22.35 22.56 22.73 23.07 68.100 70.950 72.600 73.575 75.200 71 .‘B5O 71.550 67.300 70.100 72.000 73.300 74.900 71.625 71.250 Contract High/Low High Low 3/4 3/4 1/2 1/2 1/4 1/4 3/4 3/4 3/4 85 83 73 75 3/4 3/4 up up up up 3/4 11 1/2 15 24. 22 3/4 24 22 1/2 4.50 3.60 6.80 6.70 282.00 261.80 236.30 234.00 up up up up 26.93 28.45 24.25 27.50 48 51 51 54 up up up up 67.775 70.600 72.475 73.550 75.100 71.800 71.250 67.825 70.625 72.500 73.525 75.100 71.775 71.325 81.925 75.150 71.200 69.675 65.150 68.650 66.900 65.400 60.850 57.550 59.050 t/WMMML 340 300 280 260 240 220 3.23 3.36 3.45 3.48 3.33 1/2 1/2 1/2 2.27 2.27 2.36 2.41 2.45 1/2 1/2 1/2 3/4 1/2 1.44 1.43 1.48 1.65 1/2 3/4 1/2 1/2 1/2 3/4 6.63 6.05 5.77 5.83 5.93 6.01 1/2 215.50 201.50 194.50 186.00 21.50 21.70 21.78 21.85 +3O 5715 +52 4608 +47 2229 +l2 694 -i 22 434 20860 48888 20232 9633 3475 2753 329 106170 +45 + 20 45 12 13737 3119 4449 1073 207 116 22 8997 LBAH HOGS - CUE u cr (11/11/91 AUGUST 199 7 9 DAT MOVIMO AVMaAOX E*l QI/JJ/9T L i , 'ft v MCJIAC AVXBAGS uji /V" W / / t * 9 16 as 30 6 13 20 37 3 10 1? 24 3 10 17 24 }1 7 14 atjt 5 11 it 26 2 9 16 23 10 7 14 11 21 4 01C-9 6 JAM-97 m MU' A FM MAT JUA JUL. Or QT/91/97 9 DM NDVIMO AVXBMB DAY HDVViQ AVZ&AGI 9 16 33 30 6 13 30 37 3 10 17 34 3 L 0 L 7 34 31 7 14 31 30 5 13 10 3$ 3 0 16 33 30 7 14 31 3» 4 9K-06 Jl>'M Fll MUI IPI MT JVI. SOIBRAN HEAL - CBOT u er,m/n/» AUGUST 1997 > dm K»»a nmai ni ai/ia/jj iE JM MCVIJIO tVJDUCB IT 10 ‘ ji“i” Il m 14 1 14 11 7 “, 1111 5 «•»« II 1 II JO 71111 10 i DAIRY WEEK DAIRY MARKET PRICE COMMENTARY Published Courtesy Bridge News Service Phone: (212) 269-1110 or E-mail: lwheeler@news.brldge.com (Reported from market conditions. Tuesday, July 29, 1997) INT Calif., Midwest milk flow steady as temps cool By Lisa Wheeler, Bridge News New York—Jly 31-In Cali fornia, where milk continues to flow in large quantities, an urisea sonal surplus of milk is being converted into cheese and nonfat dry milk as quickly as possible to prevent falling milk prices. In the Midwest, milk produc tion is steady and slowly picking up as toasty temperatures are not hot enough to sustain any damag ing heat to livestock. 9860 15778 5962 2188 1371 762 518 96 144 18 Milk prices have fallen slightly in the last several weeks m re gions of California, while prices in the Midwest remain fairly steady, brokers said. One broker said that nor- 36699 SOYBKAHB - CBOT AUGUST 1997 at al/la/s? mally 100 degree weather in the San Joaquin Valley has been cooler this season, allowing cows to produce more. Some dairy cows were off their cycle last year due to the heat there and that has caused them to freshen late this year, the broker said. Crops, however, may not be that lucky. Brokers said there is some concern that crops may be scorched in the summer months, despite talk that second-crop hay harvest will be bumper. According to Bridge Global Weather Services, a change in weather patterns has apparently occurred in much of the Midwest com and soybean belt as well as the far northern Plains where soil (Turn to Page Al 9) t/u 85. 0 t/UVI 950 900 850 800 750 700 650 i/nm 320 300 200 260 260 220 200
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