Hogs Bounce In Light Midweek Trade

The pigs were stronger at the open on Wednesday and February managed to recover all of the early week losses by the close. It was another day of thin trade with the preliminary volume count showing just over 23,000 hog futures contracts changing hands through Wednesday, down slightly from the previous day, and again the…

Soybeans Continue Lower Through Wednesday

Thin demand ahead of the holidays/end of year, and scattered storms across Argentina left CBOT soy prices drifting lower into midweek. Preliminary volume data showed just over 233,000 contracts traded through Wednesday, which is the thinnest day of trade for the month. Commodity funds were estimated sellers of 5,000 soybean and 4,500 soyoil contracts, and…