Live cattle futures are mixed, with front month Dec up 22.5 cents. Feeder cattle futures are up 35 to 95 cents at midday. The CME feeder cattle

Lean Hog futures are steady to $1.40 lower on Thursday. The CME Lean Hog Index was down 44 cents from the previous day @ $55.54 on December 11. The

Corn futures are fractionally mixed at Thursdays midday. Dec futures expire on Friday. This morning’s USDA Export Sales report showed 18/19

Soybean futures are trading 9 to 10 1/4 cents lower on Thursday, showing some “buy the rumor sell the fact” action following USDA

Cotton futures are showing 60 to 77 point losses on Thursday, following weak export sales data. This morning’s Export Sales report indicated

Wheat futures are posing 8 to 10 1/2 cent gains in CBT and KC on Thursday, following another round of decent export sales data. MPLS is 3 to 5 cents