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April hogs closed 57 higher on the session which left the market up 32 points for the week. The market traded lower early and managed a bounce to slightly higher on the day into the mid-session....

April cattle closed 40 points higher on the session and managed to close 72 higher for the week. The market saw choppy to higher trade early today and was trading near unchanged on the day into the mid-session....

Soybean futures ended 1 1/2 to 3 3/4 cents lower in old-crop contracts, while new-crop contracts were fractionally higher. For the week, soybean futures extended the recent rally with moderate gains. Argentina is forecast to get rains next week....

April hogs traded lower early today and managed a bounce to slightly higher on the day into the mid-session. The early selling pushed the market to the lowest level since January 12th but there was a lack on new interested sellers and the market bounced....

April cattle saw choppy to higher trade early today and was trading near unchanged on the day into the mid-session. Poor packer margins and talk of weaker demand from packers for live inventory as they cut-back on slaughter helped to drive the market lower yesterday....

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** OPENING GRAIN CALLS **  Corn: 3 to 5 cents higher; demand improvements.  Wheat: 1 to 3 cents lower; selling limited by demand news.  Soybeans: Narrowly mixed; waiting for updated South American weather.  Meal: Mixed; following soybeans....

April cattle closed sharply lower yesterday, falling to a three-session low as very poor profit margins for packers along with ideas that packers will be cutting back on slaughter until their margins improve were seen as negative factors for the market....

Soybean futures settled 11 3/4 to 13 1/2 cents lower today and finished near session and weekly lows. For the week, futures closed lower amid increased rain chances for parched areas of Argentina and southern Brazil next week....

February hogs traded moderately higher on the session early today as a positive tilt to the employment numbers and ideas that supply will tighten in the weeks ahead helped to support....

February cattle traded moderately lower on the session early today to push the market down to the lowest level since December 21st. A recovery in the US stock market to trade higher on the day after the early weakness, better economic news and ideas that supply will...

Dow Jones Indexes Analytics & ResearchHighlights for the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index as of January 3, 2012:This month's roll period will take place from Monday, January 9 to Friday, January 13. The next monthly roll period will take place from Tuesday, February 7 to Monday, February 13. This month, only Gold, Lean Hogs and Live Cattle are rolling contracts within the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index. However, January also marks the annual rebalance for the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index with new target weightings and the addition of the Brent futures contract. The largest price increases in component futures contracts over the last 30 days come from Nickel (+12.8%), Corn (+9.5%), Soybeans (+7.8%), Wheat (+7.0%), Unleaded Gas (+6.3%), and Soybean Oil (+6.0%). The largest price decreases in component futures contracts over the last 30 days come from Natural Gas (-17.9%), Silver (-9.7%), Zinc (-8.5%), Gold (-8.0%), and Lean Hogs (-5.3%). 

** OPENING GRAIN CALLS **  Corn: 3 to 5 cents higher; Argentine crop concerns.  Wheat: 4 to 6 cents higher; short-covering, spillover from corn.  Soybeans: 6 to 8 cents higher; rain chances scaled back for Argentina....

February cattle saw a wide trading range yesterday and closed moderately lower on the session but near the lows. Outside market forces were weak with lower grain and energy markets plus a surge higher in the US dollar but ideas that the supply will tighten in the weeks...

February hogs closed sharply lower on the session yesterday and down near the lowest price levels since December 22nd. The market pushed lower early led by news of record high slaughter weights last week and a setback in pork cut-out late Wednesday which are down near a...

February hogs closed sharply lower on the session and down to the lowest level since December 22nd. The market pushed sharply lower on the session early today led by news of record high slaughter weights last week and a set-back in pork cut-out late yesterday....

February cattle saw a wide range today and closed moderately lower on the session and closed near the lows. The market pushed lower early today but support held well above yesterday's lows and the market pushed to trade moderately higher on the day into the...

Soybean futures weakened into the close to finish mostly around 20 cents lower. Meal and soyoil saw spillover pressure. A wave of selling was triggered by negative outside markets and improved rainfall chances for Argentina next week. The U.S....