05.16.2024
Animal fat prices steady on limited volume traded
Fastmarkets price assessment for edible tallow, fob Chicago was $52.00 cents per lb on 14 railcars, steady from $52.00 cent per lb on Wednesday May 15.
On Thursday,...
Soybean futures slipped to a one-week low this morning, falling sharply overnight. This bearish move was caused primarily by rapid planting across the Heartland, and diminished orders from China. Price declines were partly tempered by the decreased projection for Argentina’s 2022/23 soybean crop.
The CME values were mixed as we approached the end of the week. Corn is down $0.1175 to $5.82/st. which is led by losses in the old crop futures. Soybeans held firm and are up $0.0150 to $14.05/st. Soymeal was stronger by $11.90 to $431.40/st while wheat was lower by $0.14 to $6.27/st because the rain in the plains is leading to some additional downward pressure.
Weekly soybean export sales for May 4th in the 2022/23 marketing year were 62.2 thousand metric tons (TMT), 227.6 TMT below last week’s total and 60.8 percent down from the prior four-week average of 234.3 TMT. There…