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Completed

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October 15, 2026 at 07:17 PM

Completed At

October 15, 2026 at 07:18 PM

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1 minute

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Markets Now Closes 10/15 Grains Fall Below Key Support: What Triggered the Selling? Cattle Soar

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  "transcript": "Markets Now is brought to you by Brevant Seeds. There are wins, and then there are wins you get with Brevant Seeds. Big, game-changing wins that turn heads and make people take notice. Get started at brevant.com/changethegame. And by Golden Harvest. The next generation of seed technology is here, and we've got it in the bag. See what's next at GoldenHarvestseeds.com. Welcome to Markets Now. I'm Michelle Rook with Chip Nellinger, Blue Reef Agromarketing. Well, Thursday is market closes. We ended, we'll see higher over in the livestock, mostly lower in the grains. And technical selling hit the grains here today, Chip, but let's break this down in terms of the soybean market. What really triggered it? I mean, we did have some export business this morning, but CONAB came out with their Brazilian numbers. You had the NOPA crush. Did those two things kind of pressure it? I I really think those two uh items, the the crush and uh the uh CONAB numbers, on top of the fact we've had a lot of harvest activity this week. Uh, you know, there's been some rain around in some areas, but farmers really pushing hard to get some of these beans out of the field and finished up, especially in some of the southern portions. At the end of the day, though, the the volume wasn't massive, but uh we just couldn't hold up uh to those headlines of number one, CONAB. It wasn't like it was new news, but uh 1.4% increase in yield down there is expected. I think that's uh, you know, higher than what the market was hoping for. Uh, 181, just shy 182 million metric ton crop. That's a big number. And then the NOPA crush falling well under expectations uh at midday, and that seemed to be the final straw that uh kind of pushed us under the 50-day moving average for the first time in uh two months here in the bean market. Wow. Uh, the Brazilian number, CONAB's number, that would be a record crop for Brazil. It's still under I think USDA's 186, but like you said, that probably shocked the market. I want to go back and talk about NOPA crush, 196.3 million bushels, well below expectations. But that was just because crushers could not get old crop beans that month, right? Well, and that that is true. And and, you know, that goes uh kind of unnoticed uh a little bit here. There may be an explanation for that, but some of the algos just trading headlines, uh they they latch on to it and they don't really know what's behind that. That could be part of it. Um, there was very, very tight bean harvest was a little bit delayed, especially in the Western Corn Belt. And so, there may have been some tight uh, you know, processors out there that needed supplies that um, you know, just couldn't get them and slowed things down. Also coming out of some uh, you know, some maintenance issues, um, you know, August, September ahead of uh, ahead of harvest, you often times have some maintenance and some downtime on some of these plants. And so, combination of that, probably says yes, it's it was a lack of supplies because of a slow start to harvest. We'll see if we bounce back next month, but in the short run, there just was no other real news, and it uh kind of uh really put the uh, you know, the nail in the coffin at least for the for the daily trade today. For sure. And bean oil stocks at the lowest level since 2004, but that got overlooked as well. What about uh the export data? 22.5 million bushels of export business. Was that a buy the rumor, sell the fact? Well, a little bit. I mean, it's good to see the last couple of days China back, um, you know, in a big way. They were gone for a week uh on holiday. And so, uh people were saying, hey, it's been 10 days, two weeks before we've seen uh, you know, since we've seen a lot out of uh China. We got that, but I I think the problem with that is it's baked into the carryout already. And so, we need to see China continue to hit that 25 million metric ton number, but it's not like it's brand new business. It's it's hoped-for business that's coming true. It's it's a help, but it wasn't fresh bullish, um, you know, cannon fodder for the bulls to override some of that bearish news that we talked about earlier. Did I hear you right? You said we took out the support area or the low from report day. That is not good. Uh, we did in beans. Yes, we took the the low. Now, beans held way better than corn uh has after the the USDA report um a week ago Friday. So, we did close below uh the the previous uh Friday's uh USDA report day and below the 50-day moving average on beans. Uh, that was kind of uh an ugly uh chart happening here. The the technicals don't look very good in the short run here for beans. Yeah. As far as corn, uh coming out of the report, obviously, it's been a grind. We've held that support area that we needed to, that 200-day moving average. Today, we closed below it. Is the market still absorbing this bigger yield or did we just get engulfed by soybeans being lower today? Yeah, I I think uh beans didn't help. I think corn went for double-digit losses in the beans. Corn would have held up better. Try to rally early. You know, I think there is a little bit, surprisingly, a little bit of disbelief uh from the USDA number being so big on corn yields. Um, we'll we'll see. You know, I think the end of the week and the start of of next week are going to tell the tale as to whether the funds are content holding what they what they have on the long side in corn. They've got out of probably close to half of their net long position already. Uh, I'm not as convinced or concerned with the close under the 200-day. I will be, however, if if corn closes below the report day low from last Friday, that probably opens the door up for another 15-20 cent flush out. Okay, let's hope that does hold. Uh, in the case of the wheat market, uh we ended mostly lower. We had some early strength, but the dollar was down today, and obviously, European prices have been higher. So, what sank that market? Yeah, you know, wheat was higher most of the day as well. I I think it was just simply a case of uh seeing beans double-digit lower, corn kind of fail and and drag along lower with with the bean trade, and wheat just kind of gave up the the ghost there at the end too. So, I I, you know, confused. The funds are now um, kind of building back up a pretty healthy net short position in Chicago wheat. You mentioned there's other bullish um, fundamentals that are starting to happen and and continuing to happen. European wheat prices. We just continue to see a a lack of supplies out of the Black Sea, especially from Russia, but uh unfortunately, our wheat prices here just have not done much to respond to that. No, they have not. Broader picture, um, talk about the pressure in the grains. Is some of this money flow going on? We had inflation fears that came back into the market place. Is this a broader outside market influence? It could be. We've had a lot of uh volatility in the financial markets uh this week and some some pretty key economic reports. So, the last two uh the the inflation reports, the CPI and the PPI today, uh especially were way hotter than expected. Um, and and that leads people to believe that, hey, maybe the Federal Reserve is going to continue to raise rates again at the next meeting. Um, however, the bond market, the 10-year and the 30-year, are already way ahead of that. They've gone way higher. We're at 24 plus year highs. Uh, but we've seen a big reversal there off of, um, you know, those highs. Uh, and and so there's a lot of movement coming on here between different asset classes on equities. Uh, some money coming out of equities into bonds because we're well north of 5%. That's attractive to investors. Uh, so there's a lot of movement here and and in the backdrop, crude oil still well north of 90 bucks. It shows no signs of of slowing down here. And so, there's some concern longer term with the economy. Long story short, I think that is helping to curtail a little bit of the ideas about this wild demand on the grain side. You know, we slow the economy down, we continue with high interest rates, high uh energy prices, it's going to do nothing but kind of crimp the consumer more. So, I do think that is uh something that's bubbling under the surface that is maybe holding the bull case back a little bit in the grains right now. Yeah, it is a balancing act, that's for sure. Just quick, corn and soybeans, we've seen some of the fund liquidation the last week or so. Do they keep liquidating, you think? Well, uh, you know, unfortunately, unless we unless this is a quick sweep below the moving averages and we snap right back, um, either Friday or early next week, it will unfortunately probably lead to some follow-on selling and some more liquidation. I don't think it has to be massive. The volume this week has not been very great, to be honest with you, on the grain side. So, in that environment, it doesn't take much to push us one way or the other. Good point. To answer your question, yes, if we close below these moving averages for the week and the lows from uh the report day in corn, probably opens the door up for uh some continued fund selling. And finally, on the cattle market, we had a nice bounce today, and do you think the market's just anticipating better cash because the early news has been just a tick better? Yeah, I I think there's some some hope there for some better cash trade. Um, and you know, the market has tried to probe the downside a couple times. Again, like the volume has not been great in in cattle either. So, we're kind of slopping here waiting on uh some better news. And so far, you know, for three weeks, we've seen pretty steady cash trade. I think there's some hope that it's steady at worst and maybe the potential for a touch better. And it didn't take much and we saw some uh some buying interest here on the cattle side. But that market too is watching what's going on in outside markets and the inflation numbers and gas prices and all that, isn't it? Yeah, there's no question that that's um, you know, with lack of cash news uh earlier in the week, um, and certainly the stock market getting hit pretty hard, that's uh that's an easy sell off on the cattle side just as a correlation. So, there is going to be that continued correlation to the stock market uh in general, the health of the economy also. So, that is there. And unfortunately, that that leads us back to cash has got to be uh what drives us here, and it's been pretty reluctant to rally here over the last month. I think technically December live cattle got back over the 100-day moving average after closing below it yesterday, but technically, is there enough fodder here for the funds to come back in? Yeah, that's the question. They have seemed very reluctant to to come back in. And and that's uh that's a fear of mine on the grain side too, right? The the funds made a lot of money being long cattle for the better part of three years. And then we've had this massive break off the highs, and they seem very reluctant to come back in on the long side. So, I think it's going to take some uh some stability on the financial side, some some better uh news there on the economy, and uh hopefully, we can get the funds back involved, but, you know, it it it seems like maybe they've taken some of that money and they've moved on to other markets, unfortunately. That is true. All right, thanks so much as always, Chip. Chip Nellinger, Blue Reef Agromarketing, and Markets Now. Tight margins, tough conditions, relentless pressures. At Golden Harvest, we know your challenges don't slow down, but then neither do we. Back by Syngenta R&D and innovations like Durac trait technology, we pair locally tested solutions with seed advisor expertise to deliver real results on your acres. Because when it comes to next-gen technology, we've got it in the bag. See what's next at GoldenHarvestseeds.com. Durac hybrids now available for the 2027 season. 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