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We hope it’s a healthy and a prosperous one now that we’ve turned the page to a new decade. On this, the first market Monday in 2010 corn, soybean and wheat futures moved 14 to 16 cents higher, after dropping a dollar a bushel from the last trading day in 2009 from the close in 2008.
Live cattle futures were lower as we started the new market year, while feeder cattle futures were mixed. Many livestock auctions in our 9-states listening are expecting good runs this month, we’ll air reports with our Broadcast Partners.
Coming up this weekend the Rocky Mountain Bean Dealers Association annual meeting. The 104th National Western Stock Show starts this Saturday, January 9 and runs for 16-days in Denver. The World’s Largest Livestock Show featuring 19 beef breed, 9 with National Shows. And most breeds will hold livestock auctions here on the Hill and down in the Stockyards.
In the yards the ever popular carload and pens shows, and private treaty sales. And stock dog trials. Here on the Hill Horse shows and sales. And one of my favorite shows is that of Mules. And in Junior competition steers, heifers, hogs and lambs will be show and sold.
This will be my 51st year reporting the highlights of the sales and shows. I’ve missed only 2-days in the last 50 years, and this was to attend the AFBF annual meeting.
In addition to the National Western Stock Show coverage, we’ll be reporting on the International Livestock Congress, the Rocky Mountain Agribusiness Association as well.
As the curtain comes down on the National Western Stock Show, we plan to head to Greeley for the Colorado Farm and then to San Antonio for the NCBA Convention to round out January.