# After the Bell | Cattle futures firm despite weak cash trade - Pro Farmer

> December corn rose 3 cents to $4.45 1/2 and January soybeans gained 12 1/2 cents to $12.31 1/2 on short covering and bargain buying. Soybean meal and bean oil also rose, and December SRW and HRW wheat gained modestly after touching four-month lows early in the session. Gains were capped by a surging U.S. dollar index at a 1.5-year high.

- Date: 2026-11-13 · published 2026-11-13T21:09:09.103Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/98440-after-the-bell-cattle-futures-firm-despite-weak-cash-trade-pro-farmer
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md), [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Wheat (HRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/KWHEAT.md), [US Dollar (Broad)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DXY.md)

## Why it matters

Higher soybean meal and corn prices raise feed input costs for buyers, while the firm dollar limits export competitiveness and caps further rallies. Wheat remains near multi-month lows, so the near-term price bias for feed grains is mixed.

## Read by commodity

- DXY: bearish ▼
- SBM: bullish ▲
- SBO: bullish ▲
- SOY: bullish ▲
- CORN: bullish ▲
- WHEAT: bullish ▲
- KWHEAT: bullish ▲

## Sources

- profarmer.com: https://www.profarmer.com/news/after-bell/after-bell-cattle-futures-firm-despite-weak-cash-trade

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