USDA Loan Deficiency Payments  Corn: 7 cents. Soybeans: 81 cents.

St. Joseph livestock

St. Joseph, Mo. Â Quotations for Monday:

Estimated Receipts: 250. Compared to last week, a light run of slaughter steers and heifers sold 1.00-2.00 higher. Direct fat cattle sales started out lower last week, but feedlots were able to bargain back up to steady money by Friday. This is very unusual, especially for a holiday week and may have caused April futures to open up-the-limit Monday morning. An attractive offering of slaughter cows opened 1.00 to mostly 2.00 higher in active trading. Slaughter bulls sold fully 1.00 higher.

Nonferrous metals

New York  Spot nonferrous metal prices Monday:

Lead – 29-31 cents per lb.

Gold – $302.50 troy oz., Handy & Harman (only daily quote).

Silver – $4.720 Handy & Harman (only daily quote).