US Cash Grains-Corn and soy basis weaken amid ongoing harvest
CHICAGO, Sept 12 (Reuters) -Basis bids for corn and soy in the U.S. Midwest tipped down on Thursday as a nascent corn and soybean harvest discouraged buyers from raising bids and farmers remained reluctant to sell.
* The soy basis decreased at two Iowa processors and one river terminal. The corn basis ticked down at a Nebraska corn mill.
* The U.S. Department of Agriculture reported export sales of corn for the 2024-25 marketing year at 666,500 metric tons, below estimates for 700,000 to 1,600,000 metric tons.
* The USDA reported export sales of 1,474,000 metric tons of soybeans, landing on the higher end of analyst estimates.
* The USDA in a monthly supply/demand report raised its estimate of the U.S. 2024 corn yield to a record-high 183.6 bushels per acre (bpa). Analysts had expected a slight reduction.
* For soybeans, the government left its U.S. yield estimate unchanged from last month at 53.2 bpa, a record high that was in line with trade expectations.
* CBOT corn futures settled up 1-1/4 cents to $4.06 per bushel.
* CBOT soy futures settled up 13-1/2 cents to $10.10-3/4 per bushel.
Basis values are quoted against CBOT futures in cents/bu:
Current | Previous | |||||||
ELEVATORS | Bid | Bid | ||||||
Chicago, Illinois | ||||||||
Corn processors | +10 | + | Z | +10 | + | Z | UNC | |
Corn elevators | -15 | + | Z | -15 | + | Z | UNC | |
Soybean elevators | -35 | + | X | -35 | + | X | UNC | |
Wheat elevators | -15 | + | Z | -15 | + | Z | UNC | |
Wheat processors | -15 | + | Z | -15 | + | Z | UNC | |
Decatur IL corn | -15 | + | Z | -15 | + | Z | UNC | |
Decatur IL soybeans | -20 | + | X | -20 | + | X | UNC | |
Burns Harbor IN corn | UNQ | UNQ | UNC | |||||
Burns Harbor IN soy | UNQ | UNQ | UNC | |||||
Lafayette IN soy | -30 | + | X | -30 | + | X | UNC | |
Toledo OH (port) | ||||||||
Corn | -45 | + | Z | -45 | + | Z | UNC | |
Soy | -70 | + | X | -70 | + | X | UNC | |
SRW wheat | -25 | + | Z | -25 | + | Z | UNC | |
Davenport IA (river) | ||||||||
Corn | -25 | + | Z | -25 | + | Z | UNC | |
Soy | -62 | + | X | -58 | + | X | DN 4 | |
Evansville IN (rail) | ||||||||
15-car CSX corn | UNQ | UNQ | UNC | |||||
Cincinnati OH (rail) | ||||||||
3-car corn | UNQ | UNQ | UNC | |||||
Hereford TX corn | +135 | + | Z | +135 | + | Z | UNC | |
Columbus OH (rail) | ||||||||
3-car corn | UNQ | Z | UNQ | Z | UNC | |||
Morris IL (river) | ||||||||
Corn | -40 | + | Z | -40 | + | Z | UNC | |
Soybeans | -40 | + | X | -40 | + | X | UNC | |
Fort Worth TX corn | +135 | + | Z | +135 | + | Z | UNC | |
Blair NE corn | +10 | + | Z | +15 | + | Z | DN 5 | |
Council Bluffs, IA (elevator) | ||||||||
Corn | +0 | + | Z | +0 | + | Z | UNC | |
Soy | -30 | + | X | -30 | + | X | UNC | |
Des Moines IA soy | -40 | + | X | -30 | + | X | DN 10 | |
Sioux City IA soy | +20 | + | X | +10 | + | X | UP 10 |
NOTE: 0 = option price, UNC = Unchanged, UNQ = Unquoted,
NC =Not comparable, DP = Delayed Price, N/A = Not available,
F = January, H = March, K = May, N = July, Q = August, U = September, X = November, Z = December
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For U.S. forward basis spreadsheets, please click on:
CORN/BASIS, SOYA/BASIS, WHEAT/BASIS, MILO/BASIS
- CBOT corn report COR/
- CBOT soybean report SOY/C
- CBOT wheat report WHE/C
- U.S. grain barge freight values BG/US
- U.S. Midwest cash grain AM GRA/M
- U.S. CIF/FOB Gulf Grain GRA/F
Reporting by Heather Schlitz
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