US Cash Grains-Basis weak at river elevators, soy crushers, ethanol plants
CHICAGO, Aug 21 (Reuters) -Spot basis bids for soybeans delivered to processing plants and barge-loading river elevators were steady to lower on Wednesday on adequate supplies and higher futures prices, grain merchants said.
* Processing plants have good supplies on hand following recent farmer sales. Expectations for a massive U.S. harvest have also limited demand with prices likely to decline over the coming weeks.
* Crushers in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and Decatur, Illinois, slashed their spot basis bids by 10 cents a bushel on Wednesday.
* Spot corn basis bids were mostly lower at river elevators and ethanol plants and steady to firm at other processors.
* Some corn processors were offering premiums for grain arriving in the next few weeks ahead of the harvest. Autumn bids, meanwhile, remain under pressure from forecasts for a bumper U.S. crop.
* A corn processor in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, raised its spot basis bid by 2 cents a bushel on Wednesday. The bid for grain arriving by the end of this month was at a 30-cent premium to bids for grain arriving in early September.
* In Blair, Nebraska, a corn processor also lifted its spot bid by 2 cents, with bids for grain arriving before Sept. 6 at a 5-cent premium to full-September deliveries.
* Market participants are monitoring this week's annual Pro Farmer crop tour to confirm large U.S. corn and soy yield potential that is bearish for prices. Scouts estimated above-average corn yields and soybean pod counts in Nebraska and Indiana on Tuesday, and are surveying top producing states Illinois and Iowa on Wednesday.
Basis values are quoted against CBOT futures in cts/bushel:
ELEVATORS | |||||||||
CORN | SOYBEANS | ||||||||
CINCINNATI OH | -25 | + | U | DN 4 | -30 | + | X | UP 1 | |
BURNS HARBOR IN | UNQ | UNC | UNQ | UNC | |||||
DECATUR IN | UNQ | UNC | |||||||
DES MOINES IA | UNQ | UNC | |||||||
LINCOLN NE | +0 | + | U | UNC | |||||
PROCESSORS | |||||||||
CORN | SOYBEANS | ||||||||
DECATUR IL | -18 | + | Z | UNC | +20 | + | X | DN 10 | |
DECATUR IN | +5 | + | X | UNC | |||||
MORRISTOWN IN | +20 | + | X | UNC | |||||
LAFAYETTE IN | +30 | + | X | UNC | |||||
CEDAR RAPIDS IA | +18 | + | U | UP 2 | +0 | + | X | DN 10 | |
COUNCIL BLUFFS IA | -5 | + | X | UNC | |||||
LINCOLN NE | +10 | + | X | UNC | |||||
BLAIR NE | +20 | + | U | UP 2 | |||||
RIVER TERMINALS | |||||||||
CORN | SOYBEANS | ||||||||
TOLEDO OH | -40 | + | U | UNC | -20 | + | X | UNC | |
SENECA IL | -15 | + | U | DN 2 | -25 | + | X | DN 5 | |
SAVANNA IL | -11 | + | U | UNC | -51 | + | X | DN 5 | |
DAVENPORT IA | -20 | + | U | UNC | -30 | + | X | UNC | |
ETHANOL PLANTS | |||||||||
LINDEN IN | -12 | + | U | UNC | |||||
UNION CITY IN | -28 | + | U | DN 3 | |||||
ANNAWAN IL | -8 | + | U | DN 2 | |||||
COUNCIL BLUFFS IA | +8 | + | U | DN 2 | |||||
SRW WHEAT | |||||||||
TOLEDO OH | -35 | + | U | UNC | |||||
CINCINNATI OH | UNQ | UNC | |||||||
DECATUR IN | UNQ | UNC | |||||||
BURNS HARBOR IN | UNQ | UNC | |||||||
NOTE: 0 = option price, UNC = Unchanged, UNQ = Unquoted
NC = Not comparable, DPI = 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:
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 PM GRA/PM
- U.S. CIF/FOB Gulf Grain GRA/F
Reporting by Karl Plume; Editing by Kirsten Donovan
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