US Cash Grains-Corn basis bids rise at river terminals and elevators
CHICAGO, Sept 6 (Reuters) -Spot basis bids for corn were steady to higher at river terminals and elevators in the U.S. Midwest on Friday, according to spot checks. The basis was unchanged at processors.
* The corn basis rose by 3 cents at a river terminal in Morris, Illinois and by 5 cents at an elevator in Blair, Nebraska.
* The soy basis fell by 5 cents at a processor in Des Moines, Iowa and at another processor in Lafayette, Indiana.
* Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) most-active corn fell as commodity funds liquidated positions, traders said.
* The U.S. Department of Agriculture reported weekly U.S. corn export sales of 1,822,500 metric tons for 2024/25, compared to analysts' expectations for 700,000-1,400,000 metric tons.
* Most-active soybean futures Sv1 fell on expectations of large U.S. yields and profit taking following a rally earlier in the week, traders said.
* CBOT most-active December CZ24 corn settled down 4-1/2 cents to $4.06-1/4 per bushel.
* CBOT most-active November soybeans SX24 settled down 18-1/2 cents at $10.05 per bushel.
Basis values are quoted against CBOT futures in cents/bu:
Current | Previous | |||||||
ELEVATORS | Bid | Bid | ||||||
Chicago, Illinois | ||||||||
Corn processors | +11 | + | Z | +11 | + | 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 | -12 | + | Z | -12 | + | 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 | -25 | + | X | DN 5 | |
Toledo OH (port) | ||||||||
Corn | -45 | + | Z | -45 | + | Z | UNC | |
Soy | -35 | + | X | -35 | + | X | UNC | |
SRW wheat | -10 | + | U | -10 | + | U | UNC | |
Davenport IA (river) | ||||||||
Corn | -30 | + | Z | -30 | + | Z | UNC | |
Soy | -55 | + | X | -55 | + | X | UNC | |
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 | + | U | NC | |
Columbus OH (rail) | ||||||||
3-car corn | UNQ | Z | UNQ | Z | UNC | |||
Morris IL (river) | ||||||||
Corn | -25 | + | Z | -28 | + | Z | UP 3 | |
Soybeans | -40 | + | X | -40 | + | X | UNC | |
Fort Worth TX corn | +135 | + | Z | +135 | + | U | NC | |
Blair NE corn | +20 | + | Z | +15 | + | Z | UP 5 | |
Council Bluffs, IA (elevator) | ||||||||
Corn | +0 | + | Z | +0 | + | Z | UNC | |
Soy | -30 | + | X | -30 | + | X | UNC | |
Des Moines IA soy | -30 | + | X | -25 | + | X | DN 5 | |
Sioux City IA soy | +0 | + | X | +0 | + | X | UNC |
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 Renee Hickman; Editing by David Gregorio
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