US Cash Grains-Soy, corn basis bids steady-firm as harvest slows
CHICAGO, Oct 31 (Reuters) -Basis bids for corn and soybeans were steady to firmer in the U.S. Midwest on Thursday, supported by thinning farmer sales as the harvest of both crops wound down.
* Field work slowed as storms crossed Arkansas through Illinois and Indiana on Thursday and slushy snow fell in Minnesota. However, the U.S. soybean harvest was already 89% complete and the corn harvest was 81% complete as of Oct. 27, USDA data showed.
* Soybean basis bids strengthened at several crushing sites as processors rolled their basis bids to the Chicago Board of Trade January SF25 futures contract.
* For example, the CBOT January soybean contract SF25 settled on Thursday at a 12-cent premium to the November SX24 contract, which expires on Nov. 14. Yet a crushing plant in Decatur, Illinois, lowered its soybean basis by only 4 cents on the roll to January futures, in effect raising the flat price.
* On the CBOT, December corn futures CZ24 settled down 3/4 cent at $4.10-3/4 a bushel, while benchmark January soybeans SF25 ended up 3-1/4 cents at $9.94-1/2 a bushel. GRA/
Basis values are quoted against CBOT futures in cents/bu:
Current | Previous | |||||||
ELEVATORS | Bid | Bid | ||||||
Chicago, Illinois | ||||||||
Corn processors | +5 | + | Z | +5 | + | Z | UNC | |
Corn elevators | -25 | + | Z | -25 | + | Z | UNC | |
Soybean elevators | -20 | + | X | -20 | + | X | UNC | |
Wheat elevators | -10 | + | Z | -10 | + | Z | UNC | |
Wheat processors | -10 | + | Z | -10 | + | Z | UNC | |
Decatur IL corn | -16 | + | Z | -16 | + | Z | UNC | |
Decatur IL soybeans | +6 | + | F | +10 | + | X | NC | |
Burns Harbor IN corn | UNQ | UNQ | UNC | |||||
Burns Harbor IN soy | UNQ | UNQ | UNC | |||||
Lafayette IN soy | +5 | + | X | -5 | + | X | UP 10 | |
Toledo OH (port) | ||||||||
Corn | -30 | + | Z | -30 | + | Z | UNC | |
Soy | -40 | + | F | -40 | + | F | UNC | |
SRW wheat | -25 | + | Z | -25 | + | Z | UNC | |
Davenport IA (river) | ||||||||
Corn | -34 | + | Z | -34 | + | Z | UNC | |
Soy | -15 | + | X | -15 | + | 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 | + | Z | UNC | |
Columbus OH (rail) | ||||||||
3-car corn | -20 | + | Z | -20 | + | Z | UNC | |
Morris IL (river) | ||||||||
Corn | -18 | + | Z | -28 | + | Z | UP 10 | |
Soybeans | -12 | + | F | +0 | + | X | NC | |
Fort Worth TX corn | +135 | + | Z | +135 | + | Z | UNC | |
Blair NE corn | -5 | + | Z | -10 | + | Z | UP 5 | |
Council Bluffs, IA (elevator) | ||||||||
Corn | -25 | + | Z | -25 | + | Z | UNC | |
Soy | -45 | + | X | -45 | + | X | UNC | |
Des Moines IA soy | UNQ | UNQ | UNC | |||||
Sioux City IA soy | -20 | + | X | -20 | + | 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 Julie Ingwersen in Chicago
Editing by Matthew Lewis
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