Spot basis bids for corn and soybeans were steady to higher in the U.S. Midwest on Monday as futures climbed and many locations rolled their contracts.

  • Corn basis bids rose at a rail terminal in Evansville, Indiana, and soybean basis bids rose at a processor in Des Moines, Iowa.

  • Wheat basis bids also rose at a river terminal in Toledo, Ohio, and a processor in the Chicago, Illinois, area.

  • The U.S. Department of Agriculture reported on Monday that the U.S. corn crop is in 67% good-excellent condition, the same as the previous week and in line with analyst expectations.

  • The soybean crop was reported in 64% good-excellent condition, slightly below analyst expectations and 1 percentage point lower than the week before.

  • Benchmark December corn (CZ26) ended up 16-1/4 cents, or 3.7%, at $4.57-3/4 per bushel, after reaching $4.58-3/4, its highest level since June 4.

  • November soybeans (SX26) ended up 44-1/2 cents, or 3.9%, at $11.92-1/4 a bushel.

Basis values are quoted against CBOT futures in cents/bu:

Current

Previous

Bid

Bid

Chicago, Illinois

Corn processors

+6

+

U

+12

+

N

NC

Corn elevators

+20

+

U

+20

+

N

NC

Soybean elevators

-15

+

Q

-10

+

N

NC

Wheat elevators

-20

+

U

-15

+

N

NC

Wheat processors

-8

+

N

-10

+

N

UP 2

Decatur IL corn

+16

+

U

+17

+

N

NC

Decatur IL soybeans

+25

+

Q

+35

+

N

NC

Burns Harbor IN corn

UNQ

UNQ

UNC

Burns Harbor IN soy

UNQ

UNQ

UNC

Lafayette IN soy

+20

+

Q

+25

+

N

NC

Toledo OH (port)

Corn

+10

+

U

+10

+

U

UNC

Soy

+10

+

Q

+10

+

Q

UNC

SRW wheat

-5

+

N

-15

+

N

UP 10

Davenport IA (river)

Corn

-12

+

U

-16

+

N

NC

Soy

-22

+

Q

-25

+

N

NC

Evansville IN (rail)

15-car CSX corn

+33

+

N

+29

+

N

UP 4

Cincinnati OH (rail)

3-car corn

UNQ

UNQ

UNC

Hereford TX corn

UNQ

N

+120

+

N

NC

Columbus OH (rail)

3-car corn

UNQ

N

+36

+

N

NC

Morris IL (river)

Corn

+4

+

U

-3

+

N

NC

Soybeans

-10

+

Q

-10

+

N

NC

Fort Worth TX corn

UNQ

UNQ

UNC

Blair NE corn

-10

+

U

+0

+

N

NC

Council Bluffs, IA (elevator)

Corn

-8

+

U

+0

+

N

NC

Soy

-32

+

U

-31

+

N

NC

Des Moines IA soy

+10

+

Q

-5

+

Q

UP 15

Sioux City IA soy

+20

+

Q

+5

+

N

NC

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

- CBOT soybean report

- CBOT wheat report

- U.S. grain barge freight values

- U.S. Midwest cash grain AM

- U.S. CIF/FOB Gulf Grain