Spot basis bids for corn and soybeans in the U.S. Midwest turned higher on Monday as dealers attempted to incentivize selling amid low prices.

  • The U.S. Department of Agriculture is due to issue estimates of crop plantings and quarterly data on grain stocks in reports on Tuesday.

  • The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Monday rated 67% of the nation's corn crop and 65% of soybeans as good to excellent in its weekly crop progress report, each down one point from a week ago and below analyst expectations for ratings to remain unchanged.

  • Soybeans, corn and wheat futures dropped on Monday as traders adjusted positions before closely watched U.S. planting and stocks data while monitoring forecasts for a hot spell in the U.S. Midwest.

  • July corn (CN26) on the Chicago Board of Trade settled down 11-1/2 cents at $4.10-1/4 a bushel, after setting a contract low at $3.98-1/2 a bushel.

  • CBOT soybeans CBOT:ZS1! ended 17-1/4 cents lower at $11.39 a bushel.

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

Current

Previous

Bid

Bid

Chicago, Illinois

Corn processors

+12

+

N

+7

+

N

UP 5

Corn elevators

+20

+

N

+10

+

N

UP 10

Soybean elevators

-10

+

N

-10

+

N

UNC

Wheat elevators

-15

+

N

-20

+

N

UP 5

Wheat processors

-10

+

N

-10

+

N

UNC

Decatur IL corn

+12

+

U

+15

+

N

NC

Decatur IL soybeans

+30

+

N

+25

+

N

UP 5

Burns Harbor IN corn

UNQ

UNQ

UNC

Burns Harbor IN soy

UNQ

UNQ

UNC

Lafayette IN soy

+25

+

N

+25

+

N

UNC

Toledo OH (port)

Corn

+15

+

N

+15

+

N

UNC

Soy

+10

+

Q

+5

+

N

NC

SRW wheat

-15

+

N

-15

+

N

UNC

Davenport IA (river)

Corn

-14

+

N

-16

+

N

UP 2

Soy

-25

+

N

-25

+

N

UNC

Evansville IN (rail)

15-car CSX corn

+23

+

N

+23

+

N

UNC

Cincinnati OH (rail)

3-car corn

UNQ

UNQ

UNC

Hereford TX corn

+110

+

N

+110

+

N

UNC

Columbus OH (rail)

3-car corn

+34

+

N

+34

+

N

UNC

Morris IL (river)

Corn

-7

+

N

-7

+

N

UNC

Soybeans

-13

+

N

-13

+

N

UNC

Fort Worth TX corn

UNQ

UNQ

UNC

Blair NE corn

+3

+

N

+3

+

N

UNC

Council Bluffs, IA (elevator)

Corn

+0

+

N

+0

+

N

UNC

Soy

-33

+

N

-33

+

N

UNC

Des Moines IA soy

+0

+

N

+0

+

N

UNC

Sioux City IA soy

+5

+

N

+5

+

N

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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(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