Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures slumped on Monday as traders adjusted positions ahead of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's acreage and stocks reports, market analysts said.

  • The most-active CBOT November soybean (SX26) contract fell 17-1/4 cents to end at $11.39 a bushel.

  • CBOT August soymeal (SMQ26) settled down $0.40 at $303.80 per short ton.

  • CBOT August soyoil futures (BOQ26) fell 0.96 cent to 68.86 cents per pound.

  • The USDA on Tuesday is expected to report U.S. soybean stocks on June 1 were up about 3.8% from a year earlier, and that farmers planted about 85.4 million acres of soybeans this spring, a Reuters poll of analysts showed.

  • Forecaster Commodity Weather Group said temperatures in the U.S. Midwest are likely to peak midweek, with falling temperatures after that and regular showers limiting crop stress.

  • The USDA reported that exporters sold 136,000 metric tons of soybeans to unknown destinations to 2026/2027 delivery.

  • The USDA is likely to leave its U.S. soybean crop condition ratings unchanged from last week in a weekly report, with 66% of soybeans expected to be in good-to-excellent condition, a Reuters poll of 11 analysts showed on Monday.

  • The USDA was due to publish its weekly crop progress and conditions report at 3 p.m. CDT (2000 GMT) on Monday.