Aug 18 (Reuters) – Spot corn basis bids were steady to higher around the U.S. Midwest on Monday as farmers initially sold light amounts of the grain, but cash market sales tapered off as corn futures fell, dealers said.
* Chicago Board of Trade corn futures settled more than 1 percent lower, pressured by favorable crop weather and trader profit-taking.
* A few farmers booked deferred months new-crop sales, but trade grew quiet as U.S. corn futures turned lower, an Ohio grain merchant said.
* Corn bids rose in portions of the Western Corn Belt. A corn bid increased by 2 cents per bushel at a processor in Blair, Nebraska, and by 4 cents per bushel at an elevator in Council Bluffs, Iowa.
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* A bid for corn shipped by barge also increased slightly, by 1 cent per bushel, at an Iowa terminal on the Mississippi River.
* Soy basis bids continued to be supported by tight supplies of available old-crop soybeans at a time when processors need crushing supplies ahead of the upcoming harvest, dealers said.
* A western Iowa processor raised its bid by as much as 20 cents per bushel in an effort to entice farmers to sell any remaining old-crop supplies, dealers said.
* The U.S. Department of Agriculture released its weekly crop progress and conditions report Monday afternoon. For the week ended Aug. 17 corn was rated 72 percent good to excellent, compared with 73 percent in the previous week and 61 percent a year ago.
* The government data showed soybeans rated 71 percent good to excellent in the week ended Aug. 17, compared with 70 percent in the previous week, and 62 percent a year ago.
Basis values are quoted against CBOT futures in cts/bu:
Current Previous
Bid Bid
Chicago, Illinois
Corn processors +20 + U +20 + U UNC
Corn elevators +0 + U +0 + U UNC
Soybean elevators +175 + X +175 + X UNC
Wheat elevators -5 + U -5 + U UNC
Wheat processors -10 + U -10 + U UNC
Decatur IL corn +30 + U +30 + U UNC
Decatur IL soybeans +225 + X +225 + X UNC
Burns Harbor IN corn -8 + U -8 + U UNC
Burns Harbor IN soy +175 + X +175 + X UNC
Lafayette IN soy +245 + X +245 + X UNC
Toledo OH (port)
Corn -3 + U -3 + U UNC
Soy +170 + X +170 + X UNC
SRW wheat +15 + U +15 + U UNC
Davenport IA (river)
Corn +5 + U +4 + U UP 1
Soy +110 + X +105 + X UP 5
Evansville IN (rail)
15-car CSX corn +12 + U +12 + U UNC
Cincinnati OH (rail)
3-car corn -3 + U -3 + U UNC
Hereford TX corn +106 + U +106 + U UNC
Columbus OH (rail)
3-car corn +10 + U +10 + U UNC
Morris IL (river)
Corn +12 + U +12 + U UNC
Soybeans +210 + X +210 + X UNC
Fort Worth TX corn +110 + U +110 + U UNC
Blair NE corn -1 + U -3 + U UP 2
Council Bluffs, IA
(elevator)
Corn -4 + U -8 + U UP 4
Soy +100 + X +100 + X UNC
Des Moines IA soy UNQ UNQ UNC
Sioux City IA soy +195 + X +175 + X UP 20
NOTE: 0 = option price, UNC = Unchanged, UNQ = Unquoted,
NC = Not comparable, DP = Delayed Price, U = September,
X = November
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- U.S. Midwest cash grain PM
- U.S. CIF Gulf Grain
- U.S. FOB Gulf Grain
(Reporting by Meredith Davis in Chicago; Editing by Chris Reese
and Dan Grebler)
