U.S. Cash Grains-Corn bids steady to lower; light grain movement

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Published: August 1, 2014

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August 1 (Reuters) – Spot corn basis bids were steady to slightly lower at elevators and processors around the U.S. Midwest on Friday in quiet trade, dealers said.

* Some farmers sold corn and delivered old-crop supplies in an effort to empty out on-farm storage bins ahead of the upcoming fall harvest.

* A corn bid fell by 5 cents per bushel at an Indiana processor.

* Some farmers called to price bushels of soft red winter wheat that was previously placed in delayed pricing programs as Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures rose.

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* A wheat processor in Illinois increased its wheat bid by 5 cents per bushel in an effort to entice farmers to sell a few more bushels of the recently harvested grain.

* Soy trade was quiet as farmers have already sold most of their old-crop soybean supplies and were not aggressively booking sales of new-crop supplies, dealers said.

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

                       Current         Previous         
                       Bid             Bid              
 Chicago, Illinois                                      
 Corn processors        +25   +  U          +25   +  U  UNC
 Corn elevators          -2   +  U           -2   +  U  UNC
 Soybean elevators      +45   +  Q          +45   +  Q  UNC
 Wheat elevators         -5   +  U           -5   +  U  UNC
 Wheat processors       -15   +  U          -20   +  U  UP 5
 Decatur IL corn        +30   +  U          +30   +  U  UNC
 Decatur IL soybeans   +175   +  X         +175   +  X  UNC
 Burns Harbor IN corn   -14   +  U          -14   +  U  UNC
 Burns Harbor IN soy   +125   +  X         +130   +  X  DN 5
 Lafayette IN soy       UNQ      X         +225   +  X  NC
	
Toledo OH (port) Corn -9 + U -9 + U UNC Soy +170 + X +170 + X UNC SRW wheat +5 + U +5 + U UNC Davenport IA (river) Corn +3 + U +4 + U DN 1 Soy +130 + X +135 + X DN 5 Evansville IN (rail) 15-car CSX corn +12 + U +12 + U UNC Cincinnati OH (rail) 3-car corn -5 + U -5 + U UNC Hereford TX corn +120 + U +120 + U UNC Columbus OH (rail) 3-car corn +0 + U +0 + U UNC Morris IL (river) Corn +5 + U +5 + U UNC Soybeans +35 + Q +35 + Q UNC Fort Worth TX corn +120 + U +120 + U UNC Blair NE corn -10 + U -10 + U UNC Council Bluffs, IA (elevator) Corn -15 + U -15 + U UNC Soy +100 + X +100 + X UNC Des Moines IA soy UNQ UNQ UNC Sioux City IA soy +125 + X +135 + X DN 10 NOTE: 0 = option price, UNC = Unchanged, UNQ = Unquoted, NC = Not comparable, DP = Delayed Price, Q = August, U = September, X = November ---------------------------------------------------------------- LINKS: For U.S. forward basis spreadsheets, please double-click on: - CBOT corn report
- CBOT soybean report - CBOT wheat report - U.S. grain barge freight values - U.S. Midwest cash grain PM - U.S. CIF Gulf Grain - U.S. FOB Gulf Grain (Reporting by Meredith Davis in Chicago; Editing by David Gregorio)

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