Dec 16 (Reuters) - Spot basis bids for corn and soybeans
were largely unchanged across the U.S. Midwest early on Monday
as mostly flat activity in the futures market failed to spur
significant sales of the commodities, grain merchants said.
    * Corn futures edged lower while soybeans posted
only modest gains in a bargain-buying bounce. But prices for
each crop remain in their narrow trading ranges from recent
weeks, keeping any selling interest to a minimum.    
    * Many farmers also delayed deliveries to meet existing
contracts amid bitter cold and snow that cut off access to some
	

		

			
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on-farm grain storage bins.
    * The growers were likely to delay sales until 2014 both for
tax purposes and the hopes of higher prices in the new year.
    * Soybean bids eased 5 cents per bushel to the lowest level
in more than two weeks in Toledo, Ohio. Farmers increased sales
of soybeans earlier this month, which has weighed on bids in
some locations in recent days.
    * Corn bids gained 3 cents at a western Illinois ethanol
plant and were little changed elsewhere.
     
    Basis values quoted against CBOT futures in cents/bushel: 
                    CORN                     SOYBEANS           
 CINCINNATI OH         -14   +  H  UNC         -5     +  F  UNC
 BURNS HARBOR IN       -25   +  H  UNC        -20     +  F  UNC
 DECATUR IN            -20   +  H  UNC                          
 DES MOINES IA                                UNQ           UNC
 LINCOLN NE            -15   +  H  UNC                      
                                                                
 PROCESSORS                                                     
                    CORN                     SOYBEANS           
 DECATUR IL             +0   +  H  UNC        +15     +  F  UNC
 DECATUR IN                                    -9     +  F  UNC
 MORRISTOWN IN                                 -2     +  F  UNC
 LAFAYETTE IN                                  +5     +  F  UNC
 CEDAR RAPIDS IA       +17   +  H  UNC        -22     +  F  UNC
 COUNCIL BLUFFS IA                            -23     +  F  UNC
 LINCOLN NE                                   -20     +  F  UNC
 BLAIR NE               +4   +  H  UNC                          
                                                                
 RIVER TERMINALS                                                
                    CORN                     SOYBEANS           
 TOLEDO OH             -14   +  H  UP 1        +5     +  F  DN 5
 SENECA IL             -16   +  H  DN 1        +7     +  F  UNC
 SAVANNA IL            -15   +  H  UNC         +5     +  H  UNC
 DAVENPORT IA           -4   +  H  UNC        -11     +  H  UNC
                                                                
	

		

			
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 ETHANOL PLANTS                                                 
 LINDEN IN             -10   +  H  UNC                          
 UNION CITY IN          -2   +  H  UNC                          
 ANNAWAN IL             -2   +  H  UP 3                         
 COUNCIL BLUFFS IA      -8   +  H  UNC                          
                                                                
 SRW WHEAT                                                      
 TOLEDO OH             -20   +  H  UNC                          
 CINCINNATI OH         -42   +  H  UNC                          
 DECATUR IN            -20   +  H  UNC                          
 BURNS HARBOR IN       -47   +  H  UNC                          
 NOTES: 0 = Option price, UNC = Unchanged, UNQ = Unquoted,
 NC = Not comparable, DP = Delayed Price, F = January, H = March
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- 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 Michael Hirtzer in Chicago; Editing by Maureen
Bavdek)