Nov 15 (Reuters) - Soybean spot basis bids eased at
processors and elevators in the eastern U.S. Midwest early on
Friday as supplies piled up during the final phases of the
harvest, dealers said.
    * A slow pace of barge traffic and higher freight costs
along the lower Ohio River also squeezed the basis as shippers
slashed what they were willing to pay for the beans and nearby
processors and elevators then followed suit.
    * Bids eased 5 cents per bushel at a processor in
Morristown, Indiana, and fell 3 cents late on Thursday at a
	

		

			
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large crushing plant in Decatur, Illinois.
    * Farmers sales of soybeans that spiked at midweek slowed,
however, with growers that sold at $13 per bushel cash now
holding out for $13.50 or more, the dealers said.
    * Corn bids were narrowly lower at Midwest river terminals
and largely unchanged at processors and ethanol plants amid a
slower pace of farmer sales and strong domestic and export
demand. 
    * Some processors, elevators and ethanol plants were
expected to be open late into Friday night and during the
weekend to accept fresh supplies as farmers begin to finish both
the corn and soybean harvest.
    * Showers over the weekend will cause a minor slowdown in
harvesting the U.S. corn and soybean crops but drier weather
next week should allow farmers to nearly wrap up the 2013
harvest, an agricultural meteorologist said. 
     
    Basis values are quoted against CBOT futures in cts/bu:
                    CORN                   SOYBEANS           
 CINCINNATI OH       -15   +  Z  UNC        -22    +  F   UNC
 BURNS HARBOR IN     -24   +  Z  UNC         -6    +  F   UNC
 DECATUR IN          -25   +  Z  UNC                          
 DES MOINES IA                              -20    +  F   UNC
 LINCOLN NE           -8   +  Z  UNC                      
                                                              
 PROCESSORS                                                   
                    CORN                   SOYBEANS           
 DECATUR IL          +10   +  Z  UNC        +17    +  F   DN 3
 DECATUR IN                                  +3    +  F   UNC
 MORRISTOWN IN                               +0    +  F   DN 5
 LAFAYETTE IN                                +7    +  F   UNC
	

		

			
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 CEDAR RAPIDS        +23   +  Z  UNC        -12    +  F   UNC
 COUNCIL BLUFFS IA                           -5    +  F   UNC
 LINCOLN NE                                  +0    +  F   UNC
 BLAIR NE             +5   +  Z  UNC                          
                                                              
 RIVER TERMINALS                                              
                    CORN                   SOYBEANS           
 TOLEDO OH           -24   +  Z  UNC        +15    +  F   DN 5
 SENECA IL           -22   +  Z  DN 1        +5    +  F   UNC
 SAVANNA IL           -9   +  Z  UNC         +2    +  F   UNC
 DAVENPORT IA         +0   +  Z  DN 1        +2    +  F   UP 1
                                                              
 ETHANOL PLANTS                                               
 LINDEN IN           -15   +  Z  UNC                          
 UNION CITY IN       -15   +  Z  UNC                          
 ANNAWAN IL           +4   +  Z  UNC                          
 COUNCIL BLUFFS IA    -8   +  Z  UP 2                         
                                                              
 SRW WHEAT                                                    
 TOLEDO              -30   +  Z  UNC                          
 CINCINNATI          -30   +  Z  UNC                          
 DECATUR IN          -10   +  Z  UNC                          
 BURNS HARBOR        -35   +  Z  UNC                          
 NOTES: 0 = Option price, UNC = Unchanged, UNQ = Unquoted,
 NC = Not comparable, DP = Delayed Price, Z = December,
 F = January, H = March 
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LINKS: 
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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 Bernadette
Baum)