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US Cash Grains-Corn, soy bids steady-higher as futures rise

ReutersOct 31, 2025 7:46 PM

- Corn and soy bids were steady to higher in the U.S. Midwest on Friday, dealers reported.

  • The corn basis ticked higher at a river terminal.

  • The soy basis rose at a river terminal and an elevator.

  • U.S. corn harvesting was winding down amid talk that crop yields fell short of summertime expectations.

  • Most-active soybean futures Sv1 ended 7-1/2 cents higher at $11.15-1/4 per bushel.

  • CBOT corn Cv1 rose 1-1/4 cent to close at $4.31-1/2 per bushel. The contract jumped about 1.9% for the week.

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

Current

Previous

Bid

Bid

Chicago, Illinois

Corn processors

+5

+

Z

+5

+

Z

UNC

Corn elevators

-5

+

Z

-5

+

Z

UNC

Soybean elevators

-10

+

X

-10

+

X

UNC

Wheat elevators

-15

+

Z

-15

+

Z

UNC

Wheat processors

-5

+

Z

-5

+

Z

UNC

Decatur IL corn

-5

+

Z

-5

+

Z

UNC

Decatur IL soybeans

+15

+

X

+15

+

X

UNC

Burns Harbor IN corn

UNQ

UNQ

UNC

Burns Harbor IN soy

UNQ

UNQ

UNC

Lafayette IN soy

-5

+

X

-5

+

X

UNC

Toledo OH (port)

Corn

-25

+

Z

-25

+

Z

UNC

Soy

-30

+

X

-30

+

X

UNC

SRW wheat

-35

+

Z

-35

+

Z

UNC

Davenport IA (river)

Corn

-12

+

Z

-13

+

Z

UP 1

Soy

-14

+

X

-15

+

X

UP 1

Evansville IN (rail)

15-car CSX corn

+15

+

Z

+15

+

Z

UNC

Cincinnati OH (rail)

3-car corn

UNQ

UNQ

UNC

Hereford TX corn

+95

+

Z

+95

+

Z

UNC

Columbus OH (rail)

3-car corn

+15

+

Z

+15

+

Z

UNC

Morris IL (river)

Corn

-12

+

Z

-12

+

Z

UNC

Soybeans

-10

+

X

-10

+

X

UNC

Fort Worth TX corn

+95

+

Z

+95

+

Z

UNC

Blair NE corn

-25

+

Z

-25

+

Z

UNC

Council Bluffs, IA (elevator)

Corn

-25

+

Z

-25

+

Z

UNC

Soy

-68

+

X

-70

+

X

UP 2

Des Moines IA soy

-35

+

X

-35

+

X

UNC

Sioux City IA soy

-40

+

X

-40

+

X

UNC

NOTE: 0 = Option Price, UNC = Unchanged, UNQ = Unquoted, NC = Not Comparable, DP = Delayed Price, N/A = Not Available, F = January, H = March, K = May, N = July, Q = August, U = September, X = November, Z = December

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For U.S. forward basis spreadsheets, please click on:

CORN/BASIS, SOYA/BASIS, WHEAT/BASIS, MILO/BASIS

- CBOT corn report COR/

- CBOT soybean report SOY/C

- CBOT wheat report WHE/C

- U.S. grain barge freight values BG/US

- U.S. Midwest cash grain AM GRA/M

- U.S. CIF/FOB Gulf Grain GRA/F

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