CBOT Trends-Soy down 11-32 cents, corn down 3-5 cents, wheat down 5-6 cents
CHICAGO, March 16 (Reuters) - The following are U.S. expectations for the resumption of grain and soy complex trading at the Chicago Board of Trade at 8:30 a.m. CDT (1330 GMT) on Monday:
WHEAT - Down 5 to 6 cents per bushel
Wheat headed lower in sympathy with soybeans and corn, but worries about cold weather in the U.S. Plains lifted K.C. hard red winter wheat futures in early moves.
CBOT May soft red winter wheat WK26 was last down 6-1/4 cents at $6.07-1/2 per bushel. K.C. May hard red winter wheat KWK26 was last up 2 cents at $6.32 per bushel, while Minneapolis May spring wheat MWEK26 was down 1/4 cent at $6.45-1/4 per bushel.
CORN - Down 3 to 5 cents per bushel
Corn futures slid, following declines in soybeans and crude oil CLc1, given its role as a feedstock for biofuels. However, the benchmark May corn contract CK26 stayed inside of Friday's trading range in early moves.
In Brazil, planting of the second corn crop in the country's center-south reached 91% of the estimated area, compared with 97% a year earlier, agribusiness consultancy AgRural said. The first corn harvest hit 50%, well behind the 72% seen a year earlier.
CBOT May corn CK26 was last down 4-3/4 cents at $4.62-1/2 per bushel.
SOYBEANS - Down 11 to 32 cents per bushel
Soybean futures tumbled from a two-year high set last week as a potential delay in U.S President Donald Trump's meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping later this month dampened hopes of more U.S. soybean sales to China.
The meeting is not at risk but could be delayed as the U.S. president remains focused on the Iran war, the White House said on Monday.
Meanwhile, top U.S. and Chinese economic officials held "remarkably stable" talks in Paris on Sunday that touched on potential areas of agreement in agriculture, critical minerals and managed trade for Trump and Xi to consider in Beijing, two sources familiar with the talks said.
Ahead of monthly crush data due on Monday from the National Oilseed Processors Association, analysts surveyed by Reuters on average expected the group to report that its members crushed 202.725 million bushels of soybeans in February, down 8.5% from January but up 14.0% from a year earlier.
Brazilian farmers harvested 61% of their 2025/26 soybean crop by last Thursday, agribusiness consultancy AgRural said, up 10 percentage points from the previous week but below the 70% reported a year earlier.
CBOT May soybeans SK26 were last down 32-1/4 cents at $11.93 per bushel.
