US Cash Grains-Corn basis rises as planting progresses rapidly

- Basis bids for corn were flat to higher at U.S. Midwest elevators and river terminals on Tuesday as futures ticked up and farmers were in the midst of a fast-moving planting season.

  • The corn basis firmed at elevators in Blair, Nebraska and Cincinnati, Ohio. It also rose at a river terminal in Seneca, Illinois.

  • The soybean basis rose at the elevator in the Cincinnati, Ohio area. It fell at a river terminal in Davenport, Iowa.

  • After the close of the trading session on Monday afternoon, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported

    the nation's corn planting was 57% complete by Sunday, ahead of the average analyst estimate of 55% and the five-year average pace of 52%.

  • Soybean planting was 49% complete, the agency reported, ahead of the average trade estimate of 48% and the five-year average of 36%.

  • This autumn, U.S. growers will harvest their second-largest soybean crop on record, while corn production is expected to drop 6% from last year, the USDA said in its first official forecast of the 2026/27 crop season.

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

ELEVATORS











CORN




SOYBEANS



CINCINNATI OH

+14

+

N

UP 1


+10

+

N

UP 2

BURNS HARBOR IN

UNQ



UNC


UNQ



UNC

DECATUR IN

UNQ



UNC


UNQ



UNC

DES MOINES IA

UNQ



UNC


UNQ



UNC

LINCOLN NE

-35

+

N

UNC


-55


N

UNC











PROCESSORS











CORN





SOYBEANS



DECATUR IL

+8

+

N

UNC


+15

+

N

UNC

DECATUR IN






+10

+

N

UNC

MORRISTOWN IN





+0

+

N

UNC

LAFAYETTE IN






+10

+

N

UNC

CEDAR RAPIDS IA

-12

+

N

UNC


-30

+

N

UNC

COUNCIL BLUFFS IA






-35

+

N

UNC

LINCOLN NE






-30

+

N

UNC

BLAIR NE

-17

+

N

UP 4
















RIVER TERMINALS











CORN





SOYBEANS



TOLEDO OH

+10

+

N

UNC


-5

+

N

UNC

SENECA IL

-14

+

N

UP 1

-18

+

N

UNC

SAVANNA IL

-36

+

N

UNC


-51

+

N

UNC

DAVENPORT IA

-22

+

N

UNC


-34

+

N

DN 2











ETHANOL PLANTS










LINDEN IN

+0

+

N

UNC






UNION CITY IN

+20

+

N

UNC






ANNAWAN IL

-15

+

N

UNC






COUNCIL BLUFFS IA

-15

+

N

UNC
















SRW WHEAT










TOLEDO OH

-20

+

N

UNC






CINCINNATI OH

UNQ



UNC






DECATUR IN

-30

+

N

UNC






BURNS HARBOR IN

UNQ



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:

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 PM GRA/PM

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