US Cash Grains-Corn basis rises at elevators, ethanol plants

- Spot basis bids for corn were flat to up at elevators and ethanol plants in a spot check of locations in the U.S. Midwest on Thursday, as futures ticked down.

  • Spot corn basis bids rose at elevators in Cincinnati, Ohio, and Blair, Nebraska.

  • They also rose at ethanol plants in Linden, Indiana, Union City, Indiana, and Annawan, Illinois.

  • Corn and soybean futures trading was muted as the U.S. Department of Agriculture made few changes to its U.S. corn and soybean estimates in its supply and demand report on Thursday.

  • U.S. corn ending stocks for the 2025/26 marketing year were raised by 3 million bushels to 2.145 billion bushels, while 2025/26 soybean ending stocks were unchanged at 340 million bushels.

  • Cooler weather and rain in the U.S. Midwest next week are likely to aid the developing corn and soybean crops, according to Commodity Weather Group.

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

ELEVATORS

CORN

SOYBEANS

CINCINNATI OH

+16

+

N

UP 1

+12

+

N

UNC

BURNS HARBOR IN

UNQ

UNC

UNQ

UNC

DECATUR IN

UNQ

UNC

UNQ

UNC

DES MOINES IA

UNQ

UNC

UNQ

UNC

LINCOLN NE

-30

+

N

UNC

-30

N

UNC

PROCESSORS

CORN

SOYBEANS

DECATUR IL

+15

+

N

UNC

+20

+

N

UNC

DECATUR IN

+30

+

N

UNC

MORRISTOWN IN

+20

+

N

UNC

LAFAYETTE IN

+25

+

N

UNC

CEDAR RAPIDS IA

-10

+

N

UNC

+0

+

N

UNC

COUNCIL BLUFFS IA

-5

+

N

UNC

LINCOLN NE

+0

+

N

UNC

BLAIR NE

-5

+

N

UP 3

RIVER TERMINALS

CORN

SOYBEANS

TOLEDO OH

+15

+

N

UNC

+5

+

N

UNC

SENECA IL

-8

+

N

UNC

-13

+

N

UNC

SAVANNA IL

-31

+

N

UNC

-46

+

N

UNC

DAVENPORT IA

-22

+

N

UNC

-25

+

N

UNC

ETHANOL PLANTS

LINDEN IN

+22

+

N

UP 2

UNION CITY IN

+32

+

N

UP 2

ANNAWAN IL

-10

+

N

UP 4

COUNCIL BLUFFS IA

-12

+

N

UNC

SRW WHEAT

TOLEDO OH

-15

+

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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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