Corn price action is down 1 to 3 cents so far on Monday morning. Futures closed out the Friday session with contracts 1 to 4 ½ cents across the board, as December was 5 ½ cents lower. Open interest was up 2,898 contracts on Friday. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price was down 3 3/4 cents at $4.35. Now halfway through October the average close for December futures has been $4.91, as the harvest price option for price insurance gets discovered.
USDA reported a private export sale of 127,000 MT of corn for 2026/27 to Japan on Friday.
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USDA’s Export Sales report from Friday showed 1.122 MMT in 2026/27 corn sales during the week of 10/8. That was a 45.9% hike from last week and a MY high, but 15.4% below the same week last year. Mexico was the top buyer of 544,500 MT, with 220,100 MT sold to Japan and 199,900 MT to South Korea.
The Friday Commitment of Traders report showed managed money slashing another 86,482 contracts from their net long position in corn futures and options as of 10/13. That took their net long to 230,877 contracts as of Tuesday.
AgRural estimates the Brazilian corn crop in the Center-South region at 48% planted, lagging the 51% pace from last year.
Dec 26 Corn closed at $4.74 1/4, down 3 3/4 cents, currently down 2 3/4 cents
Nearby Cash was $4.35, down 3 3/4 cents,
Mar 27 Corn closed at $4.86 1/2, down 4 1/2 cents, currently down 2 cents
May 27 Corn closed at $4.93 1/2, down 4 1/2 cents, currently down 1 1/3 cents
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