Corn prices are backing off in the AM portion of Friday with 2 ¼ to 3 ¼ cent losses to flip the board red rolling into the weekend. The Thursday session ended with corn futures 4 to 7 cents higher and a 2.7% gain in the Dec contract. March corn futures saw nearly a 10c range with nearly all of it in the black. March futures closed out the month of November with a net 10 ¼ cent loss.
There were 221 deliveries vs. December corn futures overnight, all but 1 by SG Americas customers. ADMIS customers were the main stoppers at 213 contracts. The oldest long is now dated August 25, 2023.
The weekly Export Sales data had 1.928 MMT of corn booked during the week that ended 11/23. That was well above estimates and a new MY high. Unknown was the top buyer with 730k MT followed by Mexico with 300k MT. The season’s total commitments were up to 963 mbu compared to 722 mbu at the same time last year.
The weekly EIA data on Wednesday showed the average daily ethanol production was 1.011 million barrels. That was down 12k bpd from last week. Ethanol stocks were 273k barrels tighter at 21.379m barrels. Later today we will get USDA’s official Grain Crush numbers for October.
Dec 23 Corn closed at $4.61 3/4, up 12 cents, currently down 2 1/2 cents
Nearby Cash was $4.41, up 16 1/4 cents,
Mar 24 Corn closed at $4.82 3/4, up 7 cents, currently down 3 cents
May 24 Corn closed at $4.95, up 6 1/2 cents, currently down 3 1/4 cents
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