Corn is posting 4 to 5 cent gains at the midday session on Thursday, as Export Sales data was better than expected. There were no deliveries issued against December corn overnight. The national average Cash Corn price from cmdtyView is up 4 1/4 cents at $4.07.
This morning’s Export Sales report showed 1.732 MMT in corn sales, a 4-week high and above the 0.75 to 1.5 MMT estimates for 2024/25 corn in the week of 11/28. That was also 63% above last week and 34.4% larger than the same week last year. Mexico was the largest buyer of 392,400 MT, with Japan purchasing 357,700 MT. Another 22,098 MT was sold for 2025/26, all to Mexico, with estimates at 0-200,000 MT.
October export data was released this morning, with 4.05 MMT (159.4 mbu) of corn shipped according to Census. That was the largest total for the month since 2018 but down 5.39% from September. Distillers exports were a record for the month at 1.114 MMT, which was also up 10.1% from last month. Ethanol shipments totaled 143.45 million gallons, the second largest all time for the month and down 3.38% from last month.
Dec 24 Corn is at $4.26, up 4 cents,
Nearby Cash is at $4.07, up 4 1/4 cents,
Mar 25 Corn is at $4.34 1/2, up 4 1/2 cents,
May 25 Corn is at $4.39 3/4, up 4 1/4 cents,
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