Soybeans rounded out the Wednesday trade with most contracts up 2 ¼ to 9 ¼ cents, led by the old crop contracts. Some back months were fractionally to 2 cents lower. The cmdtyView national average Cash Bean price was up 10 cents at $11.25. Soymeal futures were down 40 cents to $5.40, with Soy Oil futures up 87 to 193 points.
The weekly Export Sales report from USDA will be out on Thursday, with traders looking for 2025/26 business at 200,000-600,000 MT during the week of April 23. New crop sales are seen at 0-50,000 MT. Soybean meal sales are seen at 150,000 to 400,000 MT, with bean oil seen between net cancellations of 10,000 MT to sales of 12,000 MT.
Planting progress should continue over the next week with much of the area from the Dakotas through KS stretching over to much of IL looking with very scattered totals in NOAA’s 7-day QPF.
May 26 Soybeans closed at $11.82 1/4, up 9 1/4 cents,
Nearby Cash was $11.25 1/1, up 10 cents,
Jul 26 Soybeans closed at $11.97, up 7 3/4 cents,
Nov 26 Soybeans closed at $11.71 1/4, up 4 1/4 cents,
New Crop Cash was $11.09 1/1, up 4 1/4 cents,
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