Weekly Basis 10/12/25
- Wright team
- Oct 12
- 3 min read
It's our weekly US grain market prices analysis and outlook for corn, soybeans and wheat.
Dow Jones Industrial Average Index settled on Friday at 45,480, -1,279 points for the week.
Crude oil settled at $58.24, -2.45.
Dollar Index settled at 98.854, +1.14.
Baltic Dry Index (a shipping freight-cost index) settled at 1,936, +35.
Corn
December futures settled at $4.13, -6¢ for the week.
Basis (Z = December; e.g. 10Z means 10¢ over Dec futures) (Futures price + Basis = Cash price)
The US national average basis was -41Z, 1¢ firmer.
Dayton, Ohio Cargill’s spot basis was -15Z, 5¢ firmer, $3.98 cash price.
Iowa Falls Poet’s spot basis was -32Z, 2¢ weaker, $3.81 cash price.
Crush Margin
Corn Ethanol Crush Margin was $3.38, $3.07 a week ago and $2.21 a year ago.
The price of corn subtracted from the value of processed products = ethanol crush margin.
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