Weekly Basis 12/14/25
- Wright team
- 23 minutes ago
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It's our weekly U.S. grain market analysis and outlook for corn, soybeans and wheat, including traders positioning, basis bids tracking, crush margins, weekly news wrap-up and comments.
Dow Jones Industrial Average Index settled on Friday at 48,458, +503 points for the week.
Crude oil settled at $57.53, -2.61.
Dollar Index settled at 98.39, -0.60.
Baltic Dry Index (a shipping freight-cost index) settled at 2,205, -522.
Corn
March futures settled at $4.40¾, -4¢ for the week.
Basis (H = March; e.g. 10H means 10¢ over Mar futures) (Futures price + Basis = Cash price)
The US national average basis was -41H, 1¢ firmer.
Dayton, Ohio Cargill’s spot basis was 10H, steady, $4.51 cash price.
Iowa Falls Poet’s spot basis was -10H, 2¢ firmer, $4.30 cash price.
COT Report (Commitment of Traders, chart below) as of November 18:
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