Weekly Basis 12/7/25
- Wright team
- Dec 7, 2025
- 4 min read
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 47,955, +239 points for the week.
Crude oil settled at $60.14, +1.66.
Dollar Index settled at 98.99, -0.49.
Baltic Dry Index (a shipping freight-cost index) settled at 2,727, +167.
Corn
March futures settled at $4.44¾, -3¢ 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 -42H, 5¢ firmer.
Dayton, Ohio Cargill’s spot basis was 10H, 7¢ firmer, $4.55 cash price.
Iowa Falls Poet’s spot basis was -12H, 3¢ firmer, $4.32 cash price.
COT Report (Commitment of Traders, chart below) as of October 28:
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