Weekly Basis 4/12/26
- Wright team
- 7 hours ago
- 5 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.
The Dow Jones Index settled on Friday at 47,917, +1,412 points for the week.
Crude oil settled at $95.63, -16.43.
Dollar Index settled at 98.698, -1.49.
Baltic Dry Index (a shipping freight-cost index) settled at 2,201, +135.
Corn
May futures settled at $4.41, -11¼¢ for the week.
December corn settled at $4.72¼, -9¢ for the week.
Basis (K = May; e.g. 10K means 10¢ over May futures) (Futures price + Basis = Cash price)
The US national average basis was -38K, 2¢ firmer.
Dayton, Ohio Cargill’s spot basis was 15K, steady, $4.56 cash price.
Iowa Falls Poet’s spot basis was -20K, 3¢ firmer, $4.21 cash price.
COT Report (Commitment of Traders, chart below):
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