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Weekly Basis 4/19/26

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 49,447, +1,531 points for the week.

Crude oil settled at $85.57, -10.06.

Dollar Index settled at 98.23, -0.47.

Baltic Dry Index (a shipping freight-cost index) settled at 2,567, +366.



Corn


May futures settled at $4.48¾, +7¾¢ for the week.

December corn settled at $4.77, +4¾¢ 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 -37K, 1¢ firmer.

  • Dayton, Ohio Cargill’s spot basis was 15K, steady, $4.64 cash price.

  • Iowa Falls Poet’s spot basis was -20K, steady, $4.28 cash price.


COT Report (Commitment of Traders, chart below):

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