Corn Action Quiet Leading into Christmas

Austin Schroeder Barchart Tue Dec 24, 4:20PM CST
Ear of corn - by Couleur via Pixabay

Corn futures closed the prelude to Christmas with contracts steady to 1 ½ cents higher across the board. The national average Cash Corn price from cmdtyView was up 3/4 cent at $4.19 ¼. 

The markets will close early on Tuesday, as well as all day on Wednesday in observation of Christmas. Weekly EIA data will be pushed back to a Thursday morning release, with most expecting to see ethanol production hold steady after creeping back above 1.1 million bpd last week. Export Sales data will be out on Friday morning. 

The weekly Export Inspections report from Monday showed a total of 1.123 MMT (44.21 mbu) of corn shipped in the week that ended on December 19. That was down 8.51% from the same week last year and 1.66% below the previous week. Marketing year to date shipments have totaled 14.436 MMT (568.3 mbu) so far since September 1, 26.84% above the same week last MY.

Mar 25 Corn  closed at $4.48 1/2, up 3/4 cent,

Nearby Cash  was $4.19 1/4, up 3/4 cent,

May 25 Corn  closed at $4.55, up 1 1/2 cents,

Jul 25 Corn  closed at $4.57 1/4, up 1 1/2 cents,


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