Corn Collapses on Friday

Austin Schroeder Barchart Fri Jan 3, 5:15PM CST
Row of corn - by fietzfotos via Pixabay

The corn market felt pressure on Friday after a lack luster export sales performance. Futures ended the session with contracts down 4 ¼ to 9 cents, as corn fell with much of the rest of the commodities. March was down 3 ¼ cents on the week. The national average Cash Corn price from cmdtyView was down 9 cents at $4.22 1/4. 

Export Sales data from this morning tallied 776,992 MT in 2024/25 wheat sales during the week of 12/26, coming in below the 0.8 to 1.4 MMT estimates. That was also down 54.6% from last week and the second lowest for the MY. Mexico was the largest destination of 292,500 MT, with 179,100 MT sold to Japan. 

Mar 25 Corn  closed at $4.50 3/4, down 8 3/4 cents,

Nearby Cash  was $4.22 1/4, down 9 cents,

May 25 Corn  closed at $4.58 1/4, down 9 cents,

Jul 25 Corn  closed at $4.61 1/4, down 9 cents,


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