Corn Losses Slipping to Friday Morning

Corn Losses Slipping to Friday Morning

Fri, September 18, 2026 at 3:35 PM GMT+3 1 min read

Corn price action is down 2 cents in the front months so far on Friday. Futures were down 1 to 4 3/4 cents on the Thursday session. Open interest was down 8,213 contracts on Thursday, led by liquidation in the front two contracts. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price was down 3 3/4 cents at $4.85 1/4. Crude oil backed off by $1.34 on the day, to add some pressure.

Export Sales data showed 1.027 MMT in corn sales 2026/27 in the week ending on September 10. That was still down 16.6% from the same week last year. Mexico was the top buyer of 626,000 MT, with Japan in for 150,200 MT.

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A couple more South Korean importers purchased a total of 130,000 MT of corn in a tender overnight, following 260,000 MT in sales from Thursday.

Dec 26 Corn closed at $5.30 1/2, down 3 3/4 cents, currently down 2 cents

Nearby Cash was $4.85 1/4, down 3 3/4 cents,

Mar 27 Corn closed at $5.44 1/2, down 4 1/4 cents, currently down 2 cents

May 27 Corn closed at $5.50 3/4, down 4 1/2 cents, currently down 2 cents

On the date of publication, Austin Schroeder did not have (either directly or indirectly) positions in any of the securities mentioned in this article. All information and data in this article is solely for informational purposes. This article was originally published on Barchart.com