Corn Ticking Back Lower at Monday’s Midday

Corn Ticking Back Lower at Monday’s Midday

Mon, August 10, 2026 at 8:17 PM GMT+3 2 min read

Corn futures are trading with marginal midday losses of fractionally to 1 cent on Monday. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price is down a penny at $4.08 1/2.

USDA reported a private export sale of 105,000 MT of corn to unknown destinations this morning, all for 2026/27.

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This morning's Export Inspections report showed corn shipments of 1.74 MMT (68.5 mbu) in the week of 8/6. That was up 14.29% from the same week last year but 7.83% below the week prior. Mexico was the largest destination of 422,988 MT, with 328,351 MT shipped to Japan and 320,284 MT to Spain. The marketing year total is now 79.02 MMT (3.11 bbu) of corn exports, which is now 25.0% ahead of the same period last year with less than a month left in the marketing year.

Ahead of the August Crop Production report from NASS next Wednesday, a Reuters survey of analysts shows expected yield at 182.4 bushels per acre, with a range of 180.5 to 184.8 bpa. Production is estimated at 15.934 bbu, as harvested acres are expected to be trimmed by 76,000 acres. Ending stocks are seen at 1.999 bbu for old crop, down 21 mbu from last month. New crop stocks are expected to be down 65 mbu to 1.725 bbu.

Brazil's second crop was tallied at 79% harvested in the center south region according to AgRural. That lags the 88% pace from the same time last year.

Sep 26 Corn is at $4.38, down 1 cent,

Nearby Cash is at $4.08 1/2, down 1 cent,

Dec 26 Corn is at $4.61 1/2, down 1/2 cent,

Mar 27 Corn is at $4.76 3/4, down 1 cent,

New Crop Cash is at $4.11 1/2, down 3/4 cent,

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