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Grain markets were mixed on Thursday and have been under slight pressure in the Friday morning trade. Here are the levels to watch for ahead of today’s options expiration.

Soybeans are trading with Friday morning losses of 2 to 4 cents. They faded off the Thursday strength, with contracts closing mostly firm to 1 ¾ cents, as Nov was down 1 ¼ cents. The average close for November soybean futures so far in October is $10.10. That is $1.45...

Wheat futures are posting marginal losses to kick off the Friday session. The wheat complex saw some slight strength across the three markets into Thursday’s close. Chicago SRW futures were fractionally to 3 cents higher on the day in most contracts, with a few deferreds down ¼ cent. KC HRW...

Corn prices are slipping back on Friday morning by 2 to 3 cents after a week of gains. Futures closed out the Thursday session with contracts steady to 3 cents higher across the board. The national average Cash Corn price from cmdtyView was up 2 1/2 cents at $3.88 1/2...

Soybeans faded off the Thursday strength, with contracts closing mostly firm to 1 ¾ cents, as Nov was down 1 ¼ cents. The average close for November soybean futures so far in October is $10.10. That is $1.45 below the February base insurance price. CmdtyView’s national front month Cash Bean...

The wheat complex saw some slight strength across the three markets into Thursday’s close. Chicago SRW futures were fractionally to 3 cents higher on the day in most contracts, with a few deferreds down ¼ cent. KC HRW contracts were up ½ to 1 ½ cents in the nearbys and...

Corn futures closed out the Thursday session with contracts steady to 3 cents higher across the board. The national average Cash Corn price from cmdtyView was up 2 1/2 cents at $3.88 1/2 per bu. The average close for December corn futures so far in October is $4.17. That is...

The rationing of beef is believed starting to have an impact on box price.  Sending beef prices up 8% in just a couple of weeks seemingly put the breaks on retailers bidding up supplies

Weekly export inspections have shown signs of improvement which helped add a tailwind to prices in Thursday's trade.

Soybeans are trading with gains of 4 to 6 cents on Thursday so far. Preliminary open interest from Wednesday showed net new buying across most contracts, up 16,317 contracts cross all but the November contract, which was another exodus of 21,481 contracts ahead of Friday’s options expiration. The average close...

The wheat complex is showing mixed trade across the three markets on Thursday. Chicago SRW futures are 1 to 2 cents higher on the day. KC HRW contracts are down 1 to 2 cents on the session. MPLS spring wheat is trading with fractional to 1 cent losses. Weekly Export...