Corn Futures (CBOT ZC)

Chicago Board of Trade · December 2026 contract · Priced in U.S. cents per bushel

Contract Overview

479.50 ¢/bu -0.26% (-1.25) Today
Oct 14, 8:07 PM UTC-5
Price performance
Open 481.50
Day's range 479.25 – 482.75
Volume 6.49K
Prev. settlement 480.75
30-day range 470.25 – 544.50
Open interest 845.76K
Bid 479.25
Ask 479.50
Expires Dec 14, 2026

CBOT · Delayed 10 min · Updated 19 min ago · Market open · closes 07:45 CT

Price Performance

December 2026 · ZCZ26

Returns

1 week −4.5% −4.5% 1 week −22.50 from 502.00 on Oct 7
1 month −10.5% −10.5% 1 month −56.25 from 535.75 on Sep 15
3 months +3.3% +3.3% 3 months +15.50 from 464.00 on Jul 16
6 months +0.3% +0.3% 6 months +1.50 from 478.00 on Apr 15
Year to date +4.1% +4.1% year to date +19.00 from 460.50 on Dec 31, 2025
1 year +6.0% +6.0% 1 year +27.25 from 452.25 on Oct 13, 2025
  • 52-week high 546.00 Sep 1 · price 12.2% below
  • 52-week low 430.00 Jun 29 · price 11.5% above
  • 20-session high 543.00 Sep 21 · price 11.7% below
  • 20-session low 479.75 Oct 9 · price 0.1% below
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Balance Sheet

WASDE · Oct 9, 2026 · 2026/27 forecast
  • Ending stocks 1.85B bu From 1.57B bu in Sep
  • Stocks-to-use 11.3% Ending stocks over total use

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USDA World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates for October 2026, released Oct 9: the U.S. corn balance sheet. Changes are against the September report.

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Exports

Week ending Oct 1 · 2026/27
  • Sold this season 19.5M t 34% behind last year's pace
  • Shipped so far 7.4M t 38% of sales · 9% of USDA's forecast

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USDA Export Sales Report for the week ending Oct 1, released Oct 8; the next one is out Oct 16 at 8:30 am ET. Season forecast: WASDE, Oct 2026. Only week 5 of 2026/27, so pace comparisons are still volatile.

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Commitments of Traders

Tuesday, Oct 6

Net positions

FundsManaged money +317K +317K net long Managed money · Sold 60.5K on the week · net long for 14 weeks
CommercialsProducers and merchants −635K −635K net short Producers and merchants · Long 509K · short 1.14M · net +47.8K on the week
  • Funds on the week Sold 60.5K Net long for 14 weeks
  • Open interest 2.56M Down 18.4K on the week · 943 traders

Funds are hedge funds and other money managers (managed money). Commercials are the hedgers: farmers, elevators, processors and exporters (producers and merchants). Net is longs less shorts, in contracts of 5,000 bushels, as of Tuesday’s close.

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Futures chain

ZCZ26 Dec 2026 479.50 ¢/bu -1.25 -0.26%
ZCH27 Mar 2027 493.00 ¢/bu -1.25 -0.25%
ZCK27 May 2027 500.25 ¢/bu -1.50 -0.30%
ZCN27 Jul 2027 506.00 ¢/bu -1.50 -0.30%
ZCU27 Sep 2027 498.50 ¢/bu -0.75 -0.15%
ZCZ27 Dec 2027 510.00 ¢/bu -0.50 -0.10%
ZCH28 Mar 2028 523.25 ¢/bu -0.50 -0.10%
ZCK28 May 2028 530.50 ¢/bu -0.50 -0.09%
ZCN28 Jul 2028 534.25 ¢/bu 0.00 0.00%
ZCU28 Sep 2028 508.25 ¢/bu 0.00 0.00%
ZCZ28 Dec 2028 510.00 ¢/bu 0.00 0.00%
ZCN29 Jul 2029 526.25 ¢/bu 0.00 0.00%
ZCZ29 Dec 2029 501.50 ¢/bu 0.00 0.00%

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Contract Specifications

Contract December 2026 · ZCZ26
Exchange Chicago Board of Trade · ZC
Contract size 5,000 bushels
Tick size ¼¢ per bushel · $12.50 per contract
Value of a 1¢ move $50 per contract
Contract months Mar, May, Jul, Sep, Dec (H, K, N, U, Z)
Trading hours 7:00 pm – 7:45 am and 8:30 am – 1:20 pm CT, Sun–Fri
Settlement Physical delivery

Cash Basis

USDA · Oct 14
No report

Strongest Texas +58¢ · weakest North Dakota −86¢

USDA country-elevator bids against December futures, in cents per bushel; the legend runs from the weakest basis to the strongest.

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Stocks & Acreage

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Crop Progress

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Drought Monitor

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