Corn Futures Pricing

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

Cash Basis

USDA · Oct 15

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.

Every state's basis, its regions and the terminal markets are for Farmbucks members. See what's included

Storage Signal

Latest trades

Dec → Mar: Carry · +12.50

Carry (+) means later months trade above the nearby: the market is paying toward storage. Inverted (−) means the nearby trades above later months. Not trading advice.

Futures Chain

13 contracts

ZCZ26 Dec 2026 OI 835,209 475.75 ¢/bu -2.25 -0.47%

ZCH27 Mar 2027 OI 427,717 488.25 ¢/bu -2.75 -0.56%

ZCK27 May 2027 OI 173,421 495.25 ¢/bu -2.75 -0.55%

ZCN27 Jul 2027 OI 187,247 501.00 ¢/bu -2.50 -0.50%

ZCU27 Sep 2027 OI 70,558 495.25 ¢/bu -2.25 -0.45%

ZCZ27 Dec 2027 OI 121,891 506.75 ¢/bu -2.50 -0.49%

ZCH28 Mar 2028 OI 9,315 520.50 ¢/bu -2.25 -0.43%

ZCK28 May 2028 OI 3,471 530.00 ¢/bu 0.00 0.00%

ZCN28 Jul 2028 OI 3,802 531.00 ¢/bu -2.25 -0.42%

ZCU28 Sep 2028 OI 1,179 507.00 ¢/bu 0.00 0.00%

ZCZ28 Dec 2028 OI 3,637 507.00 ¢/bu -2.25 -0.44%

ZCN29 Jul 2029 OI 12 525.50 ¢/bu 0.00 0.00%

ZCZ29 Dec 2029 OI 110 501.50 ¢/bu 0.00 0.00%

Open interest (OI) is how many contracts are still open in each month.

Commitments of Traders

Tuesday, Oct 6

Managed moneySold 60.5K on the week · net long for 14 weeks: +317K
Producers and merchantsLong 509K · short 1.14M · net +47.8K on the week: −635K
Open interest Down 18.4K on the week · 943 traders: 2.56M

CFTC Commitments of Traders (disaggregated), CBOT corn futures and options combined: positions as of Tuesday, Oct 6, published Friday, Oct 9; the next report (Oct 13 positions) is out today at 3:30 pm ET. Net is longs less shorts, in contracts of 5,000 bushels.

Two years of fund positioning, the three-year range and every trader group are for Farmbucks members. See what's included

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Every state's cash basisThe typical basis and range in each of 21 states, each state's regions, and the terminal markets
The full Commitments of TradersTwo years of fund positioning, charted, its three-year range, and every trader group

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Cash Basis. USDA Agricultural Marketing Service, Market News, Daily Grain Bids: what country elevators, terminals and processors bid in each state, against December futures, published weekday afternoons.

Storage Signal. Worked out from the futures themselves: the front month against the next, and old crop against new while the front month is old crop, at the latest trades while the market is open, else at the last settle.

Futures Chain. Every CBOT contract month now trading, with its last price, the day’s change and its open interest.

Commitments of Traders. U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Commitments of Traders (disaggregated): the open positions of each kind of large trader as of Tuesday’s close, published Fridays at 3:30 pm ET (the following Monday in a holiday week).

Market Data: Futures price data on Farmbucks is provided by DTN, CME Group, and ICE. Cash basis is from USDA AMS daily grain bid reports; positioning is from the CFTC's Commitments of Traders; the natural gas outlook and storage are from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. This data is for informational purposes only, may be subject to delays or inaccuracies, and is not trading advice. Please consult official sources or your broker for trading decisions.