Cash Basis

USDA · Oct 16
No report

Strongest Colorado −53¢ · weakest Montana −125¢

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 · +12.00
Old vs new cropDec 2026 → Sep 2027
Carry · +25.75

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

14 contracts
KWZ26 Dec 2026 OI 144,680 699.50 ¢/bu -4.50 -0.64%
KWH27 Mar 2027 OI 88,869 711.50 ¢/bu -4.25 -0.59%
KWK27 May 2027 OI 34,229 716.50 ¢/bu -4.50 -0.62%
KWN27 Jul 2027 OI 36,715 718.00 ¢/bu -3.75 -0.52%
KWU27 Sep 2027 OI 7,846 725.25 ¢/bu -2.50 -0.34%
KWZ27 Dec 2027 OI 4,401 736.25 ¢/bu -1.25 -0.17%
KWH28 Mar 2028 OI 343 742.00 ¢/bu -0.75 -0.10%
KWK28 May 2028 OI 47 738.50 ¢/bu -0.75 -0.10%
KWN28 Jul 2028 OI 162 714.00 ¢/bu +3.00 +0.42%
KWU28 Sep 2028 OI 4 704.50 ¢/bu +3.00 +0.43%
KWZ28 Dec 2028 OI 2 718.00 ¢/bu +7.00 +0.98%
KWH29 Mar 2029 OI 0 726.50 ¢/bu +7.00 +0.97%
KWK29 May 2029 OI 0 722.25 ¢/bu +7.00 +0.98%
KWN29 Jul 2029 OI 0 682.25 ¢/bu +7.00 +1.04%

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

Commitments of Traders

Tuesday, Oct 13
Managed moneySold 6.6K on the week · net long for 16 weeks
+17.4K
Producers and merchantsLong 31.5K · short 115K · net +9.4K on the week
−83.0K
Open interest Up 99 on the week · 282 traders
343K

CFTC Commitments of Traders (disaggregated), CBOT Kansas City wheat futures and options combined: positions as of Tuesday, Oct 13, published Friday, Oct 16; the next report (Oct 20 positions) is out Friday, Oct 23 at 3:30 pm ET. Net is longs less shorts, in contracts of 5,000 bushels.

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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.