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US Cash Grains-Corn basis steady-firm on slow farmer sales, soy bids mixed



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CHICAGO, April 18 (Reuters) -Spot basis bids for corn were steady to higher at elevators and processors around the U.S. Midwest on Thursday on slow farmer sales and good buyer demand, grain merchants said.

* Spot soybean basis bids were mostly steady at processing plants and mixed at elevators.

* Spot corn basis bids firmed by five cents at an ethanol plant in Linden, Illinois, by two cents at two barge-loading river elevators in Illinois and by one cent at an elevator in Cincinnati, Ohio.

* Buyers continue to strengthen the corn basis to entice farmer selling during a seasonal lull where producers turn their attention to spring planting.

* Soybean basis bids fell by two cents at a river terminal in Seneca, Illinois, and firmed by one cent at an elevator in Cincinnati, Ohio.

* Rainfall in the Midwest is unlikely to slow planting, analysts notes say.


Basis values are quoted against CBOT futures in cts/bu:



CORN




SOYBEANS


CINCINNATI OH

+1

+

K

UP 1


-2

+

K

UP 1

BURNS HARBOR IN

UNQ



UNC


UNQ



UNC

DECATUR IN

UNQ



UNC






DES MOINES IA




UNQ



UNC

LINCOLN NE

-12

+

K

UNC
















PROCESSORS











CORN





SOYBEANS



DECATUR IL

+2

+

K

UNC


+5

+

K

UNC

DECATUR IN






+0

+

K

UNC

MORRISTOWN IN





+10

+

K

UNC

LAFAYETTE IN






+0

+

K

UNC

CEDAR RAPIDS IA

+20

+

K

UNC


+5

+

K

UNC

COUNCIL BLUFFS IA






-20

+

K

UNC

LINCOLN NE






-20

+

K

UNC

BLAIR NE

+30

+

K

UNC
















RIVER TERMINALS











CORN





SOYBEANS



TOLEDO OH

-40

+

K

UNC


-35

+

K

UNC

SENECA IL

+0

+

K

UP 2

-12

+

K

DN 2

SAVANNA IL

-9

+

K

UP 2


-28

+

K

UNC

DAVENPORT IA

-4

+

K

UNC


-13

+

K

UNC











ETHANOL PLANTS










LINDEN IN

+5

+

K

UP 5






UNION CITY IN

+2

+

K

UNC






ANNAWAN IL

+3

+

K

UNC






COUNCIL BLUFFS IA

+20

+

K

UNC
















SRW WHEAT










TOLEDO OH

-45

+

K

UNC






CINCINNATI OH

UNQ



UNC






DECATUR IN

-70

+

K

UNC






BURNS HARBOR IN

UNQ



UNC






NOTE: 0 = option price, UNC = Unchanged, UNQ = Unquoted

NC = Not comparable, DPI = Delayed Price, N/A = Not available,

F = January, H = March, K = May, N = July
Q = August, U = September, X = November, Z = December

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LINKS: 0#USCSHGRN-PM

For U.S. forward basis spreadsheets, please click:

CORN/BASIS, SOYA/BASIS, WHEAT/BASIS, MILO/BASIS

- CBOT corn report COR/

- CBOT soybean report SOY/C

- CBOT wheat report WHE/C

- U.S. grain barge freight values BG/US

- U.S. Midwest cash grain PM GRA/PM

- U.S. CIF/FOB Gulf Grain GRA/F



Reporting by Heather Schlitz; Editing by Pooja Desai

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