USDA reported weekly corn sales of 1.236 MMT for week ended March 9, near the top-end of the pre-report range. Soybean sales were also near top-end estimates at 665,000 MT, up from net reductions the previous week.
Weekly export inspections for week ended March 9, showed corn inspections for the week at over 999,000 MT, near top-end pre-report estimates, while soybeans were mid-range. Wheat inspections were just shy expectations.
USDA reported 23,000 MT of soybean reductions for week ended March 2, a new marketing year low, while corn sales proved solid, landing near the top-end of the expected pre-report range of 1.2 MMT.
USDA’s March WASDE showed corn domestic and global ending stocks above pre-report estimates, while soybeans and wheat were each slightly lower than expectations.
USDA reported weekly export inspections for week ended March 2, which showed corn inspections notably above pre-report expectations, while wheat and soybean inspections each missed the low-end pre-report range.
Soybean sales for the week were down 14% from the previous week and 25% below the four-week average. Corn sales for the week were down 48% from the four-week average, though wheat sales were up 39%.
Soybean export inspections for week ended Feb. 23 missed low-end expectations by 159,000 MT and were down from the previous week by 893,000 MT. Though wheat inspections were above top end estimates by over 90,000 MT.
Wheat sales for week ended Feb. 16 were 338,800 MT, a 62% increase from the previous week nearly 40% above the 4-week average. Corn sales were 30% below the 4-week average, with soybeans nearly 20% below.
USDA reported soybean export inspections of 1.578 MMT for week ended Feb. 16, with inspections outpacing year-ago by 3.5%. Corn, soybeans and wheat inspections were each within their expected ranges.
Net corn sales for week ended Feb. 9 were down 12% from the previous week, but up 15% from the prior 4-week average, while Wheat and soybean sales were down 32% and 35% from their respective 4-week averages.

Hillari Mason