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Weekly corn, wheat and soybean sales each missed pre-report expectations for the week ended Dec. 28, while corn and soybean sales slid to a marketing-year low.
Weekly corn inspections during week ended Dec. 28 were down over 650,000 MT from the previous week to 570,000 MT. Wheat and soybean inspections were also down 187,000 MT and 156,000 MT, respectively.
The Current Conditions Index for December was 112, while the Future Expectations Index was 115, both down one point from the previous month.
In week ended Dec. 21, weekly corn sales totaled 1.242 MMT, up 23% from the previous week, while exports of 1.278 MMT notched a marketing-year high.
USDA showed weekly corn inspections of 1.082 MMT for week ended Dec. 21, topping the pre-report range by over 150,000 MT.
Traders expected a 0.5% decline in the Dec. 1 hog inventory.
Placements declined less than expected, while marketings fell more than anticipated.
The increase in beef stocks was about average during November.