Wheat Holding onto Mixed Trade on Tuesday Morning

Wheat is extending the mixed trade to Tuesday, with Chicago the weaker of the three exchanges. The wheat complex saw mixed action to close out the Monday session. Chicago SRW contracts saw fractionally mixed trade on Monday. Open interest was down 4,076 contracts on Monday. KC HRW futures were up a penny to 4 ¼ cents at the close. MPLS spring wheat was down 1 ¼ to 3 ¼ cents in the front months. 

This week’s NASS Crop Progress report showed 96% of the US winter wheat crop harvested by Sunday, 2% ahead of the normal pace. The spring wheat crop was 41% harvested, ahead of the 34% 5-year average pace. Spring wheat conditions were up 1% at 52% gd/ex, with the Brugler500 index back up 5 points to 344.

Monday’s weekly Export Inspections report showed wheat shipments of 493,401 MT (18.13 mbu) in the week of 8/13. That was a 1.54% increase from the week prior and 22.43% larger than the same week last year. Japan was the largest destination of 142,358 MT, with 114,636 MT shipped to Mexico and 75,437 MT to Indonesia. Shipments for the marketing year are now 3.89 MMT (142.9 mbu) of wheat, which is 19.29% below the same period last year.

Sep 26 CBOT Wheat  closed at $6.74 3/4, unch, currently down 1 1/4 cents

Dec 26 CBOT Wheat  closed at $6.89 1/4, down 1/4 cent, currently down 1/2 cent

Sep 26 KCBT Wheat  closed at $7.58 3/4, up 4 1/2 cents, currently up 1 1/2 cents

Dec 26 KCBT Wheat  closed at $7.71 3/4, up 4 cents, currently up 2 cents

Sep 26 MIAX Wheat  closed at $6.75, down 3 1/4 cents, currently up 1 1/4 cents

Dec 26 MIAX Wheat  closed at $7.03, down 1 1/4 cents, currently up 1 cent

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