Dec corn trades at $4.44½ Tuesday morning, under Monday's $4.48¼ settle
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Dec corn is at $4.44½, 3¾ cents under Monday's settle, with harvest 74% done. That is a quiet slide, but it means the bushels still in the field have not changed the price picture yet.
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On Monday, Nov 2, 194 of the 293 elevators AGSIST reads posted a lower cash corn bid than Friday, 37 a higher one; 44 changed their basis, 7 weaker and 37 stronger.
62 unchanged; median change 1¢ lower. Biggest state move: Missouri, 4¢ higher (15 elevators).
On Monday, Nov 2, 229 of the 233 elevators AGSIST reads posted a lower cash soybean bid than Friday, 3 a higher one; 45 changed their basis, 28 weaker and 17 stronger.
1 unchanged; median change 15¢ lower. Biggest state move: Wisconsin, 15¢ lower (42 elevators).
Corn basis on Nov 3 ran from 55¢ over December futures in Texas to 90¢ under in North Dakota, state medians of the elevators AGSIST read at 6:48 a.m. CT.
Median of 17 elevators in Texas, 48 in North Dakota. 15 states with 15 or more. USDA's North Dakota average on Nov 2: 89 under Dec (USDA AMS, North Dakota Daily Grain Bids, Nov 2, 2026).
Counted by code from the elevator boards AGSIST reads itself, not by the writer of this briefing. A day's change is each board's last posted bid against its own on the trading day before, same delivery period. Quote it with the date and a link to agsist.com/daily/2026-11-03. How this briefing is made · Monthly: AGSIST Cash Bid Index
- Dec corn is at $4.44½ overnight, down 0.8% from Monday's settle, as USDA puts corn harvest at 74%.
- Dec live cattle settled Monday at $219.70, down 0.6%, while Nov feeders edged up 0.2% to $338.425.
- Dec hogs settled at $58.175, down 1.2% and sitting near the bottom of their 52-week range.
- Tuesday, Nov 10, 11:00 AM CTWASDE. Corn yield and ending stocks are the numbers to watch.
- Friday, Dec 112026 ARC/PLC signup deadline at county FSA offices; the 2027 signup is open and runs to Mar. 15, 2027.