The corn market closed Friday with front months down 6 to 8 cents in the nearbys as March expired and May dropping 10 ¾ cents on the week. New crop December was down 3 ¼ cents on Friday, with a 4 cent pullback this week. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price was back down 6 3/4 cents at $4.20.

USDA reported private export sales of 218,604 MT of corn to unknown destination during the reporting period this morning.

The weekly CFTC report showed speculators in corn futures and options cutting back another 73,211 contracts from their net long position a of March 11. That took their net long to 146,541 contracts, a reduction of 190,913 contracts over the previous 2-week period. Commercials were backing off their large net short by 77,711 contracts, mainly due to additional commercial longs.

There were more South Korean import purchases overnight, with two different importers buying a total of 207,000 MT.

Mar 25 Corn closed at $4.45 1/2, down 8 cents, Read more

Contract Specifications

Contract

Corn

Contract Size

5,000 bushels

Tick Size

1/4 cent per bushel ($12.50 per contract)

Trading Hours

7:00p.m. - 7:45a.m. and 8:30a.m. - 1:20p.m. (Settles 1:15p.m.) (Sun-Fri) CST

Exchange

CBOT

Point Value

$50

Margin/Maintenance

$1,155/1,050

First Notice Date

06/30/25 (106 days)

Expiration Date

07/14/25 (120 days)

Seasonal Chart

Corn Jul '25

Average Price Chart for 5 Prior Jul Contracts

Commitment of Traders Positions as of Mar 11, 2025

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Commercials - Long / Short

774,827 (+30,749)

991,546 (-25,361)

Non-Commercials - Long / Short

449,005 (-43,873)

180,648 (+23,208)

Producers - Long / Short

427,454 (+42,224)

937,088 (-22,134)

Swap Dealers - Long / Short

312,427 (-9,210)

19,512 (-962)

Managed Money - Long / Short

248,286 (-48,862)

115,874 (+25,570)

Other Reportables - Long / Short

200,719 (+4,989)

64,774 (-2,362)

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Price Performance

Period	Period Low		Period High	Performance
1-Month	451-2 +3.60% on 03/04/25	Period Open: 511-2	521-4 -10.35% on 02/19/25	-43-6 (-8.56%) since 02/14/25
3-Month	445-6 +4.88% on 12/19/24	Period Open: 453-0	521-4 -10.35% on 02/19/25	+14-4 (+3.20%) since 12/13/24
52-Week	421-6 +10.85% on 08/26/24	Period Open: 489-2	521-4 -10.35% on 02/19/25	-21-6 (-4.45%) since 03/14/24

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3rd Resistance Point	475-7
2nd Resistance Point	473-3
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2nd Support Level	462-3
3rd Support Level	459-3

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