Corn prices are trading with 4 to 5 cent gains early on Thursday morning. Futures closed the Wednesday session with contracts slipping 3 to 5 ¾ cents and near session lows. Open interest was up 15,233 contracts on Wednesday, mainly in July, even as December OI dropped 13,755 contracts. There were 319 deliveries against September corn overnight. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price was down 5 3/4 cents at $4.81.
USDA reported a private export sale of 182,880 MT of corn to Mexico on Wednesday morning for 2026/27 shipment.