Soybeans are 3 to 5 cents lower as Tuesday morning trade kicks off. Futures slipped lower on the Monday session, with contracts fractionally to 4 cents in the red. July expired on Monday, with 204 deliveries and 1,327 for the month. The cmdtyView national average Cash Bean price was down 3 ¼ cents at $9.61 1/2. Soymeal futures were down $1.50 to $2.60/ton, as Soy Oil was 25 to 42 points higher. There were 111 deliveries for July meal futures on Monday night, taking the total for the month to 4,703 as the contract expired.
Monday afternoon’s Crop Progress data indicated 47% of US soybean crop was blooming by Sunday even with the 5-year average, with% setting pods. Ratings were up 4% to 70%, with the Brugler500 index taking all 5 ratings into account up 7 points to 376.
