Wheat is starting off Monday trade with slightly mixed trade. The wheat complex saw pressure on Friday following a bearish USDA report that saw a stocks hike. Chicago SRW contracts were 10 to 12 ½ cents in the red with December slipping 12 cents since last Friday. Open interest was up 5,494 contracts on Friday. KC HRW futures were 10 to 17 ¼ cents lower in the front months, as December was 16 cents lower last week. OI was down 1,790 contracts. MPLS spring wheat was down 2 ¾ to 10 ¾ cents on Friday with December 2 ¾ cents lower on the week.
The government will be closed for today due to the Columbus Day Holiday, with the Export Inspections and Crop Progress reports pushed to Tuesday.