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Key Points

CBOT wheat futures were mostly unchanged in early trading, with nearby Sep and Dec contracts holding near $5.29 and $5.52 per bushel while some deferred months slipped up to 1 cent.
Corn futures fell about 5.5 cents to $4.03 per bushel for the Sep contract, and soybean futures dropped roughly 9–10 cents to around $10.18 per bushel for the front‐month in early session.
Trading volumes across all major grains plunged from Friday’s levels – for example, estimated corn sales were 92,516 contracts versus Friday’s 326,275.
Corn’s open interest rose by about 10,819 contracts, whereas wheat, soybean oil and soybean meal saw modest declines in open interest.
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xmlns="http://iptc.org/std/NITF/2006-10-18/">CHICAGO (AP) — Futures trading on the Chicago Board of Trade Fri.:

	Open	High	Low	Settle	Chg.
WHEAT
5,000 bu minimum; cents per bushel
Sep 25	527.50	530.75	522.50	526.50	-2.00
Dec 25	548.50	551.75	544.00	547.75	-2.00
Mar 26	568.50	572.00	564.50	568.25	-1.75
May 26	584.25	584.25	577.75	581.75	-1.50
Jul 26	594.25	594.75	587.75	591.50	-1.25
Sep 26	606.50	606.50	600.75	604.75	-1.25
Dec 26				622.50	-1.25
Mar 27				636.50	-1.25
May 27				633.25	-1.25
Jul 27				618.25	-1.25
Sep 27				632.00	-1.25
Dec 27				649.75	-1.25
Mar 28				662.25	-1.25
May 28				659.00	-1.25
	Est. sales 39,021	Thu.'s sales 57,608
	Thu.'s open int 280,924	UP 2,231
CORN
5,000 bu minimum; cents per bushel
Sep 25	401.50	403.00	398.25	399.50	-2.25
Dec 25	420.50	422.00	417.75	419.00	-1.75
Mar 26	438.00	439.50	435.00	436.50	-1.75
May 26	448.25	449.50	445.00	446.75	-1.75
Jul 26	455.00	456.00	451.75	453.00	-2.25
Sep 26	449.50	451.75	448.00	449.75	-1.50
Dec 26	457.75	459.00	455.25	456.75	-1.75
Mar 27	469.25	470.00	468.50	469.00	-1.75
May 27	474.50	475.75	474.50	475.75	-1.75
Jul 27				479.00	-1.25
	Est. sales 217,424	Thu.'s sales 270,136
	Thu.'s open int 1,505,733	UP 13,082
OATS
5,000 bu minimum; cents per bushel
Sep 25	356.75	363.50	356.75	362.00	+5.00
Dec 25	356.00	359.75	353.25	357.75	+2.75
Mar 26				359.00	+2.50
May 26				364.25	+2.50
Jul 26				352.75	+2.50
Sep 26				368.50	+2.50
Dec 26				371.00	+2.50
Mar 27				374.50	+2.50
May 27				380.50	+2.50
Jul 27				371.00	+2.50
	Est. sales 345	Thu.'s sales 630
	Thu.'s open int 3,103	DOWN 2
SOYBEAN
5,000 bu minimum; cents per bushel
Aug 25	1004.75	1008.25	996.50	998.75	-5.50
Sep 25	1005.75	1009.50	998.25	1002.00	-3.75
Nov 25	1024.50	1028.25	1016.75	1021.00	-3.25
Jan 26	1042.25	1045.75	1034.75	1038.75	-3.25
Mar 26	1057.50	1060.75	1050.25	1054.25	-2.75
May 26	1072.00	1073.50	1063.75	1067.75	-2.50
Jul 26	1080.25	1083.75	1074.00	1078.25	-2.00
Aug 26	1081.00	1081.00	1073.00	1077.50	-1.50
	Est. sales 222,858	Thu.'s sales 265,251
	Thu.'s open int 881,319	DOWN 11,165
SOYBEAN OIL
60,000 lbs; cents per lb
Aug 25	56.67	56.78	56.05	56.49	-0.18
Sep 25	56.59	56.60	55.85	56.25	-0.22
Oct 25	56.26	56.36	55.61	55.92	-0.30
Dec 25	56.37	56.47	55.71	55.98	-0.36
Jan 26	56.53	56.59	55.82	56.09	-0.37
Mar 26	56.32	56.33	55.58	55.84	-0.36
May 26	55.91	55.93	55.20	55.47	-0.33
Jul 26	55.43	55.43	54.71	54.99	-0.30
Aug 26	54.75	54.75	54.29	54.31	-0.28
Sep 26	53.45	53.72	53.45	53.63	-0.27
Oct 26	52.70	53.07	52.70	53.01	-0.25
Dec 26	52.99	52.99	52.64	52.76	-0.26
Jan 27				52.56	-0.26
Mar 27				52.31	-0.24
May 27				52.08	-0.24
Jul 27				51.93	-0.24
Aug 27				51.61	-0.23
	Est. sales 161,959	Thu.'s sales 131,624
	Thu.'s open int 634,756	UP 3,977
SOYBEAN MEAL
100 tons; dollars per ton
Aug 25	269.70	270.80	267.50	267.80	-1.90
Sep 25	274.00	275.00	271.90	272.20	-1.70
Oct 25	277.40	278.00	275.00	275.50	-1.50
Dec 25	283.10	284.30	281.20	281.60	-1.50
Jan 26	287.10	287.90	285.00	285.20	-1.60
Mar 26	292.90	294.00	290.90	291.10	-1.60
May 26	298.20	298.70	296.10	296.20	-1.50
Jul 26	303.40	303.60	300.80	301.00	-1.40
Aug 26	304.60	304.60	303.50	303.20	-1.20
Sep 26	305.50	305.80	304.60	304.60	-1.00
Oct 26	305.50	305.50	304.40	304.40	-0.90
Dec 26	308.60	309.20	307.50	307.80	-0.70
Jan 27	309.20	309.20	309.20	309.10	-0.60
Mar 27				310.90	-0.60
May 27				313.40	-0.60
Jul 27				316.70	-0.60
Aug 27				317.50	-0.60
	Est. sales 122,272	Thu.'s sales 139,209
	Thu.'s open int 685,954	UP 2,981

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