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US Cash Soymeal-Rail bids steady; truck offers roll to December

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CHICAGO: Spot soymeal basis offers were mostly unchanged in US rail markets on Tuesday, underpinned by tight supplies in some areas, while truck offers weakened as dealers rolled offers to the Chicago Board of Trade December contract.

Spot soymeal supplies were scarce in portions of the eastern Midwest as rainy weather slowed the pace of the soybean harvest. A processor in Claypool, Indiana, pulled its truck offers due to a lack of available soymeal.

Elsewhere, the harvest continued and basis offers fell by $3 to $10 per ton as dealers rolled their offers to the CBOT December contract, which was trading at a premium of only about $2 to the October contract.

CBOT December soymeal settled down $2.10 at $306.30 per ton, while CBOT October soymeal ended down $1.40 at $304.50.

The CME Group reported 14 deliveries against CBOT October soymeal futures and two October soyoil deliveries.

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