Chicago wheat tried to stage a Thursday recovery but faded a dime from the earlier highs to close 2 1/4 to 3 1/2 cents in the red. Spring wheat prices also faded 5-9 cents from their intra-day highs, but held onto 3 3/4 to 7 1/4 cent gains for the close. HRW futures extended the week’s pullback with another 5 3/4 to 7 1/2 cent losses on Thursday.
The weekly Export Sales report showed 155,167 MT of wheat was sold during the week that ended 6/22. Estimates were to see between 50k and 400k MT. By class, HRS makes up 30.3% of the committed 23/24 business. HRW sits at 22% with 30% for SRW.
Russia’s 23/24 wheat harvest has begun, according to the Ministry of Agriculture Russia has harvested 2 MMT of grains through 6/28 - ahead of last year’s pace. The Russian Federation has planted 55.6m HA through 6/28, which is more area than last year but the planting pace as a percentage of expected area is inline with average.
Jul 23 CBOT Wheat closed at $6.53, down 2 3/4 cents,
Sep 23 CBOT Wheat closed at $6.67 1/2, down 2 1/4 cents,
Cash SRW Wheat was $6.08 3/8, down 1 5/8 cents,
Jul 23 KCBT Wheat closed at $7.94 1/4, down 6 1/2 cents,
Cash HRW Wheat was $7.52, down 7 3/8 cents,
Jul 23 MGEX Wheat closed at $8.07 1/2, up 3 3/4 cents,
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