Commodity
Corn
The front-month CBOT corn futures price in US cents per bushel. Corn feeds livestock, food production, and ethanol alike, making it a benchmark for grain inflation that swings with harvests and exporter policy.
Latest
453.3 US cents/bu
-1.75 US cents/bu
Corn latest observations
- Observed
- 2026-10-28
- Latest
- 449.0 US cents/bu
- Change from previous
- ▲ +0.25 US cents/bu
Check the observation dates in both the summary and chart; release and refresh times can differ.
At a glance
Corn: latest value and prior change
As of 2026-10-27, Corn is 453.3 US cents/bu. It is 1.75 US cents/bu lower than 455.0 US cents/bu on 2026-10-26.
Across 116 available observations from 2026-05-13 to 2026-10-27, the latest value is at the tie-adjusted 43rd percentile.
- Observed on
- Default comparison window
- 2026-05-13–2026-10-27
- Observations · observed cadence
- 116 · Daily
- Data source
- Yahoo Finance
A high or low percentile does not by itself make the indicator positive, negative, or a buy or sell signal.
2026-08-04 → 2026-10-27 · US cents/bu
- First
- 442.3 US cents/bu
- 2026-08-04
- Latest
- 453.3 US cents/bu
- 2026-10-27
- Window low
- 436.8 US cents/bu
- 2026-08-05
- Window high
- 543.0 US cents/bu
- 2026-09-21
The horizontal axis follows observation order; calendar intervals may differ. High and low refer to observed values within this window, not intraday or all-time extremes. Ties show the first observation date.
Time-series chart
Corn
2026-05-13–2026-10-27
Long-history series are stored as real provider observations. Index, FX, VIX, and ratio charts use historical backfill where providers expose it; Korean investor flow and margin-credit feeds expand as stable historical endpoints become available.
Recent observations and calculated changes
The ten latest chart observations. Change subtracts the previous observation; intervals vary with holidays, release schedules and missing data. A difference in rates or ratios is not an investment return.
| Observed | Value | Previous date | Difference (current − previous) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-27 | 453.3 US cents/bu | 2026-10-26 | -1.75 US cents/bu |
| 2026-10-26 | 455.0 US cents/bu | 2026-10-23 | -1.00 US cents/bu |
| 2026-10-23 | 456.0 US cents/bu | 2026-10-22 | -4.50 US cents/bu |
| 2026-10-22 | 460.5 US cents/bu | 2026-10-21 | -2.75 US cents/bu |
| 2026-10-21 | 463.3 US cents/bu | 2026-10-20 | 1.25 US cents/bu |
| 2026-10-20 | 462.0 US cents/bu | 2026-10-19 | -5.00 US cents/bu |
| 2026-10-19 | 467.0 US cents/bu | 2026-10-16 | -7.25 US cents/bu |
| 2026-10-16 | 474.3 US cents/bu | 2026-10-15 | -3.75 US cents/bu |
| 2026-10-15 | 478.0 US cents/bu | 2026-10-14 | -2.75 US cents/bu |
| 2026-10-14 | 480.8 US cents/bu | 2026-10-13 | -2.00 US cents/bu |
Source: Yahoo Finance
Interpretation guide
Corn futures: the grain where feed, food, and fuel overlap
Corn futures trade on the CBOT in US cents per bushel and anchor global grain pricing. Because corn feeds livestock, processed food, and ethanol at the same time, one price carries US Midwest weather, food inflation, and energy policy together.
What moves the price
On the supply side, US Midwest planting and harvest weather and South American crops dominate; on the demand side, feed use and ethanol blending mandates. Volatility clusters around the USDA's monthly supply-and-demand reports with a clear seasonal rhythm.
- Planting-season and July pollination weather scares are the most recurrent spike triggers.
- Higher oil prices stimulate ethanol demand and tend to support corn's floor.
- A strong dollar erodes export competitiveness and pressures grains broadly.
The link to the Korean market
Korea imports most of its feed grain. Rising corn prices feed through to livestock, feed, and food-company costs with a lag, and once processed-food prices follow, the food component of consumer inflation moves too.
- Corn and soybeans surging together foreshadows feed-margin pressure and food inflation.
- A weaker won stacked on higher grain prices doubles the import-cost burden.
- In grain spikes, pricing power separates food-company stocks from each other.
Uses and misreads
Reading a corn rally straight as an inflation signal can mislead. Weather shocks and export restrictions are common one-off drivers, so separate trend from event before concluding anything.
- Check whether a short-term spike is just a weather premium first.
- If wheat and soybeans rise together, a common grain factor is at work rather than a corn story.
- Exclude futures roll distortions around contract expiry from trend judgments.