Commodity
Soybean
The front-month CBOT soybean futures price in US cents per bushel. As the key input for protein feed and cooking oil, it is sensitive to Chinese import demand and South American harvests, an early read on global food-price pressure.
Latest
1,252 US cents/bu
+10.50 US cents/bu
Soybean latest observations
- Observed
- 2026-10-28
- Latest
- 1,245 US cents/bu
- Change from previous
- ▲ +16.00 US cents/bu
Check the observation dates in both the summary and chart; release and refresh times can differ.
At a glance
Soybean: latest value and prior change
As of 2026-10-27, Soybean is 1,252 US cents/bu. It is 10.50 US cents/bu higher than 1,241 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 65th 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
- 1,155 US cents/bu
- 2026-08-04
- Latest
- 1,252 US cents/bu
- 2026-10-27
- Window low
- 1,148 US cents/bu
- 2026-08-11
- Window high
- 1,328 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
Soybean
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 | 1,252 US cents/bu | 2026-10-26 | 10.50 US cents/bu |
| 2026-10-26 | 1,241 US cents/bu | 2026-10-23 | -15.25 US cents/bu |
| 2026-10-23 | 1,257 US cents/bu | 2026-10-22 | 3.50 US cents/bu |
| 2026-10-22 | 1,253 US cents/bu | 2026-10-21 | 7.75 US cents/bu |
| 2026-10-21 | 1,245 US cents/bu | 2026-10-20 | -3.00 US cents/bu |
| 2026-10-20 | 1,248 US cents/bu | 2026-10-19 | -5.25 US cents/bu |
| 2026-10-19 | 1,254 US cents/bu | 2026-10-16 | -7.75 US cents/bu |
| 2026-10-16 | 1,261 US cents/bu | 2026-10-15 | -1.75 US cents/bu |
| 2026-10-15 | 1,263 US cents/bu | 2026-10-14 | -14.25 US cents/bu |
| 2026-10-14 | 1,277 US cents/bu | 2026-10-13 | -6.50 US cents/bu |
Source: Yahoo Finance
Interpretation guide
Soybean futures: priced by Chinese demand and South American crops
Soybean futures trade on the CBOT in US cents per bushel. Crushed into protein meal for feed and oil for cooking, soybeans anchor the global protein supply chain, with Chinese import demand and Brazilian-Argentine harvests as the two axes of price.
What moves the price
China takes more than half of world soybean imports, so its hog cycle and stockpiling policy set demand. Supply alternates between US and South American harvests half a year apart, which means crop damage on either side moves the price hard.
- News of China resuming or halting US soybean purchases is the strongest short-term driver.
- Until Brazil's February-April harvest is confirmed, South American weather builds premium.
- Soybean oil tracks palm oil and biodiesel prices, tying it to the wider edible-oil market.
The link to the Korean market
Soybean prices reach Korea through feed meal and cooking oil, feeding livestock costs and food inflation. With a higher protein-feed share than corn, a sustained rally passes through to meat prices and dining costs along a visible path.
- Soybean meal strength translates directly into cost pressure for feed and livestock companies.
- Soybean oil strength, alongside palm oil, lifts cooking-oil and processed-food prices.
- In US-China trade disputes, grain-trade headlines become a political price variable.
Uses and misreads
First separate a soybean-specific move from a broad grain move. Soybean-specific supply and demand — Chinese buying, South American drought — propagates differently from common factors like the dollar, oil, and fertilizer costs.
- Co-movement with corn and wheat flags a common grain factor rather than a soybean story.
- Reading it with USD/KRW gauges how strongly it passes into Korean import costs.
- The pullback after South American harvests are confirmed is a recurring seasonal pattern.