For the week ending September 10, corn sales barely cleared the 1 million ton floor anticipated by analysts surveyed by The Wall Street Journal, who had forecasted a range between 1 million and 2 million tons. By comparison, market demand for other staples remained steady, with soybean sales reaching 1.7 million tons and wheat accounting for 325,900 tons for the same period.

This tepid performance in the corn sector triggered immediate downward pressure in pre-market trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Most-active corn futures retreated 0.6%, while wheat saw a sharper decline of 1.3%. Soybeans also trended lower, shedding 0.2% as traders digested the weekly export data.