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Grains & Feed · Weekly Indicative Assessment

USA Soybeans Price — FOB NOLA

A daily FOB quote is shown beside the weekly assessment. The weekly midpoint, range and change are in the card below.

DailyFOB quote
502.75 USD/mt

21 October 2026 · down $1.50 from 20 October 2026

Open the daily history

Weekly assessment

CommodityScope Assessment
512.50 USD/mt
Change
-8.50(-1.6%)
vs previous weekly assessment (10 Oct 2026)
Assessment date
17 October 2026
Weekly assessment · FOB NOLA
Assessment Range
506.00 – 519.50 USD/mt
Assessment confidence: medium

The assessment range is an uncertainty interval around the CommodityScope midpoint and does not represent a quoted bid/offer spread or daily trading high/low. Range methodology

Basis
FOB NOLA
Unit
USD/mt
Frequency
Weekly
CS Series
CS-GRN-SOY-US

USA Soybeans Price Chart

USD/mt · Calendar gaps are not interpolated.

Price Changes and Historical Range

Computed statistics are CommodityScope calculations from the series history.

vs last completed month
-14.75(-2.8%)
vs September 2026 average (4 obs.)
Available History Range
433.00 – 530.00
31 Jan 2026 – 17 Oct 2026, 38 obs.

Monthly USA Soybeans Prices

Average, minimum and maximum of the weekly midpoints in each calendar month — these average weekly assessments, so a month typically has 4–5 observations. Incomplete latest months are marked month to date.

MonthAverage midMin midMax midObservations
October 2026Month to date516.83512.50521.003
September 2026527.25525.00530.004
August 2026490.50476.00512.005
July 2026478.75459.00502.004
June 2026457.50452.50462.004
May 2026476.00471.50490.505
April 2026463.38462.50465.504
March 2026470.63461.50485.004
February 2026462.63450.00471.004
January 2026433.00433.00433.001

Recent Weekly Assessments

Latest CommodityScope weekly assessments for the defined market basis. Low and high are the CommodityScope assessment range around each midpoint, not a bid/offer spread. Dates without an available assessment are omitted.

DateLowHighMidΔ vs previous
2026-10-17506.00519.50512.50-8.50
2026-10-10516.00526.00521.00+4.00
2026-10-03512.00522.00517.00-13.00
2026-09-26523.50535.00530.00+5.00
2026-09-19519.50530.50525.00-2.00
2026-09-12521.50534.00527.000.00
2026-09-05521.00533.00527.00+15.00
2026-08-29496.00528.50512.00+14.50
2026-08-22490.00503.00497.50+17.00
2026-08-15473.50485.50480.50+4.50

What This FOB NOLA Price Represents

Weekly FOB NOLA export price for US soybeans in USD/mt.

Compare With

Each comparison states why the series are related and whether the latest values can be subtracted directly (same unit, currency and assessment date). Where they cannot, the values are shown side by side without a difference.

SeriesWhy compareLatestDifference (this − other)
Soybeans — Brazil
FOB Brazil · USD/mt · weekly
soybeans from Brazil, competing for the same import destinations; check protein/grade before comparing.506.00
17 Oct 2026
+6.50
Soybeans — Argentina
FOB Argentina · USD/mt · weekly
soybeans from Argentina, competing for the same import destinations; check protein/grade before comparing.500.50
17 Oct 2026
+12.00
Soymeal 48% — USA
FOB NOLA · USD/mt · weekly
US 48% soybean meal FOB NOLA: crush product from the same hub.
  • Different products; values are shown side by side and are not subtracted.
427.50
17 Oct 2026
not directly comparable

CommodityScope Assessment Basis

This is the CommodityScope series definition for the published midpoint and assessment range. Characteristics that are not part of this basis are not inferred.

Product
Soybeans
Product quality
Product as labelled by the series name and location basis. CommodityScope does not infer a fuller chemical or contractual specification.
Location basis
FOB NOLA
Parcel basis
Typical export cargo as transacted on the stated port basis. CommodityScope does not fix a standard parcel tonnage.
Delivery / loading period
Not fixed in the published series basis.
Assessment window
CommodityScope weekly assessment dated as of the published assessment date.
Currency / unit
USD/mt
Normalization
Inputs used for the midpoint and the assessment range are considered only after they can be expressed on this series basis and unit. Cross-unit values are not converted on the public site and are not mixed into this series.

Terms not specified

  • No grade is printed for this series.

Specification · series name and basis only

The series basis does not specify a product specification beyond its name and basis; none is assumed.

Basis: FOB NOLA

  • FOB (free on board): the price covers the product loaded on the vessel at the named origin; sea freight and insurance to the destination are excluded, so FOB values from different loading areas are not delivered-cost equivalents.
  • NOLA is New Orleans, Louisiana; a NOLA barge basis refers to product on river barges at the Mississippi mouth, priced in USD per short ton.

Unit: USD/mt

  • All grain and feed series are USD per metric tonne on the stated port basis.
  • Weekly assessments: the change shown is between two weekly readings, never a daily move.
How to use this series, and what it is not for

How to use this series

  • Compare the three main exporters; read alongside soybean meal for crush economics.

What it is not suitable for

  • Futures pricing.

Product and market references

Assessment, assessment range and computed statistics: CommodityScope. The assessment range is an uncertainty interval around the midpoint, not a bid/offer spread. See the Grain Assessment Methodology v1.2 for assessment basis, calculation principles and data policy.