# After the Bell | Soybeans close steady after testing fresh contract highs - Pro Farmer

> On August 31, November soybeans closed at $12.88 after hitting a new contract and 2.5-year high, and December soybean meal fell $3.60 to $345.40. December corn rose to $5.37 3/4 and December SRW wheat fell 10 cents to $7.74.

- Date: 2026-08-31 · published 2026-08-31T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/10976-after-the-bell-soybeans-close-steady-after-testing-fresh-contract-highs-pro
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Soybeans and corn are at multi-year highs with bullish charts, pushing feed ingredient costs up even as meal eased intraday.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: neutral
- SOY: bullish ▲
- CORN: bullish ▲
- WHEAT: bearish ▼

## Sources

- profarmer.com: https://www.profarmer.com/news/after-bell/after-bell-soybeans-close-steady-after-testing-fresh-contract-highs

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