# Soybeans Near Unchanged on Thursday, as Meal Continues Slide

> Soymeal prices in China fell over 14% in May and a further 2.75% in early June, with the average price reaching 2,900 yuan per ton on June 5. Analysts expect continued weakness as imported soybean supply is ample and end-market demand is low.

- Date: 2025-06-26 · published 2025-06-26T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region China · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/24311-soybeans-near-unchanged-on-thursday-as-meal-continues-slide
- Commodities: [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Chinese meal oversupply from rising imports and crushing weighs on global meal demand and prices. Weak domestic demand suggests further declines in coming weeks.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: bearish ▼
- SOY: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBM | 2025-04-24 | [CBOT soybeans near two-month high on export optimism](https://feedsoft.ai/events/11800-cbot-soybeans-near-two-month-high-on-export-optimism.md) | -0.8% | -0.4% |
| SBM | 2024-05-16 | [Soybeans, corn, wheat continue mostly lower trend - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10512-soybeans-corn-wheat-continue-mostly-lower-trend-brownfield-ag-news.md) | +1.5% | -3.6% |
| SBM | 2026-09-20 | [Soybeans Face Risk Off Pressure into the Weekend, as Meal Leads the Way to the Downside – Finance News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10676-soybeans-face-risk-off-pressure-into-the-weekend-as-meal-leads-the-way-to-the.md) | +4.8% | +2.5% |
| SBM | 2018-11-27 | [Soybean meal: Trade conflict makes goods cheaper again](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62106-soybean-meal-trade-conflict-makes-goods-cheaper-again.md) | +3.0% | +0.1% |
| SBM | 2018-08-01 | [Why Soybeans Are at the Heart of the U.S.-China Trade War](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64080-why-soybeans-are-at-the-heart-of-the-u-s-china-trade-war.md) | -2.5% | -11.9% |
| SOY | 2024-05-16 | [Soybeans, corn, wheat continue mostly lower trend - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10512-soybeans-corn-wheat-continue-mostly-lower-trend-brownfield-ag-news.md) | +2.7% | -2.0% |
| SOY | 2020-05-02 | [U.S. grains: Soybeans slide on renewed trade tensions with China - Grainews](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53163-u-s-grains-soybeans-slide-on-renewed-trade-tensions-with-china-grainews.md) | +0.2% | -0.8% |
| SOY | 2019-12-05 | [Soybeans take the slow boat to China as trade war rumbles on - Splash247](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55468-soybeans-take-the-slow-boat-to-china-as-trade-war-rumbles-on-splash247.md) | +1.8% | +6.0% |

## Sources

- barchart.com: https://www.barchart.com/story/news/33073814/soybeans-near-unchanged-on-thursday-as-meal-continues-slide

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