December corn jumped 4.6 cents to $3.79 per bushel Friday on higher oil prices. December crude settled up $1.67 to $95.10 per barrel. Weekly corn export sales were 1.364 million metric tons which met analyst expectations. Monday, the USDA is scheduled to release its weekly export inspections report at 11 a.m. (Eastern) and its weekly crop progress report at 4 p.m.

Plant Name (Company)	Yesterday's Corn Bid	Today's Corn Bid
Aurora Plant (Verasun)	$3.41	$3.46
Fort Dodge Plant (Verasun)	$3.59	$3.62
Charles City Plant (Verasun)	$3.55	$3.64
Iowa Falls Plant (Hawkeye)	$3.60	$3.64
Fairbanks Plant (Hawkeye)	$3.63	$3.68
Iroquois Plant (Iroquois Bio-Energy)	$3.61	$3.65
Redfield Plant (Redfield Energy)	$3.43	$3.47
Glacial Plant (Glacial Lakes Energy)	$3.43	$3.48

Since all the major pure-play ethanol producers have posted their third quarter results, let's see how they faired with corn costs.

Company	Third Quarter Corn Costs	Second Quarter Corn Costs
Pacific Ethanol	$4.54 per bushel	$4.23 per bushel
VeraSun	$3.32 per bushel	$3.62 per bushel
US BioEnergy	$3.15 per bushel	$3.97 per bushel
Aventine	$3.79 per bushel	$3.99 per bushel