CHICAGO, April 9 (Reuters) - Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures closed mostly steady on Tuesday as the U.S. Department of Agriculture's monthly supply/demand report failed to stir the market.
* CBOT May soybeans SK9 settled unchanged at $8.98-3/4 per bushel, with deferred contracts narrowly mixed.
* CBOT May soymeal SMK9 ended down 10 cents at $309.10 per short ton while May soyoil BOK9 rose 0.16 cent at 29.04 cents per pound.
* The USDA in its monthly report trimmed its forecast of U.S. 2018/19 soybean stocks to 895 million bushels, down from 900 million in March and roughly in line with trade estimates. The soybean stockpile was still expected to be the biggest on record and more than double the amount that was left over heading into the current marketing year. The USDA raised its estimate of Brazil's 2018/19 soybean harvest to 117 million tonnes, up from 116.5 million in March and at the top end of a range of analyst expectations.
* China said it was expecting a smaller output of rapeseed oil — also known as canola oil — in 2018/19, after it canceled import permits for canola seeds from two Canadian companies. Pct
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SOYBEANS MAY9 898.75 0.00 0.0 894.75 902.25 77163 SOYBEANS JUL9 911.75 0.00 0.0 907.75 915.00 45045 SOY MEAL MAY9 309.10 -0.10 0.0 308.30 310.30 48608 SOY MEAL JUL9 312.80 -0.10 0.0 312.00 313.90 33535 SOYOIL MAY9
29.04 0.16 0.4 28.78 29.14 68584 SOYOIL JUL9
29.35 0.15 0.3 29.10 29.45 54045