Soybean meal is the solid feed ingredient left after soybean oil extraction. It is not interchangeable with whole soybeans, soybean oil, soy flour or every other protein meal; a comparable lot needs processing method, protein and moisture basis, quality limits, origin, quantity and delivery terms.
This release uses the current CME soybean-meal contract framework and official USDA oilseed and feed terminology. Contract quantities are reference definitions, not a live cash quote or a delivered physical price.
Crushing soybeans produces oil and a solid meal co-product. Whole beans, meal, oil, hulls, flour and specialty processed proteins have different compositions, uses, HS classifications and market references. Atlas keeps the product form attached to each record instead of carrying a soybean fact across the entire complex.
A soybean-meal specification should identify crude protein, moisture and fibre limits together with the as-fed, dry-matter or other stated basis and test method. Processing method, residual oil, heat treatment, urease activity, protein solubility, mycotoxins, pathogens and GMO or identity-preserved status may also be contract-critical.
CME defines a 100-short-ton soybean meal reference contract quoted in dollars and cents per short ton. A physical offer still needs product and protein specification, origin, quantity, currency, Incoterm, load point or destination, delivery window, inspection evidence, basis and logistics before a delivered value can be compared.
No. Soybeans are the oilseed input; meal is a solid feed co-product of oil extraction, with its own composition, specifications, uses and price reference.
CME specifies 100 short tons, approximately 91 metric tons.
No. It is a reference-market contract quoted per short ton. A delivered physical value additionally needs specification, origin, basis, Incoterm, destination, logistics, delivery timing and evidence vintage.
Processing method, protein and moisture basis, fibre and residual-oil limits, heat-treatment and safety evidence where required, GMO or identity-preserved status, origin, quantity, currency, Incoterm, destination, delivery window and evidence date.
Figures retain their source, period and review date. Corroboration is not promoted to primary evidence.