November soybeans opened 8 cents higher on the day at 1392 and established an early range of 1361 1/2 to 1393. Soybeans opened higher and sold off to lower on the day into early mid session on a mixture of selling by locals, commission houses and funds. Only scattered rain occurred in the Delta overnight. The 6-10 day forecast calls for continued hot weather and scattered, below normal rainfall. Traders are expecting further deterioration of that region's crop on Monday's Crop Conditions Report. India's weather office said today that monsoon rains were 33% below normal last week. They are nearing the mid point of the monsoon season so there is plenty of time for additional rains to revive stressed oilseed crops. Census crush for June was out today at 140.9 million bushels, about in line with trade expectations. Oil stocks were at 2.894 billion pounds compared to 2.979 the previous month. This is down 13.9% from last year. This week's export sales were very strong for soybeans and near the high end of expectations for meal. Net old crop sales for soybeans were 183,000 tonnes with net new crop sales at 552,400 tonnes. Total sales to date stand at 99.4% of the projected total compared to a 5-year average of 101.1%. Net meal sales were 80,300 metric tonnes for old crop and 88,000 for new crop for a total of 168,300. Sales of 95,400 are needed each week to reach the USDA projection. Total sales to date stand at 88.1% of the projected total compared to a 5-year average of 85.7% for meal. Oil sales came in at 11,200 metric tonnes for the current marketing year and 8,600 for the next marketing year for a total of 19,800. Sales of 32,600 tonnes are needed each week to reach the USDA projection. Total sales to date stand at 76.2% of the projected total for oil compared to a 5-year average of 66.9%.