CHICAGO, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Spot basis bids for corn were steady to higher in the U.S. Midwest on Monday, with some locations offering a premium for corn shipped this week.

* Basis bids for corn were up at processors in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and Blair, Nebraska and at an ethanol plant in Annawan, Illinois.

* Chicago Board of Trade corn futures strengthened on Monday with analysts polled by Reuters expecting the U.S. Department of Agriculture to cut U.S. corn ending stocks in its monthly supply and demand report, due out Tuesday.

* U.S. president Donald Trump said he would order sweeping 25% tariffs on imports of steel and aluminum into the U.S., sparking fears of retaliatory tariffs against U.S. agricultural exports.

* CBOT March corn CH25 futures were up 4-1/2 cents to $4.92 per bushel at 11:49 a.m. (1749 GMT). CBOT March soybeans Sv1 were up 3/4 cent at $10.50-1/4 cents a bushel.

Basis values are quoted against CBOT futures in cts/bu:

NOTE: 0 = Option price, UNC = Unchanged, UNQ = Unquoted

NC = Not comparable, DP = Delayed price, N/A = Not available,

F = January, H = March, K = May, N = JulyQ = August, U = September, X = November, Z = December

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LINKS: 0#USCSHGRN-PM

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CORN/BASIS, SOYA/BASIS, WHEAT/BASIS, MILO/BASIS

- CBOT corn report COR/

- CBOT soybean report SOY/C

- CBOT wheat report WHE/C

- U.S. grain barge freight values BG/US

- U.S. Midwest cash grain PM GRA/PM

- U.S. CIF/FOB Gulf Grain GRA/F

(Reporting by Renee Hickman; editing by David Evans)

((renee.hickman@thomsonreuters.com))