Daily National
Grain Market
Summary
St. Joseph, MO
April 25,2001
Report Supplied By USDA
Wheat bids closed sharply higher
today due to drier weather conditions
may lend stress on the late developing
winter wheat crop. Corn and soybeans
slightly higher on spillover support from
wheat pits and fund buying was noted on
the Board of Trade. Bids were sharply
higher for Wheat 2 to 6 cents, with
Kansas city up much as 13 cents. Corn 1
to 2 cents higher. Sorghum 5 cents
higher and Soybeans 2 to 7 cents lower.
Wheat bids sharply higher as dry
weather conditions was a negative factor
in the wheat markets. Above normal
temperatures are expected, may cause
some stress to late developing winter
wheat crop. Corn prices were slightly
higher as spillover support from wheat
pits. Dry weather conditions should aid
corn planting progress, and limit further
acreage switches from corn, to beans.
Soybeans were lower as lack of fresh
export news pressure bids. South Ameri-
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EXPORT SALES: PURCHASER
COMMODITY TONNAGE DELIV
ERY DATE CCC Honduras 14.0 pet
DNS 10,000 May Soybean Meal 9,000
South Korea II.S pet Hard Red Winter
2,500 June 14.0 pet DNS 5,700 9.5 pet
Western or Soft White 7,200 9.0 pet
Western or Soft White 800 8.5 pet West
ern or Soft White 600 Totaled: Wheat
26,800 tonnes, Soybean meal 9,000
tonnes.
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EXPORT SALES THAT HAVE TRAN
SPIRED, BUT THEY ARE THE ONLY
SALES THAT COULD BE CON
FIRMED BY USDA GRAIN MARKET
NEWS.
DATE CHANGE YEAR AGO
TRUCK BIDS: 04/25/01 04/24/01 04/26/
00 Wheat: Kansas City (HRW ORD)
3.06 up 13 2.55 Minneapolis (DNS
14pct) 3.53 Vi up 3 '/< 3.47 % Portland
(SWW) 3.24-3.26 up 4-2 2.89-2.92 St.
Louis (SRW) 2.50-2.51 up 6-5 2.37-2.39
Corn, US 2 Yellow: Kansas City 1.84-
1.86 up 1 2.17-2.18 Minneapolis 1.73 Vi
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Vi 2.18-2.22 Omaha 1.75-1.76 up 1 2.07-
2.08 Soybeans, US 1 Yellow: Kansas
City 4.29-4.30 dn 2-4 5.38-5.40 Minneap
olis 4.04 dn 9 5.22 V 4 So. lowa 4.20-4.25
dn 4-7 5.29-5.35 Cent. II Processor 4.37-
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FUTURES: Kansas City (May)
Wheat 3.26 'A up 8 2.75 Minneapolis
(May) Wheat 3.28 Vi up 3 'A 3.17 % Chi
cago (May) Wheat 2.68 Vt up 5 2.48 Vi
Chicago (May) Corn 1.95 l h up 1 2.27 Vi
Chicago (May) Soybeans 4.22 dn 4 5.40
EXPORT BIDS; Barge or rail. Port of
New Orleans or North Texas Gulf.
Bids per bushel except sorghum per
cwt. US 1 HRW Wheat, Ord Protein:
3.65 V 4-3.69 'A up 8-8 % 2.81-2.85 US 2
Soft Red Winter Wheat: 2.77 Vi-2.80 V*
up 5 2.61 ‘/2-2.62 Vi US 2 Yellow Corn;
2.14 up 1 '/2-1 2.44-2.44 Vi US 2 Yellow
Sorghum: Rail 4.02-4.23 up 1 4,15-4 19
Barge 4.26 up 2-dn 2 4.31-4.33 US 1
Yellow Soybeans: 4.52 dn 4 5.57 'A
COMPARED WITH LAST MON
DAY’S MARKET FOR EASTERN
AND CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA:
CORN MOSTLY .05 LOWER, WHEAT
VERY UNEVEN .04 LOWER TO .04
HIGHER, BARLEY MOSTLY
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Pa. Grain
April 23,2001
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STEADY, OATS STEADY TO .05
HIGHER, SOYBEANS MOSTLY .06
TO .10 LOWER, EAR CORN STEADY
TO WEAK. PRICES PAID DELIV
ERED TO DEALERS DOCK, ALL
PRICES PER BUSHEL, EXCEPT EAR
CORN PER TON.
SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA
CORN NO. 2-Y RANGE 2.12-2.35,
AVERAGE 2.25, CONTRACT FOR
HARVEST 2.24-2.38, WHEAT NO 2
RANGE 2.42-2.67, AVERAGE 2.58,
CONTRACT FOR HARVEST 2.50-
2.63, BARLEY NO. 3 RANGE 160-
1.80, AVERAGE 1.71, CONTRACT
FOR HARVEST 1.30; OATS NO 2
RANGE 1.40-1.65, AVERAGE 1.61,
SOYBEANS RANGE 4.06-4.20; AVER
AGE 4.15, CONTRACT FOR HAR
VEST 3.97-3.99; FEW REPORTED GR.
SORGHUM RANGE 1.97, AVERAGE
1.97, EAR CORN RANGE 56.00-70.00,
AVERAGE 61.50.
SOUTHCENTRAL
PENNSYLVANIA
CORN NO. 2-Y RANGE 2.00-2.20,
AVERAGE 2.10; WHEAT NO. 2
RANGE 2.10-2.25, FEW REPORTED
2.50, AVERAGE 2.24; BARLEY NO. 3
RANGE 1.25-1.60, AVERAGE 1.28,
OATS NO. 2 RANGE 1.10-1.40, AVER
AGE 1.24; SOYBEANS NO. 1 RANGE
3.71-4.00, AVERAGE 3.88; EAR CORN
RANGE 50.00-60.00, AVERAGE 56.00.
EASTERN AND CENTRAL
PENNSYLVANIA SUMMARY
CORN NO. 2-Y RANGE 2,12-2.35,
AVERAGE 2.21; WHEAT NO. 2
RANGE 2.25-2.67, AVERAGE 2 38;
BARLEY NO. 3 RANGE 1.50-1 80, AV
ERAGE 1.55; OATS NO. 2 RANGE
1.40-1.65, AVERAGE 1.45; SOYBEANS
NO. 1 3.84-4.15, AVERAGE 4.05; EAR
CORN RANGE 55 00-64.00, AVER-
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WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA
CORN NO. 2 RANGE 1.90-2.30, AV
ERAGE 2.21; WHEAT NO. 2 RANGE
2.25-2.37, AVERAGE 2.31; BARLEY
NO. 3 RANGE 1.57, AVERAGE 1.57;
OATS NO. 2 RANGE 1.20-1.40, AVER
AGE 1.32; SOYBEANS NO. 1 RANGE
3.96, AVERAGE 3 96; EAR CORN
RANGE 50.00-75.00, AVERAGE 62.50.
CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA
CORN NO. 2-Y RANGE 2.20-2.35,
AVERAGE 2.23; WHEAT NO. 2
RANGE 2.00-2.40, AVERAGE 2.13,
BARLEY NO. 3 RANGE 1.50-1.80, AV
ERAGE 1.61; OATS NO. 2 RANGE
1.40-1.65, AVERAGE 1.52; SOYBEANS
RANGE 3.84-4.15, FEW REPORTED
4.20, AVERAGE 4.08; EAR CORN
RANGE 55.00-60.00, AVERAGE 57.50.
CORN NO. 2-Y RANGE 2.15-2.29,
AVERAGE 2.22; WHEAT NO. 2
RANGE 2.60-2.67, AVERAGE 2 63,
BARLEY NO. 3 RANGE 1.50, AVER
AGE 1.50; OATS NO. 2 RANGE 1.44-
1.70, AVERAGE 1.52; SOYBEANS NO
1 RANGE 3.95-4.05, AVERAGE 4.00;
PER HUNDREDWEIGHT; FEW RE
PORTED GR. SORGHUM RANGE
2.25-2.35, AVERAGE 2.30; EAR CORN
RANGE 60.00-64.00, AVERAGE 62.50
CORN NO. 2-Y 2.22, WHEAT NO. 2
2.36, BARLEY NO. 3 1.52; OATS NO 2
1.38; SOYBEANS NO 1 4.22; EAR
CORN 60.45
CORN NO. 2-Y 2 52, WHEAT NO 2
2 28; BARLEY NO 3 1 78; OATS NO 2
1.63; SOYBEANS NO 1 4 96; EAR
CORN 76 72
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