Daily National Grain Market Summary

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St. Joseph, MO   Mon May 07, 2012     USDA-MO Dept Ag Market News

Daily National Grain Market Summary

   Soybeans had double-digit losses with corn and wheat closing with slight 
gains.  Corn rallied at the close to close near unchanged.  Soybeans failed to 
show any strength on Monday as favorable weather conditions help to spark 
selling pressure.  Wheat had modest gains as corn rallied late in the day.  
Wheat closed 3-4 cents higher.  Corn traded unchanged to 2 cents higher.  
Soybeans closed 12-14 cents lower.
   Grains inspected for export for week ending May 03, 2012:  Wheat totaled 24.1 
million bushels, up 4.3 million bushels; corn 29.3 million bushels, up 4.2 
million bushels; sorghum 178 thousand bushels, dn 463 thousand bushels and 
soybeans 10.0 million bushels, dn 5.7 million bushels compared to a week ago. 
Year to Date:  Wheat totaled 940.4 dn 227.1 million; corn 1109.2 dn 81.9 
million; sorghum 41.3 million dn 62.5 million, and soybeans 1099.3 dn 267.2 
million.  Crop marketing years begin June 1 for wheat and September 1 for corn, 
sorghum, and soybeans. 
                              DATE         CHANGE                 YEAR AGO
TRUCK BIDS:                 05/05/12      05/04/12                05/09/11

Wheat: 
   Kansas City (HRW ORD)       5.99        up 4                   8.40-8.45
   Minneapolis (DNS)           8.01        dn 8                   9.99 3/4
   Portland                 6.65-6.80      dn 5-unch              7.65-7.85
   St. Louis (SRW)             6.28        up 3                      7.79
 
Corn, US No 2 Yellow: 
   Kansas City              6.53           unch                   6.96-6.99
   Minneapolis              6.32           up 5 3/4               6.54 1/2
   So. Iowa                 6.53-6.63      dn 1/4-up 2 1/4    6.88 1/2-6.94
   Omaha                    6.39-6.43      dn 1-unch              6.99-7.04

Soybeans, US No 1 Yellow: 
   Kansas City                14.62        dn 14                 13.61-13.65
   Minneapolis             14.34 3/4       dn 11 1/2                12.79
   So. Iowa            14.59 3/4-14.62 3/4 dn 12 1/2             13.15-13.22
   Cent. Il Processor  14.68 3/4-14.75 3/4 dn 12 1/2             13.37-13.50

FUTURES: 
   Kansas City (Jul) Wheat     6.31 1/4    up 4 1/4               9.14 1/2
   Minneapolis (Jul) Wheat     7.36        dn 8                   9.44 3/4
   Chicago     (Jul) Wheat     6.12        up 2 1/2               7.09 1/2
   Chicago     (Jul) Corn      6.20        dn 1/4                 7.07 1/2
   Chicago     (Jul) Soybeans 14.65 3/4    dn 12 1/2             13.35

*EXPORT BIDS:  Barge bids out of the Port of New Orleans, or Rail out of the 
North Texas Gulf.  Bids per bushel, except sorghum per cwt.

US 1 HRW Wheat, Ord Protein: 
     Rail     6.80 1/4-6.81 1/4      up 4 1/4                 9.54 1/2-9.59 1/2
US 2 Soft Red Winter Wheat:                                   
     Barge    6.65-6.67              up 3 1/2-4 1/2          8.40 1/2-8.45 1/2
Yellow Corn:                                                                
     Barge    7.03-7.22              dn 1/4                   7.63 1/2-7.64 1/2
US 2 Sorghum                                              
     Rail     n/a                    n/a                         12.19-12.28
     Barge    n/a                    n/a                             n/a
US 2 Yellow Soybeans                 
     Barge    15.28 3/4-15.30 3/4    dn 11 1/2-12 1/2            13.93-14.00

SOURCE:  USDA- MO Dept OF Ag Market News Service, St. Joseph, MO
         Greg Harrison, Market Reporter (816)238-0678
         www.ams.usda.gov/LSMarketNews 
              
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