Western Kansas Grain Market Report

DC_GR110            
Dodge City, KS    Tue May 8, 2012    USDA-KS Dept of Ag Market News 

Western Kansas Grain Market  

Compared to Monday: Wheat mostly 5 higher, instance 10 higher; Corn 3 higher; 
Milo 5-6 higher, instance 14 higher; Soybeans 26 to mostly 28 lower. Basis 
changes on Wheat and Milo.

Tuesdays closing elevator bids:

            #1 HRW      #2 YEL      #2 YEL       #2 YEL  
            WHEAT       CORN        GRN SORG     SOYBEAN        NUSUN 

Dodge City   5.91        6.36         10.67        13.53
Colby        5.90        6.12         10.39        13.18 
Garden City  5.88        6.38         10.62        13.48       Spot N B    
Goodland     5.91        6.03         10.23        13.03       Spot 25.20-26.70      
                                                               NC   25.65     
Protection   5.96        6.28         10.50        13.50 
Scott City   5.83        6.33         10.59        13.48       
Sublette     5.91        6.50-6.51    10.67-10.76  13.43-13.53
Syracuse     5.91        6.53         10.76
Ulysses      5.91        6.52         10.76        13.46 

Goodland   Millet   Spot- 11.50     New Crop- No Bid
  
           #1 Confectionery Seeds           Large:            Small: 
                                     Spot:  N B               N B   
                                 New Crop:  36                25       
   
Cotton Grade 41, Leaf 4, Staple 34, West Texas base price 77.75 cents per
Pound F.O.B. Railcar or Truck.     
   
Price per bushel for wheat, corn and soybeans; per cwt for grain 
sorghum, millet and sunflower seeds.

Source:  USDA-KS Department of Ag Market News Service, Dodge City, Ks
         Richard Hruska, OIC   620 227-8881
         24 hours price Information call 620 369-9311
         www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/dc_gr110.txt
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