Grain market close
The USDA Market News Service, Greeley, Colo., in the closing grain report for Nov. 13, reported in futures trading that Chicago December soft red winter wheat was $5.07 3/4, up 5 3/4 cents; December corn, $3.66 1/2, down 3 1/4 cents; and January soybeans, $8.78 1/4, down 8 1/2 cents.
The export bid for direct Gulf delivery of No. 1 hard red winter wheat, ordinary protein, rail, $5.46 1/2 to $5.66 1/2, down 1 cent; No. 2 soft red winter wheat, barge, $5.71 3/4 to $5.82 3/4, down 1/4 to 5 3/4 cents; No. 2 yellow corn, barge, $4.06 1/2 to $4.09 1/2, down 4 1/4 to 3 1/4 cents; No. 2 yellow sorghum, rail, $7.17, down 5 3/4 cents; No. 2 yellow sorghum, barge, no comparisions; and No. 2 yellow soybeans, barge, $8.92 1/4 to $9 1/4, down 8 to 4 1/2 cents.
Colby, Kan., unit train wheat bid was $4.42.
In Denver and the surrounding area, hard red winter wheat, ordinary protein, was $4.57 to $4.72.
No. 1 hard red winter wheat, ordinary protein, north central Colorado, was uneven, at $4.26 to $4.57.
In northeast Colorado, wheat was $4.30 to $4.41.
In east central Colorado, wheat was $4.27 to $4.42.
In southeast Colorado, wheat was $4.17 to $4.47.
In southwest Nebraska and southeast Wyoming, wheat bids were $4.07 to $4.37.
No. 2 yellow corn in north central Colorado was mostly 3 to 4 cents lower and $3.82 to $3.86 per bushel.
In northeast Colorado, the country elevator corn bids were $3.26 to $3.51.
In east central Colorado, corn was $3.31 to $3.42.
In southeast Colorado, corn was $3.11 to $3.72.
In southwest Nebraska and southeast Wyoming, corn bids were $3.26 to $3.39 per bushel.
No. 2 yellow sorghum in southeast Colorado was 5 cents lower at $5.13 to $5.70 per cwt.
No. 1 yellow soybeans in southwest Nebraska were 5 to 9 cents lower at $7.20 to $7.25 per bushel.
White millet in Colorado, southwest Nebraska and southeast Wyoming was $9.50 to $9.75 per cwt., mostly $9.50.
Sunflowers were $18 cwt.
In Denver and surrounding areas, corn was $3.82 per bushel. Barley was unavailable.
In northeast Colorado, Wyoming and western Nebraska, pinto beans were steady $22 per cwt; in North Dakota and Minnesota, pinto beans were steady $21 to $22. In North Dakota and Minnesota, black beans were steady $26. Great Northerns were steady at $21 to $22 in northeast Colorado, Wyoming and western Nebraska. In North Dakota and Minnesota, navy beans were steady $21 to $22. In northeast Colorado, Wyoming and western Nebraska, light red kidneys were steady $35; in North Dakota and Minnesota, light red kidneys were steady $34 to $35.