Grain market close
The USDA Market News Service, Greeley, Colo., in the closing grain report for March 31, reported in futures trading that Chicago March soft red winter wheat was $5.68 3/4, down 3/4 cent; March corn, $3.40 3/4, down 1/2 cent; and March soybeans, $8.86, up 3 3/4 cents.
The export bid for direct Gulf delivery of No. 1 hard red winter wheat, ordinary protein, rail, $5.84 1/2 to 6.24 1/2, up 6 3/4 cents; No. 2 soft red winter wheat, barge, $6.43 3/4 to $6.68 3/4, down 3/4 cent; No. 2 yellow corn, barge, $3.91 3/4 to $3.95 3/4, down 1/2 cent; No. 2 yellow sorghum, rail, $7.60 1/4 to $7.69 1/4, down 1 to 3/4 cent; No. 2 yellow sorghum, barge, unavailable; and No. 1 yellow soybeans, barge, $9.36 to $9.47, up 3 3/4 cents.
Colby, Kan., unit train wheat bid was $4.38.
In Denver and the surrounding area, hard red winter wheat, ordinary protein, was $4.63 to $4.93.
No. 1 hard red winter wheat, ordinary protein, north central Colorado, was steady, at $4.52 to $4.65.
In northeast Colorado, wheat was $4.26 to $4.43.
In east central Colorado, wheat was $4.28 to $4.58.
In southeast Colorado, wheat was $4.18 to $4.58.
In southwest Nebraska and southeast Wyoming, wheat bids were $4.28 to $4.45.
No. 2 yellow corn in north central Colorado was mostly steady and $3.61 to $3.69 per bushel.
In northeast Colorado, the country elevator corn bids were $3.11 to $3.26.
In east central Colorado, corn was $3.06 to $3.11.
In southeast Colorado, corn was $3.11 to $3.46.
In southwest Nebraska and southeast Wyoming, corn bids were $3.08 to $3.41 per bushel.
No. 2 yellow sorghum in southeast Colorado was steady at $4.84 to $5.64 per cwt.
No. 1 yellow soybeans in southwest Nebraska were 4 cents higher at $7.71 to $7.87 per bushel.
White millet in Colorado, southwest Nebraska and southeast Wyoming was $10.50 to $11.75 per cwt., mostly $10.50.
Sunflowers were $18.50 cwt.
In Denver and surrounding areas, corn was $3.61 per bushel. Barley was unavailable.
In northeast Colorado, Wyoming and western Nebraska, pinto beans were steady $34 per cwt; in North Dakota and Minnesota, pinto beans were steady $32 to $38. In North Dakota and Minnesota, black beans were steady $25 to $28. Great Northerns were steady at $37 in northeast Colorado, Wyoming and western Nebraska. In North Dakota and Minnesota, navy beans were steady $28 to $30. In northeast Colorado, Wyoming and western Nebraska, light red kidneys were steady $40; in North Dakota and Minnesota, light red kidneys were steady $38 to $45.