Grain market close

The USDA Market News Service, Greeley, Colorado, in the closing grain report for Oct. 19, reported in futures trading that Chicago December soft red winter wheat was $7.36; December corn, $5.30 1/4; and November soybeans, $12.38.

The export bid for direct Gulf delivery of No. 1 hard red winter wheat, ordinary protein, rail, unavailable; No. 2 soft red winter wheat, barge, $8.08 1/2 to $8.22 1/2, down 1/4 to up 7 3/4 cents; No. 2 yellow corn, barge, $6.02 1/4 to $6.06 1/4, down 1 1/2 to up 1/2 cent; No. 2 yellow sorghum, rail, unavailable; No. 2 yellow sorghum, barge, unavailable; and No. 1 yellow soybeans, barge, $13.05, change unavailable.

Colby, Kansas, unit train wheat bid was $7.03 to $7.12.

In Denver and the surrounding area, hard red winter wheat, ordinary protein, was $7.28 to $7.68.

No. 1 hard red winter wheat, ordinary protein, north central Colorado, was $7.28 1/4 to $7.68 1/4.

In northeast Colorado, wheat was $6.78 1/4 to $7.03 1/4.

In east central Colorado, wheat was $6.83 1/4 to $7.13 1/4.

In southeast Colorado, wheat was $7.08 1/4 to $7.48 1/4.

In southwest Nebraska and southeast Wyoming, wheat bids were $6.78 1/4 to $6.98 1/4.

No. 2 yellow corn in north central Colorado was $5.75 1/4 to $5.90 1/4.

In northeast Colorado, the country elevator corn bids were $5.25 1/4 to $5.50 1/4.

In east central Colorado, corn was $4.80 1/4 to $5.40 1/4.

In southeast Colorado, corn was $5.55 1/4 to $5.40 1/4.

In southwest Nebraska corn bids were $5.25 1/4 to $5.35 1/4 per bushel.

No. 2 yellow sorghum in southeast Colorado was $5.15 1/4 to $5.40 1/4.

No. 1 yellow soybeans in southwest Nebraska were $11.48 to $11.78.

White millet in Colorado, southwest Nebraska and southeast Wyoming was $18 to $19.50 per cwt.

Sunflowers were $31 per cwt.

In Denver and surrounding areas, corn was $5.75 to $5.90. Barley was unavailable.

In northeast Colorado, Wyoming and western Nebraska, pinto beans were steady $45 per cwt; in North Dakota and Minnesota, pinto beans were steady at $45 to $50. In North Dakota and Minnesota, black beans were steady $45 to $49. Great Northerns were steady at $30 in northeast Colorado, Wyoming and western Nebraska. In North Dakota and Minnesota, navy beans were steady $42. In northeast Colorado, Wyoming and western Nebraska, light red kidneys were $50; in North Dakota and Minnesota, light red kidneys were $44 to $49.