The USDA Market News Service, Greeley, Colorado, in the closing grain report for Nov. 1, reported in futures trading that Chicago December soft red winter wheat was $9.02 1/2; December corn, $6.97 3/4; and November soybeans, $14.35 3/4.
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, $9.92 1/2 to $10.09 1/2, up 21 1/4 to 38 1/4 cents; No. 2 yellow corn, barge, $8.42 3/4 to $8.72 3/4, down 28 3/4 to 33 3/4 cents; No. 2 yellow sorghum, rail, unavailable; No. 2 yellow sorghum, barge, unavailable; and No. 1 yellow soybeans, barge, $16.55 3/4 to $16.65 3/4, up 61 3/4 to 66 3/4 cents.
Colby, Kansas, unit train wheat bid was $9.40 to $9.55.
In Denver and the surrounding area, hard red winter wheat, ordinary protein, was $9.70 to $10.10.
No. 1 hard red winter wheat, ordinary protein, north central Colorado, was $9.70 to $10.10.
In northeast Colorado, wheat was $9.25 to $9.35.
In east central Colorado, wheat was $9.35 to $9.40.
In southeast Colorado, wheat was $9.10 to $9.60.
In southwest Nebraska and southeast Wyoming, wheat bids were $9.25 to $9.28.
No. 2 yellow corn in north central Colorado was $8.37 3/4 to $8.47 3/4.
In northeast Colorado, the country elevator corn bids were $7.92 3/4 to $8.27 3/4.
In east central Colorado, corn was $7.22 3/4 to $8.47 3/4.
In southeast Colorado, corn was $8.47 3/4.
In southwest Nebraska corn bids were $7.92 3/4 to $8.22 3/4 per bushel.
No. 2 yellow sorghum in southeast Colorado was $6.92 3/4 to $7.67 3/4.
No. 1 yellow soybeans in southwest Nebraska were $13.40 3/4 to $13.97 3/4.
White millet in Colorado, southwest Nebraska and southeast Wyoming was $17 to $19 per cwt.
Sunflowers were $23 to $24.50 per cwt.
In Denver and surrounding areas, corn was $8.38 to $8.48. Barley was unavailable.
In northeast Colorado, Wyoming and western Nebraska, pinto beans were steady $36 to $37 per cwt; in North Dakota and Minnesota, pinto beans were steady at $34 to $35. In North Dakota and Minnesota, black beans were steady $40 to $42. Great Northerns were steady at $40 in northeast Colorado, Wyoming and western Nebraska. In North Dakota and Minnesota, navy beans were steady $38. In northeast Colorado, Wyoming and western Nebraska, light red kidneys were $50; in North Dakota and Minnesota, light red kidneys were $46 to $52.50.