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Louisiana and Texas Export Bids

Louisiana · Portland · Mon, Aug 18
● Bids as filed22 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3147

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Gulf Coast Ports - LA
Export ElevatorsUS #1C.I.F.11.0125/bu+0.01+60¢/BuNovember (X)—
Export ElevatorsUS #1C.I.F.11.0125–11.0225/bu+0.01+60–+61¢/BuNovember (X)—
Export ElevatorsUS #1C.I.F.11.0125–11.0225/bu+0.01+60–+61¢/BuNovember (X)10.3500
Export ElevatorsUS #1C.I.F.11.0225–11.1125/bu+0.01+61–+70¢/BuNovember (X)—
Export ElevatorsUS #1C.I.F.11.0825–11.1125/bu+0.01+67–+70¢/BuNovember (X)—
Export ElevatorsUS #1C.I.F.11.2700–11.3000/bu+0.02+67–+70¢/BuJanuary (F)—
Export ElevatorsUS #1C.I.F.11.0125/bu+0.01+60¢/BuNovember (X)—

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Gulf Coast Ports - LA
Export ElevatorsUS #2C.I.F.4.6700–4.7500/bu+0.01+84–+92¢/BuSeptember (U)—
Export ElevatorsUS #2C.I.F.4.7500–4.7600/bu+0.01+92–+93¢/BuSeptember (U)—
Export ElevatorsUS #2C.I.F.4.8650–5.0050/bu+0.01+80–+94¢/BuDecember (Z)4.5675
Export ElevatorsUS #2C.I.F.4.8650–4.8750/bu+0.01+80–+81¢/BuDecember (Z)—
Export ElevatorsUS #2C.I.F.4.8750/bu+0.01+81¢/BuDecember (Z)—
Export ElevatorsUS #2C.I.F.4.8850/bu+0.01+82¢/BuDecember (Z)—
Export ElevatorsUS #2C.I.F.4.6300–4.6400/bu+0.01+80–+81¢/BuSeptember (U)4.2700

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Gulf Coast Ports - LA
Export ElevatorsUS #2C.I.F.5.3775–5.4275/bu+0.04+35–+40¢/BuSeptember (U)—
Export ElevatorsUS #2C.I.F.5.4275–5.6275/bu+0.04+40–+60¢/BuSeptember (U)—
Export ElevatorsUS #2C.I.F.5.5275–5.6275/bu+0.04+50–+60¢/BuSeptember (U)—
Export ElevatorsUS #2C.I.F.5.8500–5.9500/bu+0.02+60–+70¢/BuDecember (Z)—
Export ElevatorsUS #2C.I.F.5.9500–6.1000/bu+0.02+70–+85¢/BuDecember (Z)—
Export ElevatorsUS #2C.I.F.6.0500–6.1000/bu+0.02+80–+85¢/BuDecember (Z)—
Export ElevatorsUS #2C.I.F.6.0500/bu+0.02+80¢/BuDecember (Z)6.1475
Export ElevatorsUS #2C.I.F.5.3275–5.4275/bu+0.04+30–+40¢/BuSeptember (U)5.6325
Source: USDA AMS · Portland, OR. Bids are what buyers offered on the day USDA collected them, not settled trades. Change and year-ago figures are USDA's own — nothing on this page is recomputed, and prices in different units are never averaged together.