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Texas Daily Grain Bids

Texas · Amarillo · Fri, May 16
● Bids as filed11 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2711

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Central Panhandle
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9350/bu+0.05+50¢/BuJuly (N)5.1000
North Panhandle
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.4850–4.9050/bu+0.05+5–+55¢/BuJuly (N)5.1664
South Panhandle
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.4350–4.8850/bu+0.050–+45¢/BuJuly (N)5.0750
South Plains
Livestock Feeding OperationsUS #1Delivered5.5850–5.6850/bu+0.05+115–+125¢/BuJuly (N)5.9350

Sorghum

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Central Panhandle
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.0850–4.1350/bu+0.05−35–−30¢/BuJuly (N)4.5417
North Panhandle
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.6350–4.0350/bu+0.05−80–−40¢/BuJuly (N)4.5530
South Panhandle
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.0850/bu+0.05−35¢/BuJuly (N)4.4750
South Plains
Livestock Feeding OperationsUS #1Delivered4.7450–4.8450/bu+0.05+31–+41¢/BuJuly (N)5.1500

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Central Panhandle
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.1650–4.2650/bu+0.12−100–−90¢/BuJuly (N)5.7108
North Panhandle
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.1650–4.5150/bu+0.12−100–−65¢/BuJuly (N)6.0842
South Panhandle
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.8150/bu+0.12−135¢/BuJuly (N)5.7425
Source: USDA AMS · Amarillo, TX. 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.