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Texas Daily Grain Bids

Texas · Amarillo · Mon, Aug 18
● Bids as filed12 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2711

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Central Panhandle
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.3300–4.3800/bu+0.01+50–+55¢/BuSeptember (U)4.5663
North Panhandle
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.0800–4.5300/bu+0.01+25–+70¢/BuSeptember (U)4.5458
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.5150/bu+0.01+45¢/BuDecember (Z)—
South Panhandle
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.8800–4.3300/bu+0.01+5–+50¢/BuSeptember (U)4.6300
South Plains
Livestock Feeding OperationsUS #1Delivered5.1300–5.2300/bu+0.01+130–+140¢/BuSeptember (U)5.3300

Sorghum

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Central Panhandle
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.5300–3.5800/bu+0.01−30–−25¢/BuSeptember (U)3.8413
North Panhandle
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.0300–3.3300/bu+0.01−80–−50¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7845
South Panhandle
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.0300–3.4800/bu+0.01−80–−35¢/BuSeptember (U)3.8800
South Plains
Livestock Feeding OperationsUS #1Delivered4.2100–4.3100/bu+0.01+38–+48¢/BuSeptember (U)4.6300

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Central Panhandle
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.0625–4.1025/bu+0.01−100–−96¢/BuSeptember (U)4.4808
North Panhandle
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.0625–4.3425/bu+0.01−100–−72¢/BuSeptember (U)4.9158
South Panhandle
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.9625–4.2625/bu+0.01−110–−80¢/BuSeptember (U)4.2575
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.