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Texas Daily Grain Bids

Texas · Amarillo · Tue, Dec 16
● Bids as filed11 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2711

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Central Panhandle
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.7150–4.8650/bu+0.03+35–+50¢/BuMarch (H)4.9350
North Panhandle
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.4150–5.0650/bu+0.03+5–+70¢/BuMarch (H)4.9993
South Panhandle
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.4150–4.5150/bu+0.03+5–+15¢/BuMarch (H)5.1850
South Plains
Livestock Feeding OperationsUS #1Delivered5.2650–5.4650/bu+0.03+90–+110¢/BuMarch (H)5.7050

Sorghum

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Central Panhandle
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.7150–4.0650/bu+0.03−65–−30¢/BuMarch (H)4.3850
North Panhandle
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.2150–3.8650/bu+0.03−115–−50¢/BuMarch (H)4.2250
South Panhandle
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.5650–3.8150/bu+0.03−80–−55¢/BuMarch (H)4.2850
South Plains
Livestock Feeding OperationsUS #1Delivered4.3750–4.5150/bu+0.03+1–+15¢/BuMarch (H)5.1350

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Central Panhandle
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.0500/bu+0.07−100¢/BuMarch (H)4.5650
North Panhandle
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.0500–4.1700/bu+0.07−100–−88¢/BuMarch (H)4.9083
South Panhandle
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.9500–4.0000/bu+0.07−110–−105¢/BuMarch (H)4.2750
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.