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Texas Daily Grain Bids

Texas · Amarillo · Wed, Dec 17
● Bids as filed11 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2711

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Central Panhandle
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.7550–4.9050/bu+0.04+35–+50¢/BuMarch (H)4.8725
North Panhandle
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.4550–5.1050/bu+0.04+5–+70¢/BuMarch (H)4.9368
South Panhandle
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.4550–4.5550/bu+0.04+5–+15¢/BuMarch (H)5.1225
South Plains
Livestock Feeding OperationsUS #1Delivered5.3050–5.5050/bu+0.04+90–+110¢/BuMarch (H)5.6425

Sorghum

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Central Panhandle
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.7550–4.1050/bu+0.04−65–−30¢/BuMarch (H)4.3225
North Panhandle
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.2550–3.9050/bu+0.04−115–−50¢/BuMarch (H)4.1625
South Panhandle
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.6050–3.8550/bu+0.04−80–−55¢/BuMarch (H)4.2225
South Plains
Livestock Feeding OperationsUS #1Delivered4.4150–4.5550/bu+0.04+1–+15¢/BuMarch (H)5.0725

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Central Panhandle
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.0775/bu+0.03−100¢/BuMarch (H)4.5275
North Panhandle
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.0775–4.1975/bu+0.03−100–−88¢/BuMarch (H)4.8708
South Panhandle
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.9775–4.0275/bu+0.03−110–−105¢/BuMarch (H)4.2375
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.