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Texas Daily Grain Bids

Texas · Amarillo · Mon, May 18
● Bids as filed9 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2711

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Central Panhandle
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9100–5.2700/bu+0.21+14–+50¢/BuJuly (N)4.9750
North Panhandle
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.7200–5.5200/bu+0.21−5–+75¢/BuJuly (N)4.7988
South Panhandle
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.7200–5.1700/bu+0.21−5–+40¢/BuJuly (N)4.7000
South Plains
Livestock Feeding OperationsUS #1Delivered5.8900–5.9700/bu+0.23+112–+120¢/BuJuly (N)5.6750

Sorghum

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Panhandle
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.7200–4.5700/bu+0.21−105–−20¢/BuJuly (N)3.8650
South Panhandle
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.0700–4.1700/bu+0.21−70–−60¢/BuJuly (N)4.1250
South Plains
Livestock Feeding OperationsUS #1Delivered5.1200–5.2700/bu+0.31+35–+50¢/BuJuly (N)4.8350

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Panhandle
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.3375–6.7875/bu+0.21−70–−25¢/BuJuly (N)4.4358
South Panhandle
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.0875–6.1375/bu+0.16−95–−90¢/BuJuly (N)3.8775
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.