Domestic shipment: Offers, fob mills, milled rice, spot prices, dollars per cwt, bagged. (All milled rice grade No 2 not to exceed 4 percent brokens, except California grade No 1. All second heads grade No 4 or better, second head and brewers are bulk.)
Arkansas Texas Louisiana California
Long grain 23.50-25.00 23.75-29.00 23.00-23.50
Medium grain 30.00-31.50 31.50-35.00 40.00-44.00
Short grain 41.50-45.00
Parboiled 27.50-31.00 28.00-38.00 34.00
Second heads 18.00-19.00 18.00-20.00 17.50-18.00 16.00-17.00
Brewers 16.00-18.00 15.50-20.00 15.00-16.00 14.50-15.00
Feed by-products (spot prices, dollars per short ton, fob mills).
Rice bran 100.00-115.00 105.00-109.00 105.00 75.00
Rice millfeed 48.00 35.00 40.00
Rice hulls 12.00 5.00-10.00 5.00 10.00
Domestic Situation: Domestic milled rice price quotes were uneven in south and steady in California this week. By-products were uneven in the south and steady in California.
In the south, long grain rice price quotes were steady to firm, quoted mostly at 23.00-24.00; medium grain prices were steady to 1.50 lower, quoted mostly at 30.00-31.50; parboiled quotes were steady, quoted mostly at 27.50-28.00; second heads were steady, quoted mostly at 17.50-18.00; brewers were steady, quoted mostly at 15.00-17.00. Rice by-products: Offers for rice bran were 5.00 higher to 4.00 lower; millfeed was steady; hulls were steady.
In California, medium grain milled rice prices were steady; short grain prices were steady; second heads were steady; brewers were steady. Rice bran was steady, hulls were steady.