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 20.00-22.00 20.50-24.75 20.00-22.00
Medium grain 24.00-24.50 22.00-24.50 26.50-28.00
Short grain 28.00-28.50
Parboiled 24.00-27.50 24.00-31.00 31.50
Second heads 16.00-17.50 16.50-16.75 16.00 19.50-22.50
Brewers 14.00-17.00 15.75-16.75 14.00-15.50 16.00-18.00
Feed by-products (spot prices, dollars per short ton, fob mills).
Rice bran 90.00-115.00 100.00-110.00 90.00-100.00 105.00
Rice millfeed 50.00-55.00 45.00 43.00
Rice hulls 22.00-25.00 13.00 no quote 24.00
Domestic Situation: Domestic milled rice price quotes were steady to higher in the south and steady in California. By-products were mostly steady to higher in the south and in steady California.
In the south, long grain rice prices were steady, quoted mostly at 21.50; medium grain prices were steady to instances 1.00 higher, quoted mostly at 24.00-24.50; parboiled rice prices were steady to instances 1.00 higher, quoted mostly from 24.00-25.00; second heads were steady to instances 25 cents higher, quoted mostly at 16.00-16.75; brewers were steady to instances 25 cents higher, quoted mostly at 15.50-16.75, however spot sales in Arkansas mostly 14.00-14.50. Rice by-products: Offers for rice bran were mostly steady to 5.00 higher; millfeed was steady to 5.00 higher; hulls were steady to 3.00 higher.
In California, medium grain milled rice prices were steady, quoted mostly at 27.00; short grain prices were steady; second heads were steady, quoted mostly at 19.50-20.00; brewers were steady, quoted mostly at 16.00. Rice bran was steady; rice hulls were steady.