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 22.00-24.00 21.75-24.75 22.00-23.50
Medium grain 23.50-25.00 22.00-24.50 26.50-29.00
Short grain 28.00-28.50
Parboiled *26.50-29.00 25.50-31.00 31.50
Second heads 16.00-17.50 16.50-17.00 16.00 19.50-23.00
Brewers *15.25-17.00 15.75-17.00 *15.25-15.50 16.00-19.00
Feed by-products (spot prices, dollars per short ton, fob mills).
Rice bran 100.00-115.00 105.00-110.00 100.00-105.00 105.00
Rice millfeed 52.00 50.00 48.00-50.00
Rice hulls 30.00 10.00-15.00 10.00 24.00
Domestic Situation: Domestic milled rice price quotes were steady to 2.00 higher in the south and steady in California. By-products were uneven in the south and steady California.
In the south, long grain rice prices were steady to 2.00 higher; medium grain prices were generally steady; parboiled rice prices were steady to *1.50 higher, quoted mostly at 25.00-26.00; second heads were steady; brewers were steady, quoted mostly at 15.50-16.75. Rice by-products: Offers for rice bran were unevenly 5.00 higher to 10.00 lower; millfeed was unevenly 5.00 higher to 8.00 lower; hulls were steady to 8.00 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.