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 24.00-24.50 23.75-27.00 22.75-24.50
Medium grain 24.00-25.00 22.00-24.50 27.00-29.00
Short grain 28.00-28.50
Parboiled 26.50-29.00 26.50-33.00 34.50
Second heads 16.00-17.50 16.50-17.00 16.00 22.00-23.00
Brewers 15.00-17.00 15.75-17.00 15.25-15.50 16.50-19.00
Feed by-products (spot prices, dollars per short ton, fob mills).
Rice bran 100.00-115.00 105.00-120.00 103.00-105.00 125.00
Rice millfeed 52.00-62.00 no quote 50.00
Rice hulls 30.00 no quote 10.00 24.00
Domestic Situation: Domestic milled rice price quotes were steady to higher in the south and steady in California. By-products were uneven, mostly steady in the south and steady to higher in California.
In the south, long grain rice prices were steady to 2.00 higher, quoted mostly from 24.00-24.50; medium grain prices were mostly steady, instances 50 cents higher; parboiled rice prices were mostly steady, instances 1.00 higher, quoted mostly at 26.50-28.00; second heads were steady; brewers were steady, quoted mostly at 15.25-16.50. Rice by-products: Offers for rice bran were mostly steady; millfeed was steady to 2.00 higher; hulls were steady.
In California, medium grain milled rice prices were steady, quoted mostly at 27.00-27.50; short grain prices were steady; second heads were steady; brewers were steady to 50 cents higher, quoted mostly at 16.50. Rice bran was 15.00-20.00 higher; rice hulls were steady.