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 26.00-26.50 24.50-27.50 24.75-26.50
Medium grain 25.00-26.00 24.75-25.00 27.00-29.00
Short grain 28.00-28.50
Parboiled 28.50-31.50 28.50-33.00 38.00
Second heads 16.00-18.00 16.50-17.50 16.00-17.00 22.00-23.00
Brewers 15.00-17.50 15.75-17.50 15.25-15.50 16.50-19.00
Feed by-products (spot prices, dollars per short ton, fob mills).
Rice bran 100.00-118.00 110.00-120.00 105.00 125.00-135.00
Rice millfeed 52.00-63.00 no quote 53.00
Rice hulls 30.00 no quote 10.00-12.00 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 to higher in the south and steady in California.
In the south, long grain rice prices were steady to 1.00 higher, quoted mostly from 26.00-26.50; medium grain prices were steady to 75 cents higher; parboiled rice prices were steady to 2.00 higher, quoted mostly at 28.50; second heads were steady to 50 cents higher; brewers were steady to 50 cents higher, quoted mostly at 16.50. Rice by-products: Offers for rice bran were steady to 5.00 higher; millfeed was steady to 2.00 lower; 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, quoted mostly at 16.50. Rice bran was steady; rice hulls were steady.