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 26.00-28.50 26.00-29.00 27.00-28.50
Medium grain 26.00 26.00-27.00 27.50-29.00
Short grain 28.50-29.00
Parboiled 28.50-31.50 29.50-35.00 39.00
Second heads 17.00-18.00 17.00-18.00 17.00-18.00 22.00-24.00
Brewers 15.00-17.50 16.50-18.00 15.50-16.50 16.50-17.50
Feed by-products (spot prices, dollars per short ton, fob mills).
Rice bran 100.00-115.00 110.00-115.00 105.00-110.00 130.00-160.00
Rice millfeed 52.00-65.00 no quote no quote
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 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 2.00 higher, quoted mostly at 26.50-28.50; medium grain prices were steady to 2.00 higher; parboiled rice prices were steady to 2.00 higher, quoted mostly at 28.50- 30.50; second heads were steady to 1.00 higher; brewers were steady to 1.00 higher, quoted mostly at 16.50-17.50. Rice by-products: Offers for rice bran were uneven, near steady; millfeed was steady; hulls were steady.
In California, medium grain milled rice prices were steady to 50 cents higher, quoted mostly at 27.50; short grain prices were steady to 50 cents higher; second heads were steady; brewers were steady. Rice bran was steady; rice hulls were steady.