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 28.00-30.00 26.00-29.00 28.00-28.50
Medium grain 26.00-31.00 26.00-27.00 27.50-29.00
Short grain 28.50-29.50
Parboiled 30.50-32.50 30.00-35.00 39.00
Second heads 17.00-19.00 17.00-18.00 17.00-18.00 22.00-24.00
Brewers 16.50-18.00 16.50-18.00 15.50-16.50 16.75-17.50
Feed by-products (spot prices, dollars per short ton, fob mills).
Rice bran 115.00 125.00 110.00 130.00-160.00
Rice millfeed 63.00-65.00 no quote no quote
Rice hulls no quote 12.00-15.00 15.00 24.00
Domestic Situation :Domestic milled rice price quotes were steady to higher in the south and in California. By-products were 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 28.00-28.50; medium grain prices were steady to instances 5.00 higher, quoted mostly at 26.00-28.00; parboiled rice prices were steady to 2.00 higher, quoted mostly at 30.00-30.50; second heads were steady to 1.00 higher; brewers were steady to 1.50 higher, quoted mostly at 16.50-17.50.
Rice by-products: Offers for rice bran were steady to instances 15.00 higher; millfeed was mostly steady, instances 11.00 higher; hulls were steady to 5.00 higher in a light test.
In California, medium grain milled rice prices were steady, quoted mostly at 27.50-28.00-; short grain prices were steady to 50 cents higher; second heads were steady; brewers were steady to 25 cents higher. Rice bran was steady; rice hulls were steady.