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USDA National Weekly Rice Review
May 20,2008 00:00
by
newseditor
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 40.00-45.00 41.00-45.00 42.50-44.00 Medium grain 42.00-45.00 40.00 40.00-43.00 Short grain 44.00-44.50 Parboiled 47.00-51.00 43.00-48.00 50.00 Second heads 26.00-30.00 26.00-27.00 21.00-26.00 26.00-38.00 Brewers 25.00-27.00 25.00-27.00 19.00-25.00 24.00-30.00 Feed by-products (spot prices, dollars per short ton, fob mills). Rice bran 100.00-120.00 110.00-115.00 100.00-120.00 135.00-160.00 Rice millfeed 52.00-60.00 48.00-50.00 no quote Rice hulls 25.00 12.00 no quote 24.00 Domestic Situation: Domestic milled rice price quotes were mostly steady, instances 4.00 to 6.00 higher on medium grain, in south and in California this week. By-products were steady to lower in the south and steady in California. In the south, long grain rice price quotes were steady, quoted mostly at 44.00-45.00; medium grain prices were steady to instances 6.00 higher, quoted mostly at 40.00-42.00 in very tight supply; parboiled quotes were steady, quoted mostly at 47.00-48.00; second heads were steady, quoted mostly at 26.00-27.00; brewers were steady, quoted mostly at 25.00. Rice by-products: Offers for rice bran were steady to 10.00 *lower*; millfeed was steady to 2.00 lower; hulls were 3.00-12.00 lower. In California, medium grain milled rice prices were steady to 5.00 higher; short grain prices were steady; second heads were steady, quoted mostly at 27.00-28.00; brewers were steady to 3.00 higher, quoted mostly at 24.00-25.00. Rice bran was steady; rice hulls were steady. |