Little Rock, AR Thu May 8, 2008 - USDA-AR Market News
Arkansas Daily Grain Report
Prices quoted are today's closing cash or contract prices del. to these
points. Prices per bushel, except sorghum is per hundredweight (cwt).
Compared to previous report: Cash soybeans were 1 cent higher; New Crop
soybeans were steady to 1 cent higher; New Crop wheat was 14-15 cents higher;
cash sorghum was 30-31 cents higher; cash corn was 13-17 cents higher.
Country Elevator Prices
No 1 No 1 No 2 No 2 No 2
Yellow Yellow Soft Red Yellow Yellow
Soybeans Soybeans Wheat Sorghum Corn
Cash New Crop New Crop Cash Cash
Eastern Arkansas
Jonesboro 12.33 11.43 ---- ---- ----
Wynne 12.40 11.38 6.54 ---- ----
Wheatley 12.51 11.58 6.54 ---- ----
Pendleton 12.57 11.70 6.67 ---- ----
River Elevator Prices
Mississippi River
Blytheville 12.66 11.72 6.67 9.98 5.94
Dermott 12.12 11.44 6.52 ---- ----
West Memphis 12.77 11.78 6.80 ---- ----
Helena 12.46 11.78 6.52 9.93 5.93
Old Town/Elaine 12.20 11.66 6.57 9.82 5.85
Osceola 12.67 11.72 6.68 9.98 5.94
Arkansas/White River
Augusta 12.38 11.49 6.44 9.38 5.79
Pine Bluff 12.44 11.69 6.59 9.84 5.87
Des Arc 12.45 11.53 6.57 ---- ----
Arkansas Processors
Little Rock 12.48 11.66 6.62 ---- ----
Stuttgart 12.48 11.68 6.69 ---- ----
Source: USDA-AR Extension Service, Little Rock, AR
Steve Cheney Phone 501-671-2200
www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/LR_GR111.txt
1500c hr
