Market Snapshot
Quotes retrieved on January 27, 2012, 03:48:31 PM CST
Local Grain Prices

Date          Wheat         Corn             Soybeans    Milo

1/20          6.62                NA              11.37            5.97 bu.

1/23          6.69                NA              11.68            6.05 bu.

1/24          6.81                NA              11.70            6.15 bu.

1/25          6.92               NA               11.64            6.20 bu.

1/26          7.04               NA               11.73            6.20 bu.

 

 

Prices One Year Ago 

                    8.68              NA                13.45         5.91 bu.

Garden City Co-op

1/26          6.66              6.55              11.33            6.02 bu.

Dodge City Co-op

1/26          6.66              6.52              11.30            6.02 bu.

Irsik/Doll Hutchinson

1/26          7.04              6.45              NA                 6.20 bu.

Plains 

1/26          6.67              6.66              11.25            6.09 bu. 

Leoti

1/26          6.61              6.50              11.28            6.00 bu.            

Hays Midland Marketing 

1/26          6.89              6.25              11.28            6.04 bu.

Kansas Ethanol Lyons
(courtesy of TMA)

1/26    NA      6.64     NA      6.29 bu.

Local Markets

HUTCHINSON: (Courtesy of Cargill Grain)

Wheat - $7.07 bu.

Milo - $6.24 bu.

Soybeans - $11.88 bu.

Corn - $6.44 bu.

New Crop Wheat - $6.89 bu.

New Crop Milo - $5.16 bu. 

New Crop Soybean - $11.72 bu.

New Crop Corn - $5.36 bu.

HUTCHINSON: (Courtesy of ADM Grain Co.)

Wheat - $7.04 bu.

Milo - $6.20 bu.

Soybeans-  $11.73 bu.

New Crop Wheat - $6.90 bu.

New Crop Milo - $5.16 bu.

New Crop Soybeans - $11.62 bu.

Kansas City USDA Cash Bids
Commodity Bid Type Low Price High Price Price Chg (¢)
Kansas City
Corn Terminal +6.50 +6.53 UNCH
Ord HRW Wheat Terminal +6.84 +6.84 +12.00
Soybeans Terminal +12.33 +12.33 +9.00
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USDA cash bids updated on January 27, 7600
Commodity commentaries
Corn - Midday Report - January 27, 2012

Corn futures are trading slightly higher with market price ranges relatively narrow today. Cash basis levels in the Gulf have been firming with

Soybeans - Midday Report - January 27, 2012

Soybean futures are trading lower. Brazil will begin to see rains move out in the north in time for maturing beans with precipitation above normal

Wheat - Midday Report - January 27, 2012

Wheat futures are lower in quiet trade so far today. The dollar is under pressure again this morning. Private exporters reported to the USDA export

Cattle - Midday Report - January 27, 2012

Live Cattle futures have traded on both sides of steady ahead of today’s USDA report. The bi-annual Cattle Inventory report will be out at 2:00

Hogs - Midday Report - January 27, 2012

Lean Hogs are trading higher, once again above resistance levels. The Lean Hog Index was up 48 cents at 86.76 and within a few cents of the Feb

Cotton - Midday Report - January 27, 2012

Cotton futures are trading higher holding technical support. The Cotlook A index was up 0.70 cents/pound at 102.95. Certificated Stocks were up from

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Projected Custom Rates for 2012
January 16, 2012
Due to budget reductions at Kansas Agricultural Statistics (KAS), the annual “Custom Rates” survey was discontinued in 2010. Kevin Dhuyvetter provides model‐estimated values for 2! 010 and 2011 to allow users to examine year‐to‐year changes both in absolute and percentage terms.
www.AgManager.info/farmmgt/machinery/Tools/KCD_CustomRates(Jan2012).pdf

Grain Outlook Newsletter
January 16, 2012
“USDA WASDE Report - Feedgrain Market Impacts, and USDA WASDE Report – Wheat Market Im! pacts”, by Dan O’Brien.
www.AgManager.info/marketing/outlook/newletters

Grain Outlook Radio Program
January 13, 2012
Dan O’Brien offers his views of the recently released USDA reports on final 2011 row crop production and 2012 winter wheat acreage, and what they portend for the grain market trends ahead.
www.AgManager.info/news

Commodity Check-Off Programs–Radio Interview
January 13, 2012
John Crespi discusses the current state of! commodity check-off programs and the generic agricultural product adv e! rtising they support, and the challenge of sustaining those programs, as so-called "branded" products gain more momentum in the marketplace.
www.AgManager.info/news

Grain Market Analysis Video Presentation
January 13, 2012
Dan O’Brien provides his video presentation of the grain market analysis.
www.AgManager.info/marketing/outlook/crop_outlook/video.asp

World Supply & Demand Estimates (WASDE)

January 13, 2012
USDA supply and demand estimates for corn, soybeans and wheat. Includes graphs of historical data and spreadsheets with raw data.
www.AgManager.info/livestock/marketing/graphs/Crops/default.asp

Crop Basis Maps 
January 12, 2012
GIS maps showing this week’s basis and deviation from 3 year average for corn, wheat, soybeans, and milo in the central Plains.
www.AgManager.info/marketing/basis/maps/archives

Updated Crop Basis Tool
January 12, 2012
Providing the weekly basis (Wednesday close) for corn, soybeans, milo and winter wheat for approximately 800 locations across Kans! as, Missouri, Colorado, Oklahoma, Texas Panhandle, Nebraska, South Dak o! ta and North Dakota.
www.AgManager.info/marketing/basis/tools/default.asp

Connecting Livestock Producers with Recent Economic Research ! (CLPER)
January 9, 2012
Glynn Tonsor provides a newsletter to enhance the dissemination of information from peer-reviewed economic research articles to livestock industry decision makers.
www.AgManager.info/livestock/marketing/clper/default.asp

Cattle Feeding Returns

January 9, 2012
Dr. Michael Langemeier discusses recent trends in feeding cost of gain and cattle finishing profitability.
www.AgManager.info/livestock/marketing/outlook/newsletters/FinishingReturns

In the Cattle Markets

January 9, 2012
“Decision Aides Associated with "Booming" Calf Market” by Glynn Tonsor, Kansas State University.
www.AgManager.info/livestock/marketing/outlook/newsletters

Livestock Outlook Radio Program 
January 9, 2012
Livestock economist Derrell Peel of Oklahoma State University provides this week’s cattle market commentary:  he looks ahead to this new year and the market forces that will likely guide cattle prices.
www.AgManager.info/livestock/marketing/outlook/newsletters