Arkansas Daily Grain

LR_GR111  
Little Rock, AR    Fri Feb 15, 2013    USDA- AR Coop Ext Service

                      Arkansas Daily Grain Report

   Prices quoted are today's closing cash or contract prices del. to these 
points. Prices are per bushel, except sorghum is per hundredweight (cwt). 

   Compared to last report: Cash soybeans were 7 cents higher; New Crop soybeans 
were 3 cents lower; New Crop wheat was 7 cents higher; Cash sorghum was 7 cents 
higher; cash corn was 4 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         14.08       12.32        ----        ----       ----
  Wynne             14.30       12.37        7.11        ----       ----
  Wheatley          14.35       12.57        7.11        ----       ----
  Pendleton         14.45       12.62        7.21        ----       ----

River Elevator Prices
Mississippi River     
  Blytheville       14.63       12.82        7.40       10.96       7.15
  West Memphis      14.65       12.87        7.46        ----       7.27 
  Helena            14.45       12.87        7.42       11.05       7.16
  Old Town/Elaine   14.55       12.87        7.46       11.94       7.24
  Osceola           14.63       12.82        7.40       10.96       7.13
 
Arkansas/White River
  Augusta           14.02       12.38        7.07       10.69       6.88
  Pine Bluff        14.38       12.57        7.25       10.78       7.06
  Des Arc           14.10       12.37        ----        ----       ----

Arkansas Processors
  Little Rock       14.55       12.57        7.19        ----       6.84
  Stuttgart         14.35       12.52        7.21        ----       ----

*NA - Not Available

Source:   USDA- AR Coop Ext Service, Little Rock, AR
          Steve Cheney 501-671-2200
          www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/LR_GR111.txt

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