Arkansas Daily Grain

LR_GR111  *Corrected New Crop Soybean trend*
Little Rock, AR    Wed Jan 16, 2013    USDA- AR Coop Ext Service

*This report will not be released on Monday, January 21, 2013 as our offices 
will be closed in observance of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday. If you have 
any questions or concerns, please contact us at Heather.Riley@ams.usda.gov.*


                      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 mostly 23 cents higher; *New Crop 
soybeans were mostly 14 cents higher;* New Crop wheat was 3 cents higher; Cash 
sorghum was mostly 1-2 cents higher; cash corn was mostly steady.


                          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         14.30       12.57        ----        ----       ----
  Wynne             14.42       12.57        7.57        ----       ----
  Wheatley          14.57       12.67        7.57        ----       ----
  Pendleton         14.69       12.80        7.67        ----       ----

River Elevator Prices
Mississippi River     
  Blytheville          NA       13.01        7.74       11.54       7.48
  West Memphis      15.04       13.07        7.82        ----       7.43 
  Helena               NA       12.99        7.69       11.63       7.51
  Old Town/Elaine   15.07       13.02        7.82       12.17       7.46
  Osceola              NA       13.01        7.74       11.54       7.44
 
Arkansas/White River
  Augusta              NA       12.66        7.51       11.27       7.37
  Pine Bluff           NA       12.85        7.64       11.36       7.38
  Des Arc           14.32       12.62        ----        ----       ----

Arkansas Processors
  Little Rock       14.67       12.77        7.65        ----       7.16
  Stuttgart         14.57       12.72        7.67        ----       ----

*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

1415c   hr

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