U.S. National Weekly Rice Summary

LITTLE ROCK - Jan 25/10 - SNS -- The latest weekly rice market summary for the United States was released by the USDA today.

                       National Weekly Rice Summary
                 (Arkansas-Louisiana-Texas-California)

   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      24.75-26.00     25.50-29.75    24.75-25.00
Medium grain    30.50-32.00                    30.50-35.00    37.50-40.00
Short grain                                                   38.50-39.00
Parboiled       27.75-32.00     29.00-39.00          34.00
Second heads    18.50-19.00     18.00-20.00    17.50-18.50          17.00
Brewers         16.50-18.00     17.00-20.00    15.00-17.00    15.00-15.50

Feed by-products (spot prices, dollars per short ton, fob mills).

Rice bran      105.00-125.00  105.00-110.00         115.00          88.00
Rice millfeed    50.00-53.00       no quote       no quote
Rice hulls       15.00-20.00       no quote       no quote          10.00

                             Domestic Situation

   Domestic milled rice price quotes were steady to lower in the south and
in California this week. By-products were steady in the south and steady to
higher in California.

   In the south, long grain rice price quotes were steady to instances 50 cents
lower, quoted mostly at 24.75-25.50; medium grain prices were steady, quoted
mostly at 30.50-32.00; parboiled quotes were steady to instances 75 cents lower,
quoted mostly at 27.75-29.00; second heads were steady, quoted mostly at 18.50-
19.00; brewers were steady, quoted mostly at 17.00-18.00. Rice by-products:
Offers for rice bran were steady; millfeed was steady; hulls were steady.

   In California, medium grain milled rice prices were steady to weak, quoted
mostly from 37.50-38.00; short grain prices were steady to 2.00 lower; second
heads were steady to 1.00 higher; brewers were 50 cents higher. Rice bran was
8.00 higher, hulls were steady.

Source:   USDA-AR Extension Service, Little Rock, AR

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