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Spot Market Values for Cotton

MEMPHIS - Apr 18/14 - SNS -- Market values for selected strengths of cotton in different market regions throughout the United States were summarized by the USDA today.

Spot quotations are in cents per pound for cotton equal to the Official
Standards, net weight, in mixed lots, compressed, FOB car/truck.
                     SOUTHEAST                           NORTH DELTA
       Staple            31-3     41-4     51-5     42-4     31-3     41-4     51-5     42-4
         33              85.02    84.52    81.52    84.02    83.27    82.27    79.02    81.27
         34              87.27    86.02    82.52    84.52    85.52    85.02    80.52    82.02
         35              89.02    87.27    83.02    84.77    87.52    86.77    81.27    82.77
         36              89.77    88.52    83.27    85.02    88.27    87.02    81.52    82.77
                     SOUTH DELTA                         DESERT SOUTHWEST
       Staple            31-3     41-4     51-5     42-4     21-2     31-3     41-4     51-5
         33              83.52    82.27    78.77    81.27    81.77    81.02    76.27    74.52
         34              85.52    85.02    80.27    82.02    84.52    83.77    82.27    75.02
         35              87.52    86.77    81.27    82.77    90.02    89.02    83.27    77.77
         36              88.27    87.02    81.52    83.02    90.62    89.87    84.12    78.02
       Staple        EAST TEXAS-OKLAHOMA                          WEST TEXAS
                         21-2     31-3     41-4     42-4     21-2     31-3     41-4     42-4
         29              78.00    77.25    75.75    75.00    78.75    77.50    75.50    74.75
         30              79.25    78.50    77.25    76.00    80.00    79.25    77.50    76.50
         31              81.00    80.50    78.25    76.75    82.00    81.00    78.50    77.50
         32              82.50    82.25    81.25    80.25    82.75    81.75    81.25    79.75
         33              84.75    83.50    81.75    80.50    84.50    83.25    81.75    80.50
         34              85.75    84.25    82.25    81.00    85.25    84.25    82.75    82.00
         35              85.75    84.25    82.25    81.00    85.50    84.25    82.75    82.00
         36              85.75    84.25    84.25    81.00    85.50    84.25    84.25    82.00
       Staple        SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY
                         21-2     31-3     41-4     32-3
         34              97.92    96.42    86.82    86.77
         35              98.67    97.17    86.92    87.27
         36             100.17    98.42    86.92    88.27
MIKE DIFFERENCES - POINTS PER POUND
Mike Ranges                SE       ND       SD       ET       WT      DSW      SJV     AVG.
24 & Below                                           -875     -925    -1200             -1000
        25-26             -825    -1000    -1100     -825     -875    -1000            -937.5
        27-29             -425     -650     -750     -575     -600     -900    -1600-785.7143
        30-32             -275     -325     -325     -300     -400     -500    -1000-446.4286
        33-34             -150     -125     -125     -150     -225     -300     -500     -225
     Base 35-36              0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0
        37-42                0       25       25       15       15       25       2518.571429
     Base 43-49              0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0
        50-52             -175     -200     -200     -240     -265     -300     -500-268.5714
53 & Above                -325     -350     -350     -375     -400     -525            -387.5
STRENGTH DIFFERENCES - POINTS PER POUND
Strength                   SE       ND       SD       ET       WT      DSW      SJV     AVG.
19.0 - 19.9                                          -175     -175                       -175
20.0 - 20.9                                          -175     -175                       -175
21.0 - 21.9               -425     -300     -275     -150     -150     -600         -316.6667
22.0 - 22.9               -350     -250     -225     -125     -125     -450         -254.1667
23.0 - 23.9               -300     -200     -175     -100     -100     -300         -195.8333
24.0 - 24.9               -250     -175     -125     -100     -100     -225     -500-210.7143
25.0 - 25.9               -200     -150     -100     -100     -100     -200     -400-178.5714
26.0 - 26.9                -25      -25      -25      -50      -50     -125     -300-85.71429
Base 27.0 - 28.9             0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0
29.0 - 29.9                  0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0
30.0 - 30.9                 25       25       25       25        0       25        017.857143
31.0 - 32.9                 50       50       50       50        0       50        035.714286
33.0 & above                50       50       50       50        0      100        042.857143
UNIFORMITY DIFFERENCES
Uniformity                 SE       ND       SD       ET       WT      DSW      SJV     AVG.
     77 & below           -125      -90      -90      -90      -90     -100      -60      -92
         78               -110      -80      -80      -75      -75      -90      -50      -80
         70               -100      -70      -70      -60      -60      -80      -40      -69
         80                -25        0        0        0        0        0        0       -4
       Base 81               0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0
         82                  0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0
         83                 20       30       30       10        0       30       30       21
         84                 30       40       40       10       10       40       40       30
         85                 40       50       50       20       20       50       50       40
     86 & above             50       60       60       30       30       60       60       50
LANDED MILL QUOTATIONS - GROUP 201 MILL POINTS
Cents per pound, even running lots, mike 35-49, strength 23.5 or more grams per tex, net weight, prom
                     SE Growths                          Delta Growths
       Staple        31-3     41-4     51-5     42-4       31-3   41-4     51-5     42-4
         33          NQ       NQ       NQ       NQ       NQ       NQ       NQ       NQ
         34          NQ       NQ       NQ       NQ       NQ       NQ       NQ       NQ
         35          NQ       NQ       NQ       NQ       NQ       NQ       NQ       NQ
                     TX-OK Growths                       SJV Growths
       Staple        31-3     41-4     32-3     42-4       31-3   41-4     51-5
         31          NQ       NQ       NQ       NQ
         32          NQ       NQ       NQ       NQ
         33          NQ       NQ       NQ       NQ
         34          NQ       NQ       NQ       NQ          NQ       NQ       NQ
         35                                                 NQ       NQ       NQ
         36                                                 NQ       NQ       NQ
Cotton Program, Market News Division
3275 Appling Rd
Memphis, TN  38133
(901) 384-3016
www.ams.usda.gov/cotton/mncs/index.htm

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