US Plains HRW Wheat-Basis bids steady on demand from millers
CHICAGO, July 22 (Reuters) -Spot basis bids for hard red winter (HRW) wheat held steady in the southern U.S. Plains on Monday, underpinned by demand from domestic flour mills and slowing farmer grain sales as the winter wheat harvest rolled northward, dealers said.
* Protein premiums for HRW wheat shipped by rail to or through Kansas City were unchanged on Monday. KCBT/SCA
* U.S. wheat futures climbed on short-covering and uncertainty about crop prospects in Europe, the Black Sea region and hot weather in Canada's crop belt, traders said. K.C. September HRW wheat futures KWU24 settled up 1-3/4 cents at $5.71-3/4 per bushel. WHE/C
* After the U.S. markets closed, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said the U.S. winter wheat harvest was 76% complete, up from 71% a week earlier and ahead of the five-year average of 72%. However, the figure lagged an average of analyst expectations for 81%.
* The USDA said the winter wheat harvest was virtually complete in Texas, Oklahoma and top HRW wheat producer Kansas, but combines continued to roll across Colorado, Nebraska and South Dakota. US/WHE
* Market participants await the findings of the Wheat Quality Council's annual U.S. spring wheat tour this week. The tour will scout spring wheat fields in North Dakota on Tuesday and Wednesday, as well as some adjacent regions of South Dakota and Minnesota, before releasing a final assessment on Thursday.
Basis values are quoted against futures in cts/bu:
Current | Previous | Cash | |||||
basis | basis | price | |||||
KANSAS | |||||||
Wichita | -3 | + | U | -3 | + | U | $5.69 |
Newton | -32 | + | U | -32 | + | U | $5.40 |
Goodland | -55 | + | U | -55 | + | U | $5.17 |
TEXAS | |||||||
Gulf track* | 120 | + | U | 120 | + | U | $6.92 |
Galveston** | 100 | + | U | 100 | + | U | $6.72 |
OKLAHOMA | |||||||
Enid | -15 | + | U | -15 | + | U | $5.57 |
Catoosa | 0 | + | U | 0 | + | U | $5.72 |
NOTES:
H = March, K = May, N = July, U = September
Z = December; UNQ = Unquoted bids
0 = Sp Option price; NC = No comparison
* = No. 1 12% hard winter wheat, rail bids
** = Ordinary protein, rail bids
LINKS:
* K.C. HRW wheat protein scales KCBT/SCA
* U.S. weekly wheat crop progress US/WHE
* U.S. forward basis WHEAT/BASIS
* U.S. Midwest cash grain PM GRA/PM
* U.S. CIF Gulf Grain GRA/C
* U.S. FOB Gulf Grain GRA/F
Reporting by Julie Ingwersen; Editing by Sherry Jacob-Phillips
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