US Plains HRW Wheat-Bids remain flat, millers' demand underpins basis
CHICAGO, July 24 (Reuters) -Spot basis bids for hard red winter (HRW) wheat were flat in the southern U.S. Plains on Wednesday and protein premiums also held steady.
* Buying interest from domestic flour millers was underpinning basis values, brokers said.
* K.C. September HRW wheat futures KWU24 were up 1 cent at $5.67-3/4 per bushel around the close of trading, after setting a contract low last week.
* Scouts on an annual crop tour are assessing hard red spring wheat fields in North Dakota. On Tuesday, they projected spring wheat in southern and east-central areas of the state will produce the highest yields in tour records dating to 1994.
* Analysts expect the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Thursday to report weekly 2024-25 U.S. wheat export sales of 300,000 to 625,000 metric tons.
Basis values are quoted against futures in cts/bu:
Current | Previous | Cash | |||||
basis | basis | price | |||||
KANSAS | |||||||
Wichita | -3 | + | U | -3 | + | U | $5.70 |
Newton | -32 | + | U | -32 | + | U | $5.41 |
Goodland | -55 | + | U | -55 | + | U | $5.18 |
TEXAS | |||||||
Gulf track* | +120 | + | U | +120 | + | U | $6.93 |
Galveston** | +100 | + | U | +100 | + | U | $6.73 |
OKLAHOMA | |||||||
Enid | -15 | + | U | -15 | + | U | $5.58 |
Catoosa | +0 | + | U | +0 | + | U | $5.73 |
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 Tom Polansek; Editing by Leslie Adler
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