JO_GR111
Portland, OR    Thu Mar 07, 2019    USDA Market News

Pacific NW Basis Report:  Morning soft white wheat, hard red
winter wheat, dark northern spring wheat, corn and soybean basis
for Portland delivery.  All bids in cents per bushel.
Bids are limited and not fully established in early trading.

   Bids for grains delivered to Portland, Oregon in dollars per bushel.

   In early trading March wheat futures trended mixed, from 4.25 cents
lower to one cent per bushel higher compared to Wednesday’s noon closes.
May wheat futures trended mixed, from 7.25 cents lower to one cent per
bushel higher, with the greatest decline in Chicago hard red wheat and the
advance in Minneapolis dark northern spring wheat.

   Bids for US 1 Soft White Wheat delivered to Portland in unit trains and
barges for March delivery for ordinary protein were not well tested in
early trading, but bids were indicated as steady compared to Wednesday’s
noon bids for the same delivery period.  Some exporters were not issuing
bids for nearby delivery.  Bids for guaranteed maximum 10.5 percent protein
were not well tested in early trading but bids were indicated as steady
compared to Wednesday’s noon bids for the same delivery period.  Some
exporters were not issuing bids for nearby delivery.

   Bids for 11.5 percent protein US 1 Hard Red Winter Wheat for March
delivery were not well tested in early trading, but bids were indicated as
lower compared to Wednesday’s noon bids for the same delivery period.  Some
exporters were not issuing bids for nearby delivery.

   Bids for 14 percent protein US 1 Dark Northern Spring Wheat for March
delivery were not well tested in early trading, but bids were indicated as
higher compared to Wednesday’s noon bids for the same delivery period.
Some exporters were not issuing bids for nearby delivery.

   Bids for US 2 Yellow Corn delivered full coast in 110 car shuttle trains
during March delivery were not available in early trading as most exporters
were not issuing bids for nearby delivery.

   Bids for US 1 Yellow Soybeans delivered full coast in 110 car shuttle
trains during March were not well tested in early trading, but bids were
indicated as higher compared to Wednesday’s noon bids for the same delivery
period.  Some exporters were not issuing bids for nearby delivery.

Bids as of 9:30 a.m. Pacific time; Subject to change

US 1 Soft White Wheat - delivered by Unit Trains and Barges
  Ordinary protein
    Mar                                 146 to 176        +K
    Apr                                 146 to 176        +K
    May                                 146 to 176        +K
    Jun                                 139.5 to 169.5    +N
    Aug NC                              99.5 to 124.5     +U
  Guaranteed maximum 10.5 pct protein
    Mar                                 156 to 176        +K
    Apr                                 156 to 176        +K
    May                                 156 to 176        +K
    Jun                                 149.5 to 169.5    +N
    Aug NC                              99.5 to 124.5     +U
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US 1 White Club Wheat - delivered by Unit Trains and Barges
  Ordinary protein
    Mar                                 146 to 176        +K
  Guaranteed maximum 10.5 pct protein
    Mar                                 156 to 176        +K
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US 1 Hard Red Winter Wheat - (Exporter bids-falling numbers of 300 or
better)
  Ordinary protei                       129 to 169        +K
  11 pct protein                        143 to 183        +K
  11.5 pct protein
    Mar                                 150 to 190        +K
    Apr                                 150 to 185        +K
    May                                 150 to 180        +K
    Jun                                 150 to 170        +N
    Aug NC                              NA
  12 pct protein                        150 to 190        +K
  13 pct protein                        150 to 190        +K
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US 1 Dark Northern Spring Wheat (with a minimum of 300 falling numbers, a maximum
 of 0.5 part per million vomitoxin, and a maximum of one percent total damage)
  13 pct protein                        80 to 117         +K
  14 pct protein
    Mar                                 100 to 125        +K
    Apr                                 100 to 125        +K
    May                                 100 to 120        +K
    Jun                                 100 to 115        +N
    Aug NC                              NA
 15 pct protein                         100 to 125        +K
 16 pct protein                         100 to 125        +K
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US 2 Yellow Corn
 Shuttle trains-Delivered full coast Pacific Northwest-BN
    Mar                                 NA
    Apr                                 112 to 145        +K
    May                                 100 to 103        +K
    Jun                                 91 to 92          +N
    Jul                                 92 to 92          +N
    Aug                                 NA
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US 1 Yellow Soybeans
 Shuttle trains-Delivered full coast Pacific Northwest-BN
    Mar                                 70 to 70          +K
    Apr                                 42 to 42          +K
    May                                 45 to 45          +K
    Jun                                 65 to 65          +N
    Jul                                 68 to 68          +N
    Aug                                 NA
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BASIS REPORT SYMBOLS:
January-F; February-G; March-H; April-J; May-K; June-M; July-N;
August-Q; September-U; October-V; November-X; December-Z

Source:    USDA Market News Service, Portland, OR
           Niki Davila 503-535-5001  Portland.LPGMN@ams.usda.gov
           24 Hour Market Report  503-535-5005
           www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/jo_gr111.txt
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