GL_GR111
Greeley, CO    Wed Mar 18, 2009    USDA-CO Dept of Ag Market News

CO/NE/WY Elevator Afternoon Grain Bids

   Cash grain bids to farmers delivered to country elevators for Corn
and Wheat per bushel; and Sorghum, Millet, and Sunflowers per cwt.
as of 3:00 pm. Mar 18, 2009.

US 1 Hard Red Winter Wheat Ordinary Protein: mostly 22 lower.

                                                      Current      New Crop
Northwest Colorado                           range       4.48
  Craig

Northcentral Colorado                        range  5.49-5.60
  Greeley                                                5.49
  Bennett/Roggen/Byers                              5.59-5.60

Northeast Colorado                           range  5.03-5.36
  Fleming/Haxtun/Holoyke/Amherst/
     Julesburg/Paoli/Peetz                          5.03-5.08
  Yuma/Wray/Brush/Akron/Otis/Anton                  5.25-5.36

Eastcentral Colorado                         range  5.33-5.64
  Cheyenne Wells                                         5.64
  Limon/Seibert/Burlington/Genoa/Hugo/
     Arriba/Flager/Bethune/                         5.33-5.49

Southeast Colorado                           range  5.01-5.13
  Lamar/Holly/Vilas/Campo/Wiley/
     Springfield/Haswell/Granada

Southcentral Colorado   *(with Basis Chg)    range       4.83
  Monte Vista

Southwest NE and Southeast WY                range  5.03-5.11
  Venango/Chappell/Big Springs/Brule                5.06-5.11
  Kimball/Pine Bluffs/Sidney/Brownson/
    Potter/Huntsman                                 5.03-5.06


US 2 Yellow Corn: mostly 2 to 3 lower.

Northcentral Colorado                        range  3.49-3.90
  Greeley/Eaton                                     3.88-3.90
  Roggen/Byers                                      3.49-3.89

Northeast Colorado                           range  3.56-3.85
  Fleming/Haxtun/Holoyke/Amherst/
     Julesburg/Paoli/Peetz                          3.56-3.63
  Yuma/Wray/Brush/Otis/Anton                        3.60-3.85

Eastcentral Colorado                         range  3.49-3.59
  Cheyenne Wells                                         3.59
  Limon/Seibert/Burlington/Genoa/
     Hugo/Arriba/Flager/Bethune                     3.49-3.56

Southeast Colorado                           range  3.48-3.70
  Lamar/Holly/Vilas/Campo/
    Wiley/Springfield/Granada

Southwest NE and Southeast WY                range  3.58-3.69
  Venango/Chappell/Big Springs/Brule                3.58-3.65
  Kimball/Pine Bluffs/Sidney/Potter                 3.58-3.69


US 2 Yellow Sorghum: 4 lower.

Southeast Colorado                           range  4.98-5.41
  Lamar/Holly/Vilas/Campo/Wiley/
     Springfield/Granada


US 1 Yellow Soybeans: 2 higher.

Southwest NE                                range  8.33-8.38
  Venango/Chappell/Big Springs/
     Sidney/Potter


White Millet

  Colorado/SW NE/SE WY                       range  4.75-5.50
                                             mostly      5.00

Sunflowers

  Colorado/SW NE/SE WY                       range 13.25-14.25


Source: USDA-CO Dept of Market News, Greeley, CO
        (970)353-9750/Broadcast (970)353-8031
        http://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/GL_GR111.txt

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