Wheat mixed, durum down in latest port price report

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Published: February 20, 2015

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Wheat port prices were mixed in the latest Agriculture Canada weekly price summary but durum was lower.

As of Feb. 13 the West Coast price for No. 1 CW hard red wheat was $339.94 per tonne, up $1.98 a tonne from where it was the week before.

At St. Lawrence the price was $355.63, down three cents from the week before.

No. 1 durum prices at the West Coast fell to $557.33, down $4.27.

Durum at St. Lawrence was $560.20, down $17.57.

The full report from Agriculture Canada provides a listing of crop prices for specific commodities in Canada and the United States in which comparisons can be made between current prices, cumulative to-date averages, and historical crop year and calendar year averages.

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The full report is available by clicking here at Agriculture Canada’s web site.

The summary is for information only. The prices are believed to be accurate but are not endorsed by the Government of Canada.

The “Indicator Price” is collected from the International Grains Council and industry and represents a sample of FOB asking prices for export. It may not be reflective of actual selling prices.

 

The following is a sample of the full report.

 

$C/tonne West Coast

No 1 CWRS

13.5% Protein

Indicator price*

St. Lawrence

No 1 CWRS

13.5% Protein

Indicator price

Feb 13 339.94

 

355.63

 

Feb 6 337.96

 

355.66

 

Jan 30 334.84

 

350.46

 

Feb 14, 2014 341.88

 

N/A

 

$C/tonne West Coast

No 1 CWAD

13.0% Protein

Indicator price*

St. Lawrence

No 1 CWAD

12.0% Protein

Indicator price

Feb 13 557.33

 

560.20

 

Feb 6 561.60

 

577.77

 

Jan 30 572.13

 

591.20

 

Feb 14, 2014 385.57

 

N/A

 

$C/tonne Par Region

Saskatoon

No 1 CAN

Cash

Track

Vancouver

No 1 CAN

Cash

Feb 13 438.18

 

498.90

 

Feb 6 435.13

 

496.46

 

Jan 30 429.52

 

494.52

 

Feb 14, 2014 376.25

 

447.52

 

 

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