Weekly		Sales to Date
Grains		Sales	Unshipped	Total	Prev Yr
Corn		28.7	293.6		686.2	919.4
Sorghum		 8.7	 46.7		96.1	104.1
Soybeans	29.0	220.8		601.5	547.3

All Wheat	15.6	  0.9		586.7	721.0
Durum		 0.5	  7.9		 36.2	 25.0
Hard Spring	 1.1	 31.1		160.4	205.5
Hard Winter	 6.6	 58.6		256.6	216.3
Soft Red	 4.2	 19.6		138.7	128.0
White Wheat	 3.1	 32.0		148.7	146.2

Other Commodities
Soybean Oil-X	24.3	 167.4		 388.2	 307.5
Soybean Meal-X 255.2	2730.6		4012.3	2476.5
Rice-X		45.0	 593.9		1239.5	1299.4
Cotton-Y       195.9	3597.2		5315.2	3568.3

		Weekly New	Total New
Grains		Crop Sales	Crop Sales
Corn		0.0		0.0
Sorghum		0.0		0.0
Soybeans	0.0		0.0
All Wheat	0.0		2.9
Durum		0.0		0.0
Hard Spring	2.0		2.6
Hard Winter	0.0		0.1
Soft Red	0.0		0.2
White Wheat	0.0		0.0
Other Commodities
Soybean Oil-X	0.0		0.0
Soybean Meal-X	0.3		0.3
Rice-X		0.0		0.0
Cotton-Y	1.3		86.7

X–In 1,000 metric tons.

Y–In 1,000 bales.

Corn sales 4% above prior week, 1/10 below the 4-week average. Primary purchasers Japan, Columbia, Saudi Arabia, and Venezuela. Soybean sales were strong this week at 2-1/5 times the prior week, 36% above the 4-week average. Soy meal sales were stronger than expected, 1/3 more than the prior week and 45% above the 4-week average. Net cotton sales up 2½ times the prior week and 1/3 over the 4-week average.

December 11, 1997 DTN Grains

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