Cash Prices
Friday, November 28, 2008
These prices reflect buying and selling of a variety of actual or "physical" commodities in the marketplace--separate from the futures price on an exchange, which reflects what the commodity might be worth in future months..

KEY TO SOURCE AND OTHER CODES: A: ask; B: bid; BP: country elevator bids to producers; C: corrected; D=RyansNotes; E=Manfra,Tordella & Brooks; G=ICE, M=midday; W=weekly; N=nominal; U=USDA; Z=not quoted.
  Bid Ask Fri Price Previous Year Ago
Energy
European crude oil spot prices, 11 a.m. ET, Northwestern Europe
Forties ... ... 48.05 49.94 89.39
Brent ... ... 48.75 50.89 90.43
Bonny light ... ... 51.50 53.64 91.79
Urals-Mediterranean ... ... 46.15 48.29 86.19
Domestic crude oil spot prices, 4 p.m. ET
West Texas Intermediate, Cushing ... ... z 54.44 88.72
West Texas sour, Midlands ... ... z 49.64 83.22
Louisiana sweet, St. James ... ... z 55.29 92.47
Alaska North Slope, Pacific delivery ... ... z 49.94 86.26
Refined products
Fuel oil, No. 2 NY gal. ... ... z 1.7342 2.5271
Diesel Fuel, 500 ppm S, NY harbor low sulfur ... ... z 1.7454 2.6025
Diesel Fuel, 15 ppm S, NY harbor ultra-low sulfur ... ... z 1.7967 2.6175
Gasoline:Gasoline, conventional, premium NY gal ... ... z 1.3948 2.3231
Gasoline:Reformulated gasoline blendstock, premium NY gal ... ... z 1.3673 2.3181
Gasoline:Gasoline, conventional, regular NY gal ... ... z 1.2123 2.2368
Gasoline:Reformulated gasoline blendstock, regular NY gal ... ... z 1.1798 2.2331
Gasoline CARBOB, reg. LA gal.-M ... ... z 1.1200 2.3550
Propane, non-tet, Mont Belvieu, Texas, gal.-G ... ... z 0.7138 1.4948
Butane, normal, Mont Belvieu, Texas, gal.-G ... ... z 0.7413 1.8175
Natural gas Henry Hub, $ per MMbtu ... ... z 6.445 7.280
Precious metals
Gold, per troy oz
Engelhard industrial bullion ... ... z 814.53 785.48
Engelhard fabricated products ... ... z 875.62 844.39
Handy & Harman base price ... ... z 812.50 783.39
Handy & Harman fabric price ... ... z 877.50 846.18
London a.m. fixing ... ... 813.50 813.50 794.25
London p.m. fixing ... ... 814.50 814.00 783.50
Krugerrand, wholesale-E ... ... z 860.19 793.70
Maple Leaf, troy oz.-E ... ... z 860.19 822.89
American Eagle, troy oz.-E ... ... z 860.19 822.89
Mexican peso, troy oz.-E ... ... z 986.43 952.91
Austria crown, troy oz.-E ... ... z 798.43 771.18
Austria phil, troy oz.-E ... ... z 860.19 822.89
Silver, troy oz.
Engelhard industrial bullion ... ... z 10.4900 13.9300
Engelhard fabricated products ... ... z 12.5880 16.7160
Handy & Harman base price ... ... z 10.2550 13.9000
Handy & Harman fabric price ... ... z 12.3060 16.6800
London fixing, spot price ... ... £6.5971 £6.6494 £9.6396
(U.S.$ equivalent) ... ... 10.1200 10.2600 14.2300
Coins, wholesale $1,000 face val-A ... ... z 9886 9857
Other precious metals
Platinum: free market ... ... 876.0 860.0 1440.0
Platinum, Engelhard industrial bullion ... ... z 872.0 1443.0
Platinum, Engelhard fabricated products ... ... z 972.0 1543.0
Palladium, Engelhard industrial bullion ... ... z 199.0 353.0
Palladium, Engelhard fabricated products ... ... z 299.0 453.0
Other metals
Aluminum, Comex per lb. ... ... 0.8135 0.8285 1.1100
Antimony, Ryan's Notes spot, $ per lb.-D ... ... z 2.9100 2.6250
Copper, high grade: Comex spot price $ per lb. ... ... 1.6235 1.6680 3.1570
Lead, Ryan's Note s N. Am solder, cents/lb.-D ... ... z 77.989 177.147
St. Steel scrap, US, $ per gross ton-D ... ... z n.a. 2648
Tin, Ryan's Notes N. Am solder, cents/lb.-D ... ... z 812.270 1067.705
Zinc, Ryan's Notes N. Am, cents/lb-D ... ... z 67.810 124.782
Fibers and textiles
Burlap, 10-oz, 40-inch NY yard-N,W ... ... 0.4000 0.4000 0.4600
Cotton, 1 1/16 strand lw-md Mmphs, per lb-U ... ... z 0.4280 0.5746
Wool, 64s, staple, Terr. delivery lb.-U,W ... ... z z z
Grains and feeds
Barley, top-quality Mnnpls; $ per bu.-U ... ... 5.00 5.00 6.40
Bran, wheat middlings, Kn. City; $ per ton-U 125 130 128 129 120
Corn, No. 2 yellow. Cent. Ill. bu-BP,U ... ... z 3.2500 3.7200
Corn gluten feed, Midwest, ton-U,W ... ... 82.68 82.68 132.53
Cottonseed meal, ton-U,W ... ... 225 225 175
Hominy feed, Cent. Ill. ton-U,W ... ... 114 114 112
Meat-bonemeal, 50% pro Illinois ton-U,W ... ... 265 265 264
Oats, No. 2 milling, Mnnpls; $ per bu.-U 2.1200 2.1700 2.1450 2.1250 2.8350
Sorghum, (Milo) No. 2 Gulf cwt-U ... ... z 6.4100 7.7650
Soybean Meal, Cent. Ill., rail, ton 48%-U ... ... z 268.70 283.30
Soybeans, No. 1 yellow Illinois, bu-BP,U ... ... z 8.5750 10.3900
Wheat, Spring 14%-pro Mnnpls; $/bu.-U 7.5575 7.6075 7.5825 7.5875 9.9850
Wheat, No. 2 soft red, St.Louis, bushel-BP,U ... ... z 4.2350 8.5350
Wheat, hard, KC, bu ... ... 6.0200 5.8350 9.2050
Wheat, No. 1 soft white, del Portland, Ore-U ... ... z 5.3500 10.9500
Foods
Beef, carcass equiv. index value,
choice 1-3,600-900 lbs.-U ... ... 140.88 140.27 142.59
select 1-3,600-900 lbs.-U ... ... 130.60 130.23 128.28
Broilers, dressed 'A'; per lb.-U ... ... 0.8663 0.8700 0.7696
Broilers, 12-city comp weighted avg-U ... ... 0.8137 0.8137 0.7213
Butter, AA Chicago, lb ... ... z 1.5000 1.3200
Cheddar cheese, barrels, Chicago lb. ... ... z 179.00 201.75
Cheddar cheese, blocks, Chicago lb. ... ... z 180.25 201.00
Milk, Nonfat dry, Chicago ... ... z 90 185
Cocoa, Ivory Coast, $ per metric ton ... ... z 2579 2290
Coffee, Brazilian, Comp. ... ... 1.1068 1.0677 1.2279
Coffee, Colombian, NY lb. ... ... 1.3222 1.3081 1.3642
Eggs, large white, Chicago dozen-U 1.0600 1.1500 1.1050 1.1050 1.4750
Flour, hard winter Kansas City cwt ... ... z z 22.15
Hams, 17-20 lbs, Mid-US lb fob-U ... ... z z z
Hogs, Iowa-South Minnesota avg. cwt-U ... ... 56.39 52.44 53.42
Hogs, Sioux Falls, SD avg cwt-U ... ... z z 34.00
Pork bellies, 12-14 lbs Mid-US lb-U ... ... z z z
Pork loins, 13-19 lbs, Mid-US lb-U ... ... z z 0.8450
Steers, Tex.-Okla. ch avg cwt-U ... ... 90.00 z 95.00
Steers, feeder, Oklahoma City, avg cwt-U ... ... 100.88 100.88 116.13
Sugar, cane, raw, world, lb. fob ... ... 12.85 12.92 11.89
Fats and oils
Corn oil, crude wet/dry mill-U ... ... z 31.0000 59.0000
Grease, choice white, Chicago lb.-U ... ... a.1100 0.1100 0.2800
Lard, Chicago lb.-U ... ... 0.2100 0.2100 0.3450
Soybean oil, crude; Central Illinois lb.-U ... ... z 0.3100 0.4351
Tallow, bleachable; Chicago lb.-U ... ... a.1137 0.1137 0.3100
Tallow, edible, Chicago lb.-U ... ... 0.1600 0.1600 0.3800
Miscellaneous
Hides-U ... ... z 64.500 84.875
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