Weekly Grain Market Review - May 3, 2013

The next weekly will be published on Friday, May 10, 2013
This information is collected by the Statistics and Data Development Branch

WINNIPEG FUTURES (CDN $/TONNE) as of May 03/2013
              CONTRACT --------------------WEEKLY----------------
               MONTH       HIGH        LOW      CLOSE     CHANGE
BARLEY  -SASK  JUL13        N/A        N/A     244.00      +0.00
        -SASK  OCT13        N/A        N/A     194.00      +0.00
        -SASK  DEC13        N/A        N/A     199.00      +0.00
CANOLA  -SASK  JUL13     626.50     595.70     601.40     -15.10
        -SASK  NOV13     556.50     536.10     541.30      -8.90
        -SASK  JAN14     555.60     537.00     542.70      -8.20
DURUM   -WPG   JUL13        N/A        N/A     301.90      +0.00
WHEAT   -WPG   OCT13        N/A        N/A     294.90      +0.00
        -WPG   DEC13        N/A        N/A     299.40      +0.00
MILLING -WPG   JUL13        N/A        N/A     294.00      +0.00
WHEAT   -WPG   OCT13        N/A        N/A     294.00      +0.00
        -WPG   DEC13        N/A        N/A     294.00      +0.00

U.S. FUTURES (U.S. $/BUSHEL) as of May 03/2013
              CONTRACT --------------------WEEKLY----------------
               MONTH       HIGH        LOW      CLOSE     CHANGE
WHEAT   -CBT   JUL13   7.36 3/4   6.93       7.21      +0.28 1/2
        -CBT   SEP13   7.45       7.01 3/4   7.30 1/2  +0.29 1/2
WHEAT   -MINN  JUL13   8.34 1/2   8.04 1/2   8.19      +0.14 1/2
        -MINN  SEP13   8.36       8.00 3/4   8.19 1/4  +0.19 1/4
WHEAT   -KANS  JUL13   7.99       7.53       7.78      +0.27 1/2
        -KANS  SEP13   8.06 3/4   7.65 1/4   7.88 3/4  +0.28 1/2
CORN    -CBT   JUL13   6.69       6.25       6.61 1/4  +0.41 1/2
        -CBT   SEP13   5.96 3/4   5.52       5.79 1/4  +0.34 1/2
OATS    -CBT   JUL13   4.00       3.77 1/2   3.88            N/A
        -CBT   SEP13   3.75       3.67       3.71            N/A
SOYBEAN -CBT   JUL13  14.23 3/4  13.65 1/2  13.87 1/4  +0.06 1/4
        -CBT   AUG13  13.58 3/4  13.13 1/2  13.35 1/4  +0.16 3/4
        -CBT   SEP13  12.83      12.41 3/4  12.65 3/4  +0.18 1/4
SOYOIL  -CBT   JUL13      49.89      48.30      49.27      -0.27
(¢/lb)  -CBT   AUG13      49.44      48.08      49.01      -0.15
SOYMEAL -CBT   JUL13     422.70     403.50     406.50      +1.80
($/ton) -CBT   AUG13     395.20     378.80     387.20      +8.60

FEEDMILL BIDS on Apr 29/2013 (Different Delivery Points)
                       THIS WEEK         LAST WEEK
WHEAT -LETH                N/A       288.00-292.00
      -REDDEER             N/A       292.00-296.00
      -EDMTN               N/A       292.00-295.00
OATS  -EDMTN               N/A       244.00-251.00
PEAS - EDMTN               N/A       321.00-328.00
BARLEY-LETH                N/A       288.00-290.00
      -MH/BRKS             N/A       282.00-288.00
      -CALGARY             N/A       285.00-290.00
      -REDDEER             N/A       276.00-284.00
      -VERM                N/A       262.00-267.00
      -EDMTN               N/A       271.00-275.00
      -GRANDEP             N/A       229.00-238.00
CANOLA CRUSHER on May 01/2013
      -Meal (FOB)        323.85           319.66
      -Seed (DEL)        626.47           637.37


ELEVATOR BIDS (CND $/TONNE) on May 02/2013
                HIGH       LOW   AVERAGE    CHANGE
*CWRS         296.78    278.01    290.41     -1.49
**CPS         285.00    237.45    264.60     +8.30

* #1/2 Canada Western Red Spring Wheat, 13% or higher protein
** #1/2 Canada Prairie Spring Wheat, 10.5% or higher protein


ELEVATOR BIDS on May 03/2013 (Delivered)
                        THIS WEEK        LAST WEEK
FEED WHEAT -Red Deer     274.70           270.11
FEED OATS  -Red Deer       N/A              N/A
FEED BARLEY-Red Deer       N/A            245.32
RYE        -Red Deer       N/A              N/A
FLAXSEED   -Brooks       649.44           692.74
CANOLA     -Red Deer     605.59           647.67

SPECIAL CROP CASH BIDS on May 02/2013
                                                    Year Ago
 Basis delivered plant           $/Tonne  $/Bushel  $/Bushel
 PEA GREEN #2 OR BETTER           602.05     16.39     10.56
     FEED                         281.09      7.65      4.70
     LARGE YELLOW #2 OR BETTER    326.65      8.89      8.76
                                              $/Lb      $/Lb
 LENTILS #1 LAIRD                 484.02      0.22      0.25
         #1 ESTON                 497.47      0.23      0.29
 MUSTARD #1 YELLOW                871.59      0.40      0.35
         #1 BROWN                 776.24      0.35      0.30
         #1 ORIENTAL              620.27      0.28      0.25

WORLD AND US CASH MARKETS (CAN $/TONNE) as of May 02/2013
                             THIS     LAST    AVG TO   LAST YR     PCT
                             WEEK     WEEK     DATE    AV PRICE    CHG
WHEAT -#1DNS GREAT FALLS    297.87   308.69   309.45   302.96     +2.1%
      -#1DNS PORTLAND       344.93   346.20   352.93   343.49     +2.7%
CORN  -#2 CHICAGO           274.29   262.77   288.41   252.02    +14.4%
BARLEY-#2FD GREAT FALLS     205.62   208.17   213.06   207.49     +2.7%
      -#2 TULARE            339.00   330.82   339.45   313.29     +8.3%
SOYBNS-#1 ILLINOIS          552.86   553.15   564.09   494.95    +14.0%
EXCH RATE May 02/2013: US$ in CANADA$ 1.0083  CANADA$ IN US$ 0.9918

CANADIAN EXPORTS ('000 TONNES) as of Apr 28/2013
                    WEEK*  CROP YR   LAST YR       PCT    YR END
COMMODITY            #39   TO DATE   TO DATE       CHG  FORECAST
 WHEAT(EXC DUR)    188.5   9,906.8  10,348.2     -4.3%     +7.3%
 DURUM             107.0   3,192.3   2,796.0    +14.2%     +6.7%
 BARLEY             33.6   1,185.7     975.3    +21.6%     +8.3%
 OATS               15.0     840.4     940.5    -10.6%    -20.2%
 PEAS               45.2   1,476.6   1,303.6    +13.3%     +2.9%
 FLAXSEED           25.1     236.0     191.3    +23.4%     -4.9%
 CANOLA             95.2   5,844.6   6,992.7    -16.4%    -33.6%

CANADIAN CANOLA CRUSH ('000 TONNES) as of May 01/2013
 CANOLA CRUSH      115.0   5,244.6   5,248.4     -0.1%     +2.9%

U.S. EXPORTS ('000 TONNES) as of Apr 25/2013
 WHEAT             839.8  24,558.9  24,959.3     -1.6%     -2.4%
 BARLEY             N/A      137.9     138.4     -0.4%    -11.1%
 CORN              294.0  12,245.3  27,437.2    -55.4%    -45.1%
 SOYBEANS          243.2  33,910.5  29,651.9    +14.4%     -0.9%

NOPA SOYBEAN Month Ending: Dec 31/2012
 SOYBEAN CRUSH   4,351.7  16,070.0  14,647.0     +9.7%     -4.0%

* From Canadian Grain Commission Calendar