Nitrogen Solutions

U.S. Gulf: The market was very quiet at $225-$230/st ($7.03-$7.19/unit) FOB.

Eastern Cornbelt: UAN pricing was down slightly in the Eastern Cornbelt region last week. Sources pegged the UAN-28 market at $245-$255/st ($8.75-$9.11/unit) FOB, with the low at Cincinnati and the upper end reported out of inland terminals in Indiana.

Indiana sources also reported rail-delivered UAN-32 in the $285-$290/st ($8.91-$9.06/unit) range last week, while Illinois contacts quoted terminal pricing for UAN-32 at $275-$285/st ($8.59-$8.91/unit) FOB.

Western Cornbelt: UAN-32 remained in a broad range at $260-$295/st ($8.13-$9.22/unit) FOB regional terminals, with the low reported in Missouri on a spot basis and the upper end in Iowa.

California: The UAN-32 market had reportedly slipped to $325-$335/st ($10.16-$10.47/unit) FOB Stockton, Calif., with the upper end pegged at $345/st ($10.78/unit) FOB El Centro and Port Hueneme, Calif.

On a rail-delivered basis, Central Valley sources pegged the dealer market for UAN-32 as low as $320/st ($10.00/unit) for October delivery.

Pacific Northwest: Washington sources continued to quote the UAN-32 market at $340/st ($10.63/unit) DEL in early October, with the FOB market at virtually the same price.

Effective Sept. 13, Agrium lowered its UAN-32 postings to $340/st ($10.63/unit) rail-DEL in Washington, northern Idaho, and Oregon excluding Malheur County; $345/st ($10.78/unit) rail-DEL and $350/st ($10.94/unit) truck-DEL in Nevada, Utah, southern Idaho, and Oregon’s Malheur County; and $345/st ($10.78/unit) rail-DEL and $360/st ($11.25/unit) truck-DEL in the Klamath Basin sales area.

Western Canada: UAN-28 remained at $339-$342/mt ($12.11-$12.21/unit) DEL in Manitoba, $342-$345/mt ($12.21-$12.32/unit) DEL in Saskatchewan, and $345-$354/mt ($12.32-$12.64/unit) DEL in Alberta and British Columbia.