U.S. Gulf: Most folks are talking about higher UAN barges prices, especially in light of higher gas prices and postings by CF. However, actual trades were hard to find. Most were putting the market within the $145-$148/st FOB ($4.53-$4.63/unit) range last week, with sellers predicting the market is heading into the $150s/st FOB for the next round of business.
Eastern Cornbelt: UAN pricing remained at $5.70-$5.90/unit FOB most river terminals in the region for spot or prepay tons, with the upper end of the UAN-28 range quoted at roughly $170/st ($6.07/unit) FOB.
Western Cornbelt: UAN-32 was quoted at roughly $180-$190/st ($5.63-$5.94/unit) FOB most regional terminals to dealers.
Northern Plains: UAN-28 was quoted at $166.60-$172.20 ($5.95-$6.15/unit) FOB Minnesota terminals, with delivered UAN in North Dakota pegged at $175/st ($6.25/unit) for shipments completed in the Nov.1 to March 1 time frame.
Great Lakes: UAN was pegged at $5.89-$6.15/unit FOB in the region, with the upper end in Michigan. Reference prices for UAN-28 out of Michigan terminals were quoted as high as $178/st ($6.36/unit) FOB in late October. On a rail-delivered basis, UAN-32 was quoted by southern Wisconsin sources at $200-$205/st ($6.25-$6.41/unit) last week.
Northeast: UAN-30 was quoted at $175-$178/st ($5.83-$5.93/unit) FOB Baltimore and Philadelphia. The market FOB terminals in upstate New York was quoted at $6.43-$6.50/unit.