# Feedgrain Focus:  Offshore, lockdown lift prices - Grain Central

> Australian wheat and barley prices rose over the past week, tracking stronger offshore values and tighter logistics caused by the New South Wales COVID lockdown. Queensland consumers are bidding up local nearby grain to avoid crossing the NSW border, with border testing and vaccination requirements for truck drivers causing delays.

- Date: 2021-08-19 · published 2021-08-19T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region Australia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/45677-feedgrain-focus-offshore-lockdown-lift-prices-grain-central
- Commodities: [Sorghum](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SORGHUM.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Border logistics frictions are lifting nearby Australian feed grain prices above fundamentals, and stockfeed millers are accumulating for October-November, supporting cereal and sorghum prices in the near term.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bullish ▲
- BARLEY: bullish ▲
- SORGHUM: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2020-01-16 | [Feedgrain Focus: Prices jump as growers hold, fires disrupt - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55145-feedgrain-focus-prices-jump-as-growers-hold-fires-disrupt-grain-central.md) | -0.2% | -5.3% |
| WHEAT | 2021-04-22 | [Feedgrain Focus: Sorghum shorts preoccupy north - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47561-feedgrain-focus-sorghum-shorts-preoccupy-north-grain-central.md) | +3.9% | +0.9% |
| WHEAT | 2021-04-29 | [Feedgrain Focus: Tight logistics, grower absence lift bids - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47556-feedgrain-focus-tight-logistics-grower-absence-lift-bids-grain-central.md) | -5.4% | -5.4% |
| WHEAT | 2021-08-19 | [Australia: offshore, lockdown lift prices 19.08.2021 - UkrAgroConsult](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45678-australia-offshore-lockdown-lift-prices-19-08-2021-ukragroconsult.md) | +0.4% | +4.9% |
| WHEAT | 2021-03-01 | [Feedgrain Focus: Wheat, barley firm on logistics](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48712-feedgrain-focus-wheat-barley-firm-on-logistics.md) | +1.8% | -0.5% |

## Sources

- beefcentral.com: https://www.beefcentral.com/lotfeeding/feedgrain-focus-offshore-lockdown-lift-prices/
- graincentral.com: https://www.graincentral.com/markets/feedgrain-focus-offshore-lockdown-lift-prices/

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