# Feedgrain Focus: Interstate wheat shapes up on value - Grain Central

> Severe heat and dry conditions in Queensland and northern New South Wales have shifted feedlot buying from sorghum back to interstate wheat. NSW wheat and barley crop estimates from ABARES are 1.98 Mt and 708,000t, and northern NSW growers are holding remaining grain.

- Date: 2018-12-06 · published 2018-12-06T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Australia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/61624-feedgrain-focus-interstate-wheat-shapes-up-on-value-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

Dry weather and reduced local supply support Australian feed wheat and sorghum prices as buyers shift toward interstate wheat.

## Read by commodity

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

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2019-08-22 | [Feedgrain Focus: Barley shapes up in fuzzy new-crop picture - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57539-feedgrain-focus-barley-shapes-up-in-fuzzy-new-crop-picture-grain-central.md) | +2.1% | +0.5% |
| WHEAT | 2018-09-20 | [Feedgrain Focus: WA frost and eastern dry lift values - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63096-feedgrain-focus-wa-frost-and-eastern-dry-lift-values-grain-central.md) | +0.1% | +7.9% |
| WHEAT | 2022-11-17 | [Feedgrain Focus: Rain reignites southern inverse - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/38798-feedgrain-focus-rain-reignites-southern-inverse-grain-central.md) | +1.0% | -0.5% |
| WHEAT | 2019-12-19 | [Feedgrain Focus: Wash-outs overheat sorghum market - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5351-feedgrain-focus-wash-outs-overheat-sorghum-market-grain-central.md) | -0.0% | +2.6% |
| WHEAT | 2020-09-14 | [Feedgrain Focus: Wheat mostly higher on northern dry - Beef Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51094-feedgrain-focus-wheat-mostly-higher-on-northern-dry-beef-central.md) | +1.4% | +8.1% |

## Sources

- graincentral.com: https://www.graincentral.com/cropping/feedgrain-focus-interstate-wheat-shapes-up-on-value/

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