Only a few millimetres of rain fell in most areas around the State in October.

On the Yorke Peninsula, Warooka recorded only 4.4 millimtres, while in the South East Naracoorte has had 6 for the month. Over on the Eyre Peninsula, Cleve had 2.2mm and in the Murray Mallee Loxton had 4.4.

September's crop and pasture report, put together by Primary Industries and Resources SA, estimated this season's SA crop to be 5.45 million tonnes, close to the drought-affected five-year average of 5.56mt.

October's report will be released early next week and Rural Solutions SA consultant Peter Fulwood said a downgrading was very likely.

"The yield has been extremely variable, depending on soil types and when the crops were sown," he said.

"There has been a three to four fold difference in yield even between paddocks."

Areas that are doing reasonaly well include the central Yorke Peninsula and Lower North, and some parts of the Mid North.

"The South East has certainly slipped back, because they depended on rain in October," he said.

ABB operations manager - storage and handling - Andrew Hannon said receivals were now happening at sites around the State, with the exception of the Murray Mallee and South East.

"There is a lot more grain starting to come in, unfortunately the quality is letting us down," he said.

"What we're seeing is a lot of barley going into feed grades.

"At the moment 50 per cent is going to F1/F2 and the other 50pc F3/F4."

* Extract from a full report in Stock Journal, October 30 edition.