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Physical Commodities Inventory (Notes)
 6 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2019
Physical Commodities Inventory [Abstract]  
Inventory Disclosure [Text Block]
Physical Commodities Inventory
The Company’s inventories consist of finished physical commodities. Inventories by component of the Company’s Physical Commodities segment are shown below.
(in millions)
March 31,
2019
 
September 30,
2018
Physical Ag & Energy(1)
$
163.3

 
$
114.7

Precious metals - held by broker-dealer subsidiary(2)
39.6

 
42.1

Precious metals - held by non-broker-dealer subsidiaries(3)
76.9

 
65.7

Physical commodities inventory
$
279.8

 
$
222.5


(1) Physical Ag & Energy maintains agricultural commodity inventories, including corn, soybeans, wheat, dried distillers grain, canola, sorghum, coffee, cocoa, cotton, and others. The agricultural commodity inventories are carried at net realizable value, which approximates fair value less disposal costs, with changes in net realizable value included as a component of ‘cost of sales of physical commodities’ on the condensed consolidated income statements. The agricultural inventories have reliable, readily determinable and realizable market prices, have relatively insignificant costs of disposal and are available for immediate delivery. Physical Ag & Energy also maintains energy related inventory which is valued at the lower of cost or net realizable value.
(2) Precious metals held by the Company’s subsidiary, INTL FCStone Ltd, a United Kingdom based broker-dealer subsidiary, is measured at net realizable value, with changes in net realizable value included as a component of ‘principal gains, net’ on the condensed consolidated income statements, in accordance with U.S. GAAP accounting requirements for broker-dealers.
(3) Precious metals inventory held by subsidiaries that are not broker-dealers are valued at the lower of cost or net realizable value.
The Company has recorded lower of cost or net realizable adjustments for certain precious metals inventory of $0.1 million and $0.4 million as of March 31, 2019 and September 30, 2018, respectively. The adjustments are included in ‘cost of sales of physical commodities’ in the condensed consolidated income statements.