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Central U.S.
Carlot
Beef Report
Wednesday, April 29
v Report supplied by USD A
Compared to Tueklay’s 3:00
p.m. report, choice 3 steer and
heifer carcasses steady to weak,
Holstein-type steer $3.50 lower
than last test. Other carcass types
not established. Demand generally
light, movement slow to moderate
on light to moderate supplies.
8 loads of steer carcasses and 15
loads of heifer carcasses traded to
Mo wportsd on 42 loads of
carcasses.
Unr Carcasses;
(V Leads Reported)
FOB Omaha Basis
Choices
600-900 lbs. 12 Ids. range 101.00-
102.00, latest estb. mkt. 102.00.
Choice 2
600-900 lbs. Unq.
Choices
600-900 lbs. latest estb. mkt.
89.00-90.00 B.
Good 1-3
600-900 lbs. latest estb. mkt. 96.00
Holstein Type
Choice 1-3
600-900 lbs. 4 Ids. range 90.00,
latest estb. mkt. 90.00.
Good 1-3
600-900 lbs. 3 Ids. range 85.00,
latest estb. mkt. 85.00.
Heifer Carcasses
(23 Loads Reported)
FOB Omaha Basis
Choices
550-800 lbs. 19 Ids. range 100.00-
101.00, latest estb. mkt. 101.00.
500-550# 2 Ids. range 91.00, latest
estb. mkt. 91.00.
400-500# 2 Ids. range 90.00, latest
estb. mkt. 90.00.
Choice 2
550-800# latest estb. mkt. 100.00-
100.50 A.
Choice 4
500-800# latest estb. mkt. 89.00-
90.00 B.
Good 1-3
550-800# latest estb. mkt. 95.00 A.
400-550# latest estb. mkt. 80.00 C.
Steer Carcasses
FOB Amarillo Basis
Choice 4
600-900 lbs. latest estb. mkt. 89.00
Heifer Carcasses
FOB Amarillo
Choice 4
500-800 lbs. latest estb. mkt. 89.00
Steer and Heifer
Primal Cuts
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You can buy crisp, juicy apples
and pears from the Pacific North
west any time of the year and
almost anywhere in the United
States mostly because of ad
vances in storing these fruits made
over the last 30 years.
And because today’s customers
want stored apples to taste as good
as those that have been freshly
picked, the newest U.S. Depart
ment of Agriculture research in
Wenatchee, WA, has turned to
flavor.
Horticulturist Stephen R. Drake
with USDA’s Agricultural
Research Service and biochemist
John K. Fellman of the Washington
State Tree Fruit Commission are
monitoring storage rooms to
determine the special flavor and
Choices
FOB Omaha Basis
Heifer Hinds
119-167# Unq.
Front Quarters
131-183# Unq.
Cow and Bull Carcasses
(29 Loads Reported)
Midwest: Utility steady to 1.00
lower, cutter generally steady.
Eastern Texas and Oklahoma:
Prices weak to mostly 1.50 lower,
lower than last week.
Sales in the Midwest
Production Area
Util, Brkg. 2-4 450/Up# 2 Ids.
70.00.
Util., Bng. 1-3 400/Up# 2 Ids,
73.00.
Util., Bng. 1-3 500/Up# 3 Ids.
74.50-75.00.
Cutter Bng. 1-2 350/Up# 2 Ids,
80 00*81 00
Cutter Bng. 1-2 400/Up# 83.00 A.
Bull Bng. 1-2 500/Up# Unq.
Bull Bng. 1-2 600/Up#Unq.
Sales in Eastern Texas and
Oklahoma Production Areas
Util., Brkg. 2-4 450/Up# 4 Ids.
69.00-70.00.
Util., Bng. 1-3 400/Up# Unq.
500/Up# 9 Ids. 73.50-74.50,75.00.
Cutter Bng. 1-2 350/Up# 6 Ids.
An Apple A Day All Year
odor essences given off by ripened
apples. Their goal: to prevent
flavor losses during the long
months in storage or somehow
remedy them when apples are
taken out of storage and sent to the
supermarket.
Marketing of both Red Delicious
and Golden Delicious apples has
been revolutionized in recent years
by storage in special cold rooms
that are low in oxygen and high in
carbon dioxide, lids technique is
known in the industry as controlled
atmosphere (or CA) storage.
“This approach is clearly the
culmination of 20th-century cold
storage research,” says plant
physiologist Max W. Williams,
research' leader at the ARS Tree
Fruit Research Laboratory in
Unq, 82.00.
Bull 1-2 600/Up# 86.50-87.00 D.
Boneless Processing Beef
Beef Trimmings
(162 Lds. Reported)
FOB Omaha Basis
90% Chem Lean 22 Ids. fresh
107.00-108.00, 2 Ids. frozen 108.00-
109.00.
85% Chem Lean 3 Ids. fresh
101.00, frozen unq.
75% Chem Lean fresh unq.,
frozen unq.
65% Chem Lean unq.
50% Chem Lean 92 Ids. fresh 55-
56, M 56, frozen unq.
50% Chem Lean unq. boxed.
Bnsl. Bull 92% unq.
Eastern Texas/Oklahoma
Production Areas-FOB Plant
90% Chem Lean 28 Ids. fresh
106.00-109.50, 8 lbs. frozen 109.00-
110.00.
85% Chem Lean 5 Ids. fresh
101.00-102.00, frozen 2 Ids. 102.00.
75% Chem Lean fresh unq.,
frozen unq.
ABCDE after market quotes
represents days since last actual
market test. Quotes will be
dropped after 5 days of no test or
before if they no longer reflect
current market conditions.**
Thanks and Congratulations
JAMES H. PATCHES & FAMILY
On Their New 48’x96’xl4’ Storage Building
FEATURES
• Roof Trusses 4’ On Center, Which Allows Heavier Snow Load
• Pole Barn Construction • 48’ Clear Span Trusses
DESIGNERS & BUILDERS
RD4, EPHRATA, PA 17522
Located in Farmersville
Phone 717-354-4271
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Wenatchee. “Before, growers
grew only what could be sold
within 4 to 5 months of harvest.
There was no point in growing any
more apples because in regular
cold storage, they would soon get
mushy or rot. Now we can keep
fruit in good condition up to a full
year.”
How do controlled atmosphere
and regular storage differ? In
both, the temperature is kept at
just above freezing. But controlled
atmosphere has two other critical
requirements.
The first is that fruit be nicked
after it has matured but just before
it’s had a chance to fully ripen.
Apple maturity tests conducted
regularly by the Washington State
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In a controlled atmosphere commercial fruit storage facility
at Wenatchee, WA, where ARS testing takes place, plant
physiologist Kenneth Olsen checks apples for low-oxygen and
low-temperature injury. Olsen wears breathing mask and air
tank in the 1-percent oxygen atmosphere. USDA photo.
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the best time to harves their fruit
and get it into storage.
Each week, lab technicians
examine fruit from orchards
throughout the state for five key
indicators of ripeness: firmness,
sugar-to-acid ratio, soluble sohds
(the ratio of water to fiber), starch
content, and ethylene (a natural
hormone considered to be the
agent that triggers the ripening
process).
The second requirement for
long-term storage is that the
oxygen and carbon dioxide levels
be strictly regulated. Storage
rooms typically contain 5 to 20
times less oxygen and 8 times
more carbon dioxide than the air
we breathe. It’s the combination of
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