National Grain Market
St. Joseph, MO
Dee. 26, 1990
GRAIN AND SOYBEAN PRICES
HIGHER WEDNESDAY AS COM
PARED TO LAST FRIDAYS PRICES.
WHEAT 2 TO 5 CENTS HIGHER. CORN
1 TO 5 CENTS HIGHER. SORGHUM 1
TO 5 CENTS HIGHER. SOYBEANS 5
TO 8 CENTS HIGHER. WHEAT PRICES
FOUND SUPPORT FROM IMPROVED
EXPORT BUSINESS AND CONCERN
OVER POSSIBLE WINTER KILL
FROM BITTER COLD WINTER
WEATHER. CORN AND SOYBEAN
PRICES ADVANCED UNDER RECORD
OR NEAR RECORD LOW TEMPERA
TURES ACROSS THE ENTIRE MID
WEST
GRAINS INSPECTED FOR EXPORT
FOR WEEK ENDING 12/20/90: WHEAT
TOTALED 8.4 DOWN 3.2 MILLION
BUSHELS, CORN 24.5, DOWN 17.2
AND SOYBEANS 15.0, UP 700 THOU
SAND BUSHELS COMPARED TO A
WEEK AGO. YEAR TO DATE: WHEAT
573 5, DOWN 171.9, CORN 475.6,
DOWN 293.2 AND SOYBEANS 160.9,
DOWN 54 8.
EXPORT NEWS; COLOMBIA
BOUGHT 114,700 TONNES U.S. HARD
RED WINTER WHEAT UNDER
EXPORT BONUS FOR JANUARY/
MARCH SHIPMENT. YEMEN
BOUGHT 75,000 TONNES U.S. SOFT
WHITE WHEAT UNDER EBP FOR
JAN/MAR SHIPMENT. SRI LANKA
BOUGHT 50,000 TONNES U.S. SOFT
WHITE WHEAT UNDER EBP FOR
JANUARY SHIPMENT.
DATE CHANGE YEAR AGO
12/26/90 12/21/90 12/27/89 WHEAT:
KANSAS CITY 2,71-2 73 UP 3 4 23-4 27
MINNEAPOLIS 2 79 3/4-2 85 3/4 UP 2
1/4 4.21 3/4-4.24 3/4 PORTLAND
If you haven’t been using Funk’s
4543 or 4626, maybe you should find
out for yourself what 12,238 fellow
Pennsylvania farmers already know.
These two hybrids perform year
after year.
In fact, you can’t get a better
performance package in the 110- to
115-day maturity group. A time-tested
package featuring big yields. Plus
standability, dry-down, drought toler
ance and disease resistance.
2.97-2.98 UP 4 4.63-4.64 ST. LOUIS
2 71-2.74 UP 5-4 4.07-4.13
CORN, U.S. NO. 2 YELLOW: KAN
SAS CITY 2.33-2.37 NC-UP 1 2.44-2.48
MINNEAPOLIS NO BID 2.21 SO. lOWA
2.30-2.35 UP 5-3 2.31-2.34 OMAHA
2.20-2.22 UP 1 2.29-2.31
SOYBEANS, NO. I YELLOW; KAN
SAS CITY 5.67-5.72 UP 5 5.73-5.76 MIN
NEAPOLIS NO BID 5.54 1/4 SO. lOWA
5.66-5.71 1/2 UP 8-7 1/2 5.61-5.66 C. ILL.
PROCESSORS 5.73 1/2-5.80 1/2 UP 6
1/2-4 1/2 5.68 1/2-5.76 1/2
KANSAS CITY, US NO. 1 HARD RED
WINTER WHEAT, ORDINARY PRO
TEIN MINNEAPOLIS. US NO 1 DARK
NORTHERN SPRING WHEAT, 14%
PROTEIN PORTLAND, NO 1 SOFT
WHITE WHEAT, ST. LOUIS. NO. 2
SOFT RED WINTER WHEAT.
FUTURES CLOSE: KANSAS CITY
(MAR) WHEAT 2,68 1/4 UP 3 1/4 4.07
MINNEAPOLIS (MAR) WHEAT 2.63
3/4 DN 5 3.91 3/4 CHICAGO (MAR)
WHEAT 2.66 UP 4 1/2 4.06 1/4 (MAR)
CORN 2 35 UP 1 2.39 (JAN) SOYBEANS
5.66 1/2 UP 3 3/4 5,64 1/2
EXPORT; BARGE OR RAIL, PORT
OF NEW ORLEANS OR NORTH TEX
AS GULF. NO. 1 HARD RED WINTER
WHEAT ORDINARY PROTEIN
3 10-3.12 UP 3 4.62 NO. 2 SOFT RED
WINTER WHEAT 2 98-3 01 UP 2-3
4.50-4,52 NO. 2 YELLOW CORN
2 59-2.63 NC-UP 2 2.74-2 79 NO. 2 YEL
LOW SORGHUM RAIL 4.59 UP 2
BARGE 4 66 NC 4 77-4.80 NO. 2 YEL
LOW SOYBEANS 5.94-5.97 UP 4-6
6.10-6 18
01) (URG) LS PA LSI 10 CATTLE
WEEKLY PA LSI 10 PEORIA, ILLI
NOIS THURSDAY DECEMBER 6.1990
FEDERAL-STATE CATTLE WEEKLY
COMPARED WITH LAST MONDAY
SLAUGHTER STEERS AND HEIFERS
1.00 TO 2.00 LOWER. AT THE AUC-
4543*4626
These Two Hybrids
Have Proven Themselves
To 12,238 Demanding
Pennsylvania Farmers
TION SLAUGHTER COWS AND
BULLS MOSTLY STEADY. NOT
ENOUGH SALES OF FEEDER CATTLE
FOR A MARKET TEST. SUPPLY
MAINLY SELECT TO AVERAGE
CHOICE SLAUGHTER STEERS AND
HEIFERS WITH ABOUT 14% COWS
FOR AUCTION. RECEIPTS THIS
WEEK ABOUT 2000 AS COMPARED
WITH 2608 A WEEK AGO AND 1966 A
YEAR AGO.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: CHOICE 2-4
1050-1350 LBS. 78.50-80.50 COUPLE
LOADS 81.00 MIXED SELECT &
CHOICE 2-3 1000-1300 LBS. 75.00-78.50
SELECT 2-3 900-1200 LBS. 71.00-75.00
HOLSTEINS: MIXED SELECT &
CHOICE 2-3 1200-1350 LBS. 73.00
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: CHOICE 2-4
950-1200 LBS. 77.50-80.00 MIXED
SELECT & CHOICE 2-3 900-1100 LBS.
74 00-77.50 SELECT 2-3 800-1100
LBS, 70 00-74.00
COWS: BREAKING UTILITY AND
COMMERCIAL 2-4 49.50-57.00 CUT
TER AND BONING UTILITY 1-3
49.00-54.50 CANNER AND LOW
DRESSING CUTTER 1-2 41,00-48.50
BULLS: YG 1-2 1275-2390 LBS.
56.50-64.25
Lebanon Valley
Livestock
Fredericksburg, PA
NO SALE CHRIST MAS. TUESDAY,
DECEMBER 25, 1990!
Keister’s Middleburg
Auction
Middleburg, PA
NO SALE CHRISTMAS, TUESDAY.
DECEMBER 25, 1990'
So what are you waiting for!
Call your local Hoffman sales represen
tative or our Landisville office today.
Find out for yourself what you’ve
been missing.
1-800-776-7929
CIBA-GEIGY
S««d Division
Hoffman Seeds, Inc.
Landisville, PA 17538
Dependable Seeds From Dependable People
The limitation of warranty and remedy on the tag attached to each bag of
Funk's G Brand hybrids is a part of the terms of sale thereof Funk sis a
brand name Numbers Identify varieties
O Hoffman Seeds
WED, 12/26/90 (EST)
WEEK AGO (EST)
YEAR AGO (ACT)
WEEK TO DATE (EST)
SAME PD LT WK (EST)
SAME PD LT YR (ACT)
*** REVISION CATTLE SLAUGHTER FRIDAY 12/21/90, 117.00,
WEEK ENDING 12/22/90, 648.00.
New Wilmington
Livestock
N. Wilmington, PA
SALE NOT REPORTED MONDAY,
DECEMBER 24. 19901
Eighty-Four Livestock
Eighty-Four, PA
SALE NOT REPORTED MONDAY,
DECEMBER 24, 1990'
Mercer Livestock
Mercer, PA
NO SALE CHRIST MAS, TUESDAY,
DECEMBER 25, 1990'
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 2s, 1990-A5
Estimated Daily Livestock Slaughter
Under Federal Inspection
Dec. 26, 1990
CATTLE CALVES
117.000 6,000
125.000 7,000
120.000 10,000
127.000 10,000
360.000 21,000
233.000 17,000
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HOGS
318.000
324.000
348.000
443.000
956.000
624.000
Belleville Livestock
Belleville, PA
Dec. 26, 1990
CATTLE 106 REPORT IS SUPPLIED
BY THE AUCTION .Compared with last
Wednesday’s market Select slaughter
steer, one 76 25 Utility si heifers
54 85-59 75, Breaking Utility and Com
mercial slaughter cows 51 00-55 85, Cutter
and Boning Utility 48.85-51 50, Canner
and Low Cutter 46 00-49 00, Shells down
to 40 00 Yield Grade No. 1, slaughter
bulls 61 00-65 85. No 2, 56 10-59 75
CALVES 184 . Standard and Good
vcalcrs 35 00-48.00, Uulity down to 30 00.
FARM CALVES. Holstein bulls, No 1.
90/115 lbs 125 00-151 00, No 2,
95 00-122 50
HOGS 164 Barrows and gilts US No
1-2 215/250 lbs 48 50 49 35, 1-3 200/280
lbs 46 00-48 25 US No. 1-3 400/600 lbs.
sows 37 00-45 00
FEEDER PIGS 138 . US No 1-3 20/35
lbs. feeder Pigs 19 50-33 00, 40/65 lbs
37 00-53 00 all pei head
SHEEP 4 Not enough sales for a mark
et test.
GOATS 1...N0 quotes all per head
HOLSTEIN DAIRY COWS ---
- PER HEAD
720 00-1330 00
Mt. Joy, PA
♦SHEEP*
23.000
23.000
24.000
31.000
69.000
46.000