National Grain Market ST. JOSEPH, MO. AUGUST 19, 1992 US DA DAILY NATIONAL GRAIN SUMMARY NO GOOD NEWS FOR GRAIN AND SOYBEAN MARKETS but wheat prices higher. WHEAT 2 TO 5 CENTS HIGHER. CORN STEADY TO 2 CENTS LOWER. SORG HUM 4 TO 5 CENTS LOWER. SOY BEANS I TO 3 CENTS LOWER. HOT WEATHER AND FORECAST OF NEAR OR ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERA TURES FOR NEXT FEW DAYS EXPECTED TO INCREASE CROP MATURITY RATE AND MELT TALKS OF EARLY FROST. COUNTRY MOVE MENT OF CORN AND SOYBEANS AS TIME OF YEAR FOR FARMERS AND COUNTRY ELEVATORS TO CLEAN OUT THEIR BINS AND GET READY FOR NEW CROPS. BUMPER CROP PREDICTIONS AND ALREADY CON CERNS ABOUT SHORTAGE OF STOR AGE SPACE AND RAILROAD CARS. A FLUSH OF LARGE EXPORT ORDERS STILL NOT ON THE BOOKS; LIKE RUSSIA. CHINA, EGYPT ETC.. CANA DIAN WHEAT BOARD SUSPEDED ALL GRAIN SHIPMENTS TO RUSSIA DUE TO FINANCIAL PROBLEMS. FREE TRADE AGREEMENT EXPECTED TO INCREASE U.S. EXPORT OF CORN, BEANS AND SOY BEAN MEAL TO MEXICO. COUNTRY ELEVATORS. ESPECIALLY IN OUT LYING AREAS THAT HAVE LOST RAIL SERVICE ARE BIDDING NEW CROP CORN BELOW 2.00 AND SOY BEANS AROUND 5.00. TIME TO START LOOKING AT SUPPORT IF IT’S WORTH YOUR INVESTMENT, TRUST IT TO HERSHEY. How important is quality and customer satisfaction? Ask someone who settled for less than the best and has been pay ing for it in lower profits ever since! If it’s worth the invest ment, it’s worth the finest equipment, highly reliable service, and the most professional systems design available, and that means Hershey Equipment Company. We have a reputation for quality in components and workmanship that’s backed by successful satisfied customers. DON’T PUT UP WITH PROBLEMS! TUT HERSHEY EQUIPMENT COMPANY, INC. PRICES AND SET ASIDE ACERAGE FOR 1993. EXPORT NEWS: JAPAN BOUGHT 114,282 TONNES OP WHEAT WITH 57,141 TONNES FROM THE U.S. FOR ITS OCTOBER REQUIREMENTS. TAI WAN PURCHASED ABOUT 78,700 TONNES OF U.S. WESTERN WHITE WHEAT FOR SHIPMENT JAN/OCT. THE COMMODITY CREDIT CORP. PURCHASED 14,500 TONNES OF NO. 2 OR BETTER U.S. NORTHERN/DARK NORTHERN SPRING WHEAT IN A DONATION TENDER FOR THE PHIL IPPINES, SHIPMENT FROM THE GULF SEP/OCT. SAUDI ARABIA BOUGHT 10,000 TONNES OF U.S. SOYMEAL FOR LAST HALF SEP.- FIRST HALF OCT SHIPMENT. U.S.D.A. ACCEPTED A BID TO COVER THE SALE OF 1,400 TONNES OF SUNOIL TO MEXICO UNDER THE SUNFLOWERSEED OIL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, SHIPMENT IS SCHEDULED FOR DECEMBER. DATE CHANGE YEAR AGO 08/19/92 08/18/92 08/21/91 WHEAT: KANSAS CITY 3.17-3.19 UP2 3.07-3.08 MINNEA POLIS TRUCK BID 3.31 3/4 UP 1 1/4 3.07 3/4-3.15 3/4 PORTLAND 3.97-4.10 UP 5 3.50-3.52 ST. LOUIS 2.93-2.96 DN 2 2.78-2.79 CORN, U.S. NO. 2 YELLOW: KAN SAS arv 2.25-2.26 dn 2 2.44-2.46 MINNEAPOLIS 2.20 1/4 DN 3/4 2.35 1/2 SO. lOWA 2.25-Z2B DN 1 - NC 2.43-2.47 OMAHA 2.08-2.12 DN 2-1 2.27-2.31 SOYBEANS, NO. 1 YELLOW: KAN SAS CITY 5.49 DN 3 5.72-5.74 MIN NEAPOLIS 5.47 1/4 DN 1 5.57 1/4 SO. lOWA 5.53-5.55 UP 1-DN 2 5.63-5.69 C. ILL. PROCESSORS 5.571/4-5.61 1/4 DN 1 5.70 1/2-5.81 1/2 KANSAS CITY, US BUY BIG DUTCHMAN. TRUST IT TO HERSHEY. WE IWE CUS'TOMT.'Ii SATISFACTION PE%SONALL<y 255 PLANE TREE DRIVE LANCASTER, PA 17603 (717) 393-5807 NO. 1 HARD RED WINTER WHEAT, ORDINARY PROTEIN. MINNEAPO LIS, 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 (SEP) WHEAT 3.04 3/4 UP 1 1/2 3.01 1/4 MINNEAPOLIS (SEP) WHEAT 3.03 3/4 UP 1 1/4 2.83 3/4 CHICAGO (SEP ) WHEAT 3.06 3/4 UP 1/4 2.96 1/4 (SEP) CORN 2.18 1/4 DN 1 3/4 2.43 1/2 (DEC) CORN 2.19 3/4 DN 2 1/2 2.46 3/4 (NOV) SOYBEANS 5.39 1/4 DN 3 5.72 1/4 EXPORT: BARGE OR RAIL, PORT - OF NEW ORLEANS OR NORTH TEX AS GULF. NO. 1 HARD RED WINTER WHEAT ORDINARY PROTEIN 3.47-3.48 UP 2 3/4-1 3/4 3.43 NO. 2 SOFT RED WINTER WHEAT 3.18-3.19 DN 1/2 3.45- NO. 2 YELLOW CORN 2.46- DN 2- DN 1/2 2.71-2.73 NO. 2 YELLOW SORGHUM RAIL 4.28 DN 5 BARGE 4.20 DN 4 4.73 NO. 2 YELLOW SOYBEANS 5.79 DN 1-2 5.97-5.99 RF 0255 C R -O- NY Phila Frozen Eggs EDISON, NJ AUGUST 18, 1992 EASTERN REGION FROZEN EGGS AUGUST 18. 1992. FEDERAL-STATE The maiket tone was fully steady with an underlying cautiousness. Buying activi ty improved in some quarters, but higher asking prices limited trading. Raw mater ials were sufficient for current needs. Floor slocks remained fully adequate to ample. WHOLESALE SELLING PRICES Biq Putchman. (CENTS PER POUND IN 30 LB. CONTAINERS) TRUCKLOTS LTL (MIN. 25 CONT.) RANGE MOSTLY RANGE WHOLE 40-43 40-41 43-52 BLEND (/) 53-64 WHITES 36-39 36-37 39-45 SUGARED YOLKS (MIN 43% SOLIDS) 48-51 49-50 52-60 SALTED YOLKS (MIN 43% SOLIDS) 46-49 47-48 50-58 (/) - WHOLE PLUS YOLK PLUS SWEETENER. GENERALLY 28-32% EGG SOLIDS. , MOUNTAIN GROVE (WRIGHT COUNTY LIVESTOCK AUCTION, 8-17-92) FEEDER-CATTLE RECEIPTS: 1250 THIS WEEK, 1308 LAST WEEK, 1053 A YEAR AGO COMPARED TO LAST MONDAY, STEERS STEADY TO 2.00 HIGHER. HOLSTEINS UNDER 450 LBS. 1.00 TO MOSTLY 2.00 HIGHER. OVER 450 LBS. FULLY STEADY. HEIFERS MOSTLY STEADY FEW OVER 600 LBS. 1.00-2.00 HIGHER, SUPPLY MODERATE WITH 35% OVER 600 LBS. FEEDER STEERS MEDIUM & LARGE FRAME 1 (MEDIUM FLESH) 300-400 LBS. 103.00-110.00, FEW THIN OR EXOTIC/CROSS 112.00-11S.S0 400-450 LBS. 97.50-103.50 450-500 LBS. 93.00-99.25 500-600 LBS. 89.50-96.25 600-700 LBS. 84.00-93.75, SET YELLOW-BALDIES 625 LBS. 95.50 700-800 LBS. 80.00-84.00 FEW 825-990 LBS. FLESHY OR FULL 75.10-79.50 MEDIUM FRAME 1 400-500 LBS. 85.00-87.50 500-550 LBS. 85.00-86.00 MEDIUM & LARGE FRAME 1-2 “a stap ahaad" Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 22, IM2-A5 400-500 LBS. 82.00-90.00 500-600 LBS. 80.00-87.00 600-700 LBS. 82.75-85.85 FEW 700-755 LBS. 78.00-80.25 HOLSTEINS; LARGE FRAME 2 300-400 LBS. 87.00-97.50 400-500 LBS. 82.50-89.75 500-600 LBS. 74.75-80.00 600-700 LBS. 71.00-77.50 700-800 LBS. 70.00- FEW 800-950 LBS. 65.00- FEEDER HEIFERS: MEDIUM & LARGE FRAME 1 (MEDIUM FLESH) FEW 300-350 LBS. 99.50-101.00, SMALL PKG. LIM/CROSS 347 LBS. 10 9.00 FEW 350-400 LBS. 87.00-91.00, SMALL PKG LIM/CROSS 363 LBS. 105.00 400-450 LBS. 92.25-94.50, SMALL PKG. LIM/CROSS 425 LBS. 103.00 450-500 LBS. 84.00-89.75 500-600 LBS. 83.00-86.00 600-700 LBS. 79.60-84.00 MEDIUM 1 400-500 LBS. 82.50-85.00 500-625 LBS. 78.00-83.25 MEDIUM & LARGE FRAME 1-2 400-500 LBS. 80.00-86.00 500-630 LBS. 79.50-85.00 SLAUGHTER COWS: FEW SALES CUTTER & UTILITY 1-3 BULK HIGH DRESSING LOW DRESSING BONING 46.00-52.50 FEW 52.00-55.50 OTHER CUTTER 44.00-46.00 40.00-43.00 BULLS: YG 1-2 FEW SALES 1500-1750 LBS. 57.50-64.00, HIGH DRESSING 64.00 HOLSTEIN HEIFER CALVES TO 190.00. VEAL CALVES MEDIUM TO 85.00 VEALER BULL CALVES 125.00-145.00. SLAUGHTER CALVES 70.00 AND DOWN. GRASSERS & FEEDERS 50.00-70.00. LAMBS 50.00-67.00. SHEEP 12.00-23.00. HOGS 200-250 LBS. 36.00-41.00. SOWS 21.00-26.00. BOARS 20.00-24.00. PIGS 18.00-28.00. HEIFERS 40.00-44.00. STEERS 50.00-62.00. FEEDER STEERS 55.00-80.00. BULLS 48.00-62.50. GOOD COWS 47.50-51.75. COWS MEDIUM 43.00-46.00. COWS POOR OR SMALL 40.00 AND DOWN. HORSES TO 510.00. GOATS: TO 65.00. CATTLE AND CALF MARKET STEADY. PRICES SEEM ABOUT STEADY. Kiln Dried WOOD SHAVINGS and SAWDUST • Great for dairy or horses • Delivered in trailer load lots • Year round supply • Reasonably priced 717 653-5935 jD.(^Martininc. Mount Joy, PA Valley Stockyards Athens, Pa. Monday, Aug. 17, 1992 Report supplied by auction
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