New England Shell Eggs Wednesday, May 11, 1994 NEW ENGLAND; Pricei trended high er on loose eggs, unchanged on cartons. Trade sentiment improved and was mostly steady with an underlying cautiousness still ptevelent. Demand was generally moderate with retail promotional activity stimulating some additional buying inter est. Floor stocks were adequate to cover most current trade needs. PRICES PAID TO PRODUCERS, CASES EXCHANGED. GRADE YIELD BASIS, BROWN EGGS LOOSE, AT FARM, CENTS PER DOZEN RANGE JUMBO .S9-.62, EXTRA LARGE .58-.61, LARGE .54-.57, MEDIUM .44-.47, SMALL .21-.24. BOSTON: PRICES TO RETAILERS, SALES TO VOLUME BUYERS. USDA GRADE A AND GRADE A. BROWN EGGS IN CARTONS, DELIVERED STORE DOOR, CENTS PER DOZEN. RANGE EXTRA LARGE .7S-.77, LARGE .71-.73, MEDIUM .61-.63. New York & Philadelphia Frozen Egg Report Tuesday, May 10,1994 Prices were unchanged to instances lower. Trade sentiment continued cautious. Trading activity was irregular as both buy ers and sellers were apprehensive. Floor stocks were at least adequate for current dealer needs. WHOLESALE SELLING PRICES (CENTS PER POUND IN 30 LB. CON TAINERS) TRUCKLOTS LTL (MIN. 25 CONT.) RANGE MOSTLY RANGE WHOLE 43-45 43-44 46-54 BLEND (/) - - Put down Early Edge,, crop starter fertilizer— and get out of the way! Plants come up fast, so you get to market faster. And with no caking or clogging, handling is the easy part. Get the edge on early market premium prices. Call your Agway Crop Sales Specialist for all the details. 56-64 WHITES 38-41 39-40 42-49 SUGARED YOLKS (MIN 43% SOLIDS) 53-56 54-55 57-65 SALTED YOLKS (MIN 43% SOLIDS) 50-53 51-52 54-62 (/) - WHOLE PLUS YOLK PLUS SWEETENER, GENERALLY 28-32% EGG SOLIDS. Greencastle Livestock Market May 5 and 9 Hay & Straw Report Supplied by Auction 40 LOADS. ALFALFA; 75.00-130.00. TIMOTHY HAY: 77.50-92.50. MIXED HAY: 66.00-120.00. BROME GRASS: 90.00-115.00. MULCH HAY: 40.00-44.00. STRAW: 97.50-103.00. OATS: 1.60 BU. Pa. Grain Monday, May 9, 1994 Report auppllcd by PDA COMPARED WITH THE MARKET FOR LAST MONDAY. FOR SOUTH EASTERN. CENTRAL, AND SOUTH CENTRAL PA; CORN * SOYBEANS STEADY TO .10 LOWER, WHEAT UNEVEN. MOSTLY STEADY TO .10 HIGHER, BARLEY STEADY TO .20 LOWER, OATS MOSTLY STEADY TO WEAK, EAR CORN STEADY TO 3.00 LOWER. SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA CORN NO. 2-Y RANGE 2.89-3.10, FEW REPORTED 3.20, AVERAGE 3.02, CONTRACT FOR HARVEST 2.43-2.63; ©WHEAT NO. 2 RANGE 3.30-3.63, AVERAGE 3.47, CONTRACT FOR HARVEST 3.07-3.37; BARLEY NO. 3 RANGE 2.40-2.65, AVERAGE 2.50, (aqway) CONTRACT FOR HARVEST 1.70-2.00; OATS NO. 2 RANGE 1.60-1.82, AVER AGE 1.72; CONTRACT FOR HARVEST 1.40-1.50; SOYBEANS NO. 1 RANGE 6.60-6.90, FEW REPORTED 6.45, AVERAGE 6.72, CONTRACT FOR HARVEST 5.88-6.03; FEW REPORTED GR. SORGHUM #2 CONTRACT FOR HARVEST 2.15; FEW REPORTED PER HUNDREDWEIGHT RECLEANED 15% BUCKWHEAT CONTRACT FOR HARVEST 9.90; EAR CORN RANGE 80.00-105.00, AVERAGE 90.93. SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA CORN NO. 2-Y RANGE 3.00-3.13, AVERAGE 3.07; LIGHT GARLICKY ft BETTER WHEAT NO. 2 RANGE 3.15-3.40, FEW REPORTED 2.93, AVERAGE 3.22; BARLEY NO. 3 RANGE FEW REPORTED 2.10-2.45, AVERAGE 2.28; OATS NO. 2 RANGE 1.40-1.80, AVERAGE 1.63; SOYBEANS NO. 1 RANGE 6.32-6.67, AVERAGE 6.53; AVERAGE MOISTURE EAR CORN RANGE 85.00-95.00, FEW REPORTED 75.00, AVERAGE 87.14. SOUTHEASTERN, CENTRAL & SOUTH CENTRAL SUMMARY CORN NO. 2-Y RANGE 2.89-3.15, AVERAGE 3.05; LIGHT GARLICKY ft BETTER WHEAT NO. 2 RANGE 3.15-3.63. AVERAGE 3.36; BARLEY NO. 3 RANGE 2.15-2.65. AVERAGE 2.44; OATS NO. 2 RANGE 1.55-1.85, AVERAGE 1.70; SOYBEANS NO. 1 RANGE 6.45-6.90. AVERAGE 6.63; AVERAGE MOISTURE NEW EAR CORN RANGE 80.00-105.00. AVER AGE 87.93. CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA CORN NO. 2-Y RANGE 3.00-3.15, FEW REPORTED 3.25, AVERAGE 3.10; LIGHT GARLICKY & BETTER •WHEAT NO. 2 RANGE 3.10-3.40, FEW REPORTED 3.60, AVERAGE 3.31; Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 14,1M4-A5 BARLEY NO. 3 FEW REPORTED RANGE 2.40-2.80. AVERAGE 2.57; OATS NO. 2 RANGE 1.55-1.85, AVER AGE 1.73; SOYBEANS NO. 1 RANGE 6.45-6.70, AVERAGE 6.52; EAR CORN RANGE 80.00-90.00, AVERAGE 84.00. WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA CORN NO. 2-Y RANGE 2.61-3.19, AVERAGE 2.98; LIGHT GARLICKY ft BETTER WHEAT NO. 2 RANGE 3.23-3.50, AVERAGE 3.38; BARLEY NO. 3 RANGE 2.25-2.45, AVERAGE 2.35; OATS NO. 2 RANGE 1.40-1.85. AVERAGE 1.59; SOYBEANS NO. 1 RANGE 6.30-6.47, AVERAGE 6.39; AVERAGE MOISTURE FEW REPORTED EAR CORN RANGE 65.00-100.00, AVERAGE 82.50. MONTH AGO CORN NO. 2-Y 3.19; LIGHT GAR LICKY A BETTER WHEAT NO. 2 3.43; BARLEY NO. 3 2.49; OATS NO. 2 1.74; SOYBEANS NO. 1 6.59; AVERAGE MOISTURE EAR CORN 89.69. YEAR AGO CORN NO. 2-Y 2.53; LIGHT GAR LICKY ft BETTER WHEAT NO. 2 3.29; BARLEY NO. 3 1.95; OATS NO. 2 1.61; SOYBEANS NO. 1 5.88; AVERAGE MOISTURE EAR CORN 67.77. National Grain Market SI. Joseph, Mo. Wednesday, May 11, 1994 DAILY NATIONAL GRAIN SUMMARY WHEAT PRICES WERE MOSTLY HIGHER AS A CORRECTION TO SEVERAL DAYS OF LOWER PRICES. 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WHEAT UNCHANGED TO 4 CENTS HIGHER EXCEPT KANSAS CITY 1 TO 3 CENTS LOWER. CORN 1 TO 2 CENTS HIGHER. SOR- GHUM 2 TO 7 CENTS HIGHER. SOYBEANS 4 TO 8 CENTS HIGHER. TRADERS THOUGHT RECENT DECLINES IN WHEAT PRICES WERE OVERDONE AND MOST AREAS TURNED HIGHER. GOOD GROWING WEATHER AND CROP CONDITION LIMITED PRICE GAINS. KANSAS CITY WHEAT PRICES FOR NEARBY BIDS CON TINUED NEGATIVE OVER EXPORT CON- CERNS DUE TO RUSSIA’S RECENT REJECTION AND REPAY MENT PROBLEMS. CORN AND BEAN PLANTING PROGRESS HAS BEEN GOOD IN MANY AREAS BUT SOME WET CONDITIONS STILL KEEPING FARMERS OUT OF FIELDS. EXPORT DEMAND HAS IMPROVED FOR CORN THIS WEEK, ADDING SUP PORT TO PRICES AND FIRMER SOY OIL PRICES STRENGTHENED PRICES. ENDING BEAN STOCKS CAME IN LOWER THAN EXPECTED THIS WEEK AND ACTIVE FUND BUY ING ALSO POSITIVE FACTORS. EXPORT NEWS: USDA ACCEPTED BIDS TO SELL 25,000 TONNES HARD RED WINTER WHEAT AND 15,000 TONNES NORTHERN/DARK NORTH ERN SPRING WHEAT TO SUB SAHARAN AFRICA UNDER EEP FOR AUGUST SHIPMENT. KOREA BOUGHT 52,000 TONNES CORN FOR JULY/AUGUST SHIPMENT. DATE CHANGE YEAR AGO TRUCK BIDS: 05/11/94 05/10/94 05/12/93 WHEAT: KANSAS CITY 3.54-3.55 DN 1-3 3.57-3.62 MINNEAPOLIS 4.81 1/2 UP 4 3/4 3.76 1/2 PORTLAND 3.72-3.76 UP 2-4 3.50-3.53 ST. LOUIS 3.15-3.18 NC 2.95-2.98. CORN, U.S. NO. 2 YELLOW: KAN SAS CITY 2.71-2.73 UP 2-1 2.30-2.32 MINNEAPOLIS 2.53 1/2 UP 1 2.23 3/4 SO. lOWA 2.59-2 61 UP 1-NC 2.30-2.32 OMAHA 2.55-2.56 UP 2-1 2.20-2.21 SOYBEANS. NO. 1 YELLOW- KAN SAS CITY 6.80-6.83 UP 4-5 5.93-5 94 MINNEAPOLIS 6.62 UP 5 5 84 1/2 SO. lOWA 6.73-6.75 UP 8-4 5.94-5 99 C ILL PROCESSORS 6 76-6 82 UP 5-4 5 99 1/2-6.09 1/2. ♦TRUCK BIDS FOR KANSAS CITY, US NO 1 HARD RED WINTER WHEAT. ORDINARY PROTEIN. MIN NEAPOLIS, US NO. 1 DARK NORTH ERN SPRING WHEAT, 14% PROTEIN. PORTLAND, NO. 1 SOFT WHITE WHEAT, ST. LOUIS, NO. 2 SOFT RED WINTER WHEAT. 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