National
Grain Market
ST. JOSEPH, MO
MAY 8,1998
Weather the market maker. Trendr and
direction* just a* unpredictable a* the
Spring weather. More volatility than uaual
this year due to light aupplie*. Wheat 18-32
cenu higher. Com 12-15 cent* higher, with
Mmneapoli* up 30 cent*. Sorghum 20-23
cents higher. Soybeans 8-9 cenu higher.
Too much moisture Southeast, Eastern
Combeit and Central combeit. Too dry
Southwest, Western High Plains and West
ern Combeit. Wet weather delaying plant
ing of com and Spring Wheat Dry weather
has already played havoc with many acres
of Hard Red Winter wheat and 100 late in
the season to come out of it US wheat
stocks at the lowest level in 4S yean. Wint
er wheat crap production estimated to be
13 percent below 1995 with Hard Red
Winter wheat down the most Continued
reports out of Oklahoma and Kansas of
field* being plowed under and going to
sorghum or some instance* soybeans.
U3.DA Crap Production Report due out
Friday. High prices have failed to deter
export demand to any great extent.
Increased world production not expected to
make any substantial stock gains due to
increased world usage as the standard* of
living improved. New crop Hard Red
Winter wheat bids at Kansas City elevators
6.62 a bushel and Soft Winter wheat 5.95.
Com planting delayed by wet and flooded
fields. Still plenty early to seed com, but
producers looking at those high dollar
quotes and getting nervous. At current
prices soybeans a good substitute, but not
the money maker like com. Kansas City
terminal elevators new crop com bids (-2-3
Dec) 3.38-3.39 and soybeans (-10 Nov)
Forney Longenecker
Vice President/Financial Consultant
Commodities
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Export News: Purchaser Commodity
Tonnage Del Date CCC for Ethiopia Soft
While Wheat9,ooo May-June South Korea
Com 105,000 Oct-Nov Taiwan Corn
20.000 June-July Taiwan Soybeans 10,000
June-July
Totals: Wheat 9,000 tonnes. Com
125.000 tonne*. Soybeans 10,000. Dale
Change Year ago Truck bids: 05/08/96
05/07/96 05/10/95 Wheat: Kansu City
(HRW, ORD) 7.12 up 32 4.05-4.10 Min
neapolis (DNS. 14%)7.13 up 20 4.40 Port
land (SW) 6.05-6.10 up 31-30 4.36-4.38
St. Louis (SRW) 5.81-5.83 up 20-18
3.55-3.59 Com, US 2 Yellow: Kansu City
4.85-4.87 up 13-14 2.59-2.60 Minneapolis
4.79 3/4 up 30 2.44 1/4 Southern lowa
4.87-4.91 up 12 2J3-2J6 Omaha 4.75 up
15-12 2.46-2.48 Soybeans, US 1 Yellow:
Kansas City 8.18 up 9-8 5.62-5.64 Minnea
polis 8.05 1/2 up 8 1/4 5.50 3/4 Southern
lowa 8.14-8.20 up 9-8 5.59-5.60 Cent 1L
Processors 8.20 3/4-8.27 3/4 up 7 1/2 5.62
3/4-5.78 3/4 Futures Clow: Kansas City
(July) Wheat 6.70 up 25 3.64 1/2 Minnea
polis (July) Wheat 6.53 up 20 3.85 Chicago
(July) Wheat 5.91 up 20 3.59 3/4 Chicago
(July) Com 4.74 3/4 op 12 2.581/4 Chica
go (Dec) Com 3.40 3/4 up 5 1/2 2.66 3/4
Chicago (July) Soybeans 8.25 3/4 up 7 1/2
5.73 3/4 Chicago (Nov) Soybeans 7.891/4
up 7 5.91 1/4 Export Bids: Barge or rail.
Port of New Orleans or North Texas Gulf.
US 1 HRW Wheat. Ord. Protein: 7 JO-7.52
up 25 4.22 1/2 US 2 SRW Wheat:
6.16-6.21 up 33-37 3.85 3/4-3.88 3/4 US 2
Yellow Com: 5.12 3/4-5.13 3/4 up 13-12
2.84 1/4-2.85 1/4 US 2 Yellow Sorghum:
Rail 8.44 up 21 4.86 Barge 8.60-8.62 up'
23-21 4.95-4.99 US 1 YeUow Soybeans:
8.43 3/4-8.44 3/4 up 6 1/2-5 1/2 5.93
3/4-5.94 3/4
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Dewart Hay
Dewart, PA.
Monday, May 6, im
Report Supplied by Auction
17 LOADS OF HAY. 62.00-140.00.
STRAW: 3 LOADS, 30.00 EACH.
WOOD: I LOAD AT 42.00.
CORN: 10 LOADS. 122.00-140.00.
OATS: 7 LOADS, 2.23-2.50 BU.
Carlisle Livestock
Market
Caiilde, Pa.
TiMaday, May 7, 1996
Report Supplied by Auction
SLAUGHTER CATTLE: STEERS
CHOICE AND PRIME 60.23-61.30;
CHOICE 36.00-60.00; SELECT AND
LOW CHOICE3O.OO-33.73; HOLSTEINS
CHOICE 48.25-52.00; SELECT AND
LOW CHOICE 44.00-48.00; COMMER
CIAL 34.73-41.00; HEIFERS CHOICE
55.23-61.23; SELECT AND LOW
CHOICE 49.00-33.00; HOLSTEINS/
DAIRY CROSS TO 46.73; COUPLE
HEREFORDS 40.00-47.00; SLAUGH
TER COWS BREAKING UTILITY AND
COMMERCIAL 34.00-38.75; CUTTER
AND BONING UTIUTY 33.73-36.73;
CANNBR AND LOW CUTTER
28.50-33.50; 810 MIDDLE 32.00-33.73;
SHELLY 27.00 AND DOWN.
FEEDER CATTLE: FEEDER STEERS
MEDIUM TO LARGE «1 400-830 LBS.
44.00- HOLSTEIN/DAIRY TYPES
29.00- FEEDER HEIFERS
MEDIUM TO LARGE «I 200-373 LBS.
50.00-67.50; MEDIUM TO LARGE «l
. 400-850 LBS. 40.0049.00; HOLSTEIN/
DAIRY TYPES 33.0042.00.
CALVES: VBALERS STANDARD
AND GOOD 35.00-73.00; CALVES
RETURNING TO THE FARM. STRONG
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DBMANDI HOLSTEIN BULLS #1
95-120 LBS. 140.00-149.00; «2 90-130
LBS. 113.00-138.00; HOLSTEIN HEIF
ERS «l 100.00-120.00; BEEP X BULLS
73-120 LBS. 33.00-93.00; BEEP X HEIF
ERS TO 55.00
SWINE; HOGS US4I-3 220-270 LBS.
53.00-33.30, 280-350 LBS. 3000-49.00;
US92-3 220-270 LBS. 43.23-3130.
SOWS: US# 1-3 300-600 LBS.
34.004000; THIN/WEAK/ROUGH TO
33.73.
BOARS: 373-673 LBS. 27.50-29.50.
FEEDER PIGS: BY THE HEAD. 13-23
LBS. 14.00-23.00; 30-43 LBS.
28.00-4000.
COATS: BY THE HEAD, LARGE
Dannies and billies 49.00-115.00;
FLESHY KIDS 37.30-33.00; SMALL
KIDS 1130-3130
LAMBS; GOOD AND CHOICE 33-85
LBS. 92.50-127.30, 90-130 LBS.
80.00-103.00
SHEEP: ALL WEIGHTS 18.00-37.00
SALE EVERY TUBS 3:55 FDR PRO
DUCE, RABBITS, POULTRY AND
EGGS; 7 P.M. FOR LIVESTOCK.
NEXT STATE GRADED FEEDER PIG
SALE FRIDAY. MAY 10 AND 24.
RECEIVING 7-11 A.M. SALE TIME 1:30
P.M.
NEXT SPECIAL FEEDER AND FED
CATTLE SALE WILL BE HELD TUBS.,
MAY 21 AND JUNE 4. SALE TIME FOR
FEEDERS CATTLE WILL BE APPROX
7:30 P.M. PEN LOTS OF CATTLE WILL
BE SOLD IN ORDER RECEIVED.
EARLYBIRD PENS FOR FED
CATTLE. COWS AND HOGS CLOSE
EVERY TUBS. AT 2 P.M. FOR PRE
MIUM PRICES, USE THESE PENS.
HATFIELD'S TOP PRICE FDR CASH
HOGS ON WED., MAY 8 WAS 54.75.
Eighty-Four
Livestock
EIGHTY FOUR, PA
MAY 6, 1996
CATTLE 172... PDA ..Compared with
last week's sale...cows steady, bulls steady
to 3.00 higher.
STEERS: few Select 44.25-53.50, Sian-
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Phone: 717-272-8943
North end of Leesport, PA
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CATTLE & SWINE AUCTION -
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PHONE; 610-926-1307 BILL WEIST & WOODY WEIST, MGRS.
La neuter Farming, Saturday, May 11, 1996-A7
dard 32.00-43.50.
HEIFERS: few Select 46.50-49.50,
Standard 27.00-35.75.
COWS: Breaking Utility and Commer
cial 32.00-34.75, Cutter and Boning Utility
29.00- Cannes and Low Cutter
25.00- Shell* down to 16.00.
BULLOCKS: Select 3100-35.50.
BULLS: Yield Grade No. 1 10000025
lb*. 4305-51.50, No.
2 1000/2000 lb*. 33.00-4050
FEEDER CATTLE: STEERS: Medium
and Large Frame No. 1 350/450 lb*.
31.50-57.50, Medium and Large Frame
No. 2 300/800 lb*. 26.00-45.00; HEIFERS:
Medium and Large Frame No 1 400/550
lb*. 45.00-50.00, Medium and Large
Frame No 2 275/700 lb*. 27.00-42,00;
BULLS: Medium and Large Frame No. 1
350/750 lb*. 44.00-49.50, Medium and
Large Frame No. 2 300/750 lb*.
32.00-
CALVES 108.,.Holstein bull* 5.00 to
30.00 higher.
VEALERS: Choice 125/260 lb*.
65.00- Good 130/250 lb*.
31.00- Standard and Good 90/125
lbs. 30.00-33.00, 70/80 lb*. 27.50-35.00,
Utility 60/70 lb*. 19.00-25.00.
FARM CALVES: Na 1 Holstein bulls
90/125 lb*. 7000-115.00, Na 2 85/115
lbs. 34.00-65.00; two No. 1 Holstein heif
ers 95/100 lbs. 120.00, No. 2 80/90 lb*.
35.00-8000. Beef cross bull* and heifers
55/120 lbs. 35.00-10000.
HOGS 67...8an0ws and (ills Heady to
4.00 higher.
BARROWS AND GILTS: US 1-3
215/230 lb*. 50.00-53.75. one lot US 2-3
265 Ibi. 53.00, US 1-3 150/200 Iba.
40.00-50.00.
SOWS; one lot US 1-3 345 U». 30.00.
BOARS: 525/595 Iba. 30.50-32.25.
FEEDER PIGS 0...N0 MARKET
TEST!
SHEEP 92... Slaughter lambi Heady.
SLAUGHTER LAMBS; lot Choice 93
lbs. 94.00,50/60 lbs. 96.00-109.00,30/45
lbs. 88.50-98.00, Good and Choice 60/70
lbs. 77.00-85.00.
SLAUGHTER SHEEP: 25.00-38.00.
GOATS IS...Large 51.00-70.00,
Medium 36.00-45.00, Small 24.00-38.00,
Large Kids 17.00-21.00. per head.
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