AifrLancaster Farming, Saturday, January 29, 2000 GRAIN, CATTLE. HOG &MILKBFP FUTURES MARKETS Markets Courtesy of Chicago Board and Mercantile Exchange Closing Bids: Thursday, January 27,2000 Corn Daily Prices As ofThursday, 27 January Symbol:C 01/27/00 01/27/00 01/27/00 01/27/00 01/27/00 01/27/00 01/27/00 01/27/00 01/27/00 01/27/00 01/27/00 Total 01/26/00 Soybeans Daily Prices As ofThursday, 27 January Symbol;S 01/27/00 MAR 01/27/00 MAY 01/27/00 JUL 01/27/00 AUG 01/27/00 SEP 01/27/00 NOV 01/27/00 JAN 01/27/00 MAR 01/27/00 JUL 01/27/00 NOV Total 01/26/00 Oats Daily Prices As of Symbol:o 01/27/00 MAR 00 01/27/00 MAY 00 01/27/00 JUL 00 01/27/00 SEP 00 01/27/00 DEC 00 01/27/00 MAR 01 Total 01/26/00 Soybean Meal Prices As ofThursday, 27 January MAR 00 MAY 00 JUL 00 AUG 00 SEP 00 OCT 00 DEC 00 JAN 01 01/27/00 01/27/00 01/27/00 01/27/00 01/27/00 01/27/00 01/27/00 01/27/00 Volume Open_Xnt 16596 125559 Table 3. Dairy Stocks in Cold Storage ' Dairy Products Butter, total (Government owned) Natural Cheese American, total 407,692 (Government owned) 120 Swiss 11,838 Other natural cheese 97,685 Total natural cheese 517,215 Source. USDA, Cold Storage Report. Ken Bailey Open High 2230 2264 2310 2342 2374 2412 2444 2470 2484 2520 2514 2550 2570 2570 2582 2616 2644 2680 2600 2630 2630 2630 Volume Open_lnt 71043 474619 Open 5122 5220 5290 5274 5290 5380 5450 5510 5570 5540 High 5280 5370 5460 5470 5474 5534 5590 5650 5690 5690 Volume Open_lnt 42282 160440 - Thursday, 27 January High 1142 1200 1182 1220 1280 1340 Open 1130 1186 1166 1204 1270 1334 Volume Open_lnt 1164 16651 High 1678 1700 1725 1725 1733 1730 1750 1755 Open 1633 1650 1660 1670 1670 1672 1698 Dec 31 Nov 30, Dec 31 % ding 1998 1999 1999 year ago 1000 Pounds 25,910 30,184 25,965 0.2% 4 313 223 5475.0% 448,250 9,075 134,397 591,722 Last Chge 2256 +26 2334 +26 2404 +26 2464 +24 2516 +26 2544 +26 2570 +34 2614 +26 2680 +24 2630 +lO 2630 +4 Low 5080 5174 5260 5274 5290 5350 5444 5510 5570 5540 Last Chge 5270 +136 5360 +136 5450 +142 5460 +146 5470 +144 5526 +134 5590 +134 5650 +134 5690 +lOO 5690 +l3O Low 1126 1184 1166 1204 1266 1334 Last 1140 1200 1176 1214 1280 1340 Last Chge 1668 +33 1691 +34 1718 +4l 1720 +36 1727 +3B 1725 +4O 1750 +37 1755 +42 Low 1611 1632 1655 1670 1670 1672 1698 1755 446,612 9.5% -85.0% -29.5% 59.5% 18.1% 8,346 155,778 610,736 Lean Hogs Daily Prices As of Date •1/27/00 01/27/00 01/27/00 unch 571" +3 Low Last 6925 7120 6895 7000 7212 7325 7425 7012 7242 6977 7065 7262 7370 7440 6952 7137 6907 7010 7220 7340 7425 Last 34200 34040 33930 33750 33000 33110 34200 33600 33380 33490 33000 33110 Prev. Chge Volume 3679 3117 1489 629 226 176 72 Prev. Chge Volume 6704 5132 1862 805 335 91 19 Prev. Chge Volume 1080 200 20 16 +lOOO + 1000 +BlO +3:30 +5OO +6lO Outlook pounds, up 3.8 percent from a year ago. Production per cow in December averaged 1,536 pounds, up 47 pounds or 3.2 percent. Cow numbers in December were 7.76 million head, 52,000 head more than December 1998 and 2,000 head more than November 1999. States with the strongest growth in milk production were; Idaho (14.6 percent), California (11.1 percent), New Mexico (8.6 percent), Virginia (4.5 percent), Arizona (4.2 percent), Washington (3.6 percent), Michigan (3.3 percent), and Pennsylvania (3.2 percent). The milk supply continued to grow in excess of demand in December. In addition, the number of cows on farms, which normally declines each month, continued to grow throughout 1999. Farmers have not yet received a really low milk price. That will happen by February 20th. Thus we may have one more month of growth in the milk supply. Short of a miracle on the demand side, milk prices will continue to be low as long as the milk supply continues to grow. For more information on dairy outlook and federal order reform, see my web site at: http://www.aers.psu.edu/dairyoutl ook/ (Turn to Paga A 25) Prev. Open_lnt 13847 22458 10202 3034 2444 1238 386 39 Prev. Open_lnt 34839 55193 23305 12591 4382 3237 2445 Prev. Open_lnt 1878 642 219 * 67