Al6-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 1,2001 GRAIN. CATTLE, HOG. &MILKBFP FUTURES MARKETS Markets Courtesy of Chicago Board and Mercantile Exchange Closing Bids: Thursday, Nov. 29.2001 bean Meal So Office Closed Christmas, New Year’s On Christmas Day, Tuesday, Dec. 25, Lancaster Fanning office is closed. The office will reopen Wednesday, Dec. 26. For the Dec. 29 issue, there are some deadline changes: Public Sale and Mailbox ads, 5 p.m. Friday, Dec. 21. Classified, Section D ads, 5 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 26. Classified, Section C, Farm Equipment ads, 9 a.m. Thurs day, Dec. 27. General News, noon, Thurs day, Dec. 27. On New Year’s Day, Tuesday, Jan 1, Lancaster Farming office is closed. The office will reopen Wednesday, Jan. 2. For the Jan. 5 issue, there are some early deadline changes: Public Sale and Mailbox ads, 5 p.m. Friday Dec. 28. Classified, Section D ads, 4 p.m. Monday, Dec. 31. Classified, Section C, Farm Equipment ads, 9 a.m. Wed nesday, Jan. 2. General News, noon, Wed nesday,. Jan.'2., • East Fluid Milk And Cream Review Madison, Wis. November 28,2001 Report Supplied by USDA Spot prices of class II cream, dollars per lb. butterfat; F. 0.8. producing plants; Northeast: 1.7235-1.8752. Deliv ered Equivalent: Atlanta; 1.7097-1.8890 mostly 1.7649-1.8200. PRICES OF CONDENSED SKIM, dollars per lb. wet solids, F. 0.8. pro ducing plants: Northeast: Class 11, in cludes monthly formula prices: 1.0000- 1.0800; Class 111 - spot prices - .9800- 1.0600. SPOT SHIPMENTS OF GRADE A MILK: FLORIDA: This week - In 0, Out 52; last week - In 4, Out 0; last year - In 5, Out 0. SOUTHEAST STATES: This week - In 14, Out 0; last week In 14, Out 0; last year In 21, Out 0. The base price for Class I milk for De cember 2001 is $11.98 per cwt., down $3.78 from November. Class I differen tials specific to each order are added to the base price to determine the Class I price. The Class II skim milk price for December is $7.85, down nine cents from November. Milk production in the East is gener ally steady in the more northern areas, increasing in the Southeast. Fluid milk supplies are heavier in Florida and this week handlers had to ship loads out of state for processing. This is the first sig nificant number of loads shipped out of 'state slhc/ July. A combination of a . - ---I Oats heavy “carry over,” slower than ex pected demand, and increased milk pro duction in the state all led to the cancellation of incoming loads and need to clear more than fifty loads of milk this week. All across the region, contacts are stating that bottled milk demand is lack luster and that bottlers are maneuvering to take advantage of the large drop ($3.78 per cwt) in December’s Class I milk price. Bottlers are slowing opera tions to the degree that they can on Thursday and Friday of this week and will “really hit it hard” on Saturday and Sunday when the new, lower Class 1 prices are in effect. Surplus milk vol umes are heavier and particularly not iceable in the Southeast where some balancing plants are full. However, the region’s processing capacity was far from being tested. In the Northeast, manufacturing plants were more active during the holiday period, but things are getting back to pre-Thanksgiving levels. The condensed skim market is little changed and prices are steady to lower within the ranges. Class II condensed skim is generally moving in the lower half of the range, but a few prices at the upper end of the range continue to be re ported. Demand is fair to occasionally improved, but drying did increase during the holiday weekend. The fluid cream market f proved, but supplies are r ample for current Class prices are slightly higher change in the CME but Lean Hogs Date Dec 01 4980 499548874952 -85 Feb 02 5470 5475 5387 5442 -43 Apr 02 5760 580057205795 +2B May 02 6350 639263306390 unch Jun 02 6495 650064406487 -3 Jul 02 6255 6265 6235 6265 -12 Augo2 6130 617061006170 unch Oct 02 5355 5355 5315 5355 -15 Dec 02 5030 504550255045 -5 11/29/01 11/29/01 11/29/01 11/29/01 11/29/01 11/29/01 11/29/01 11/29/01 11/29/01 Composite Volume Open_lnt 11/28/01 7663 32725 Live Cattle Date 11/29/01 Dec 01 6780 684267556787 +2O 11/29/01 Feb 02 7045 713570307057 +l7 11/29/01 Apr 02 7245 729772157247 +5 11/29/01 Jun 02 6920 697569056922 -13 11/29/01 Aug 02 6900 695569006905 +5 11/29/01 Octo2 7110 717071107140 +25 11/29/01 Dec 02 7177 722571777225 +45 Composite Volume Open_lnt 11/28/01 20639 100415 Pork Bellies Date 11/29/01 Feb 02 7880 789077607865 -12 11/29/01 Mar 02 7850 786077257825 unch 11/29/01 May 02 7950 799079157990 +lO 11/29/01 Jul 02 8000 802579308025 -15 11/29/01 Aug 02 7980 798079807980 unch Composite Volume Openjnt 11/28/01 1006 2634 To help farmers across the state to have handy reference of commodity input costs in their feeding operations for DHIA record sheets or to develop livestock feed cost data, here’s last week’s average costs of various ingred ients as compiled from regional reports across the state of Pennsylvania. Remember, these are averages, so you will need to adjust your figures up or down according to your location and the quality of your crop. Corn, No.2y —2.2 S 4.02 cwt. Wheat, N 0.2 2.58 bu., 4.31 cwt. Barley, N 0.3 —1.53 bu., 3.27 cwt. Oats, N 0.2 —1.47 bu., 4.60 cwt. Soybeans, No.l —4.07 bu., 6.80 cwt. Ear Corn 62.91 ton, 3.15 cwt. Alfalfa Hay —123.75 ton, 6.19 cwt. Mixed Hay 119.25 ton, 5.96 cwt. Timothy Hay —121.75 ton, 6.09 cwt. plants are back on line after an extended downtime last week. Other operations continue to operate as they have been. Cream cheese output is holding about roductip is limited „ . ¥ T . Previous Previous Open High Low Last Chge v „lume Open Jnt 3631 12982 3060 12571 700 3796 54 1026 144 1267 57 460 8 284 8 297 1 42 „ IT . . T T . Previous Previous Open High Low Last Chge v „| uro e Openjnt 7808 21906 7557 40218 3396 18542 1550 13200 270 4716 28 1426 29 407 A u . . t , tr ,. Previous Previous Open High Low Last Chge Volume ope„j„, 953 2229 39 263 12 105 1 29 \ 1 7 Average Farm Feed Costs for Handy Reference Dairy Products Prices Highlights Washington, D. C. November 23,2001 Report Supplied By NASS/USDA Cheddar Cheese prices received for US 40 pound Blocks averaged $1.21 per pound for the week ending November 17. The price per pound decreased 2.0 cents from the previous week. The price for US 500 pound Barrels adjusted to 38 percent moisture averaged $l.lB per pound, down 0.7 cents from the previous week. Butter prices received for 25 kilogram and 68 pound boxes meeting USDA Grade AA standards averaged $1.33 per pound for the week ending November 17. The U.S. price per pound increased 4.5 cents from the previous week. Nonfat Dry Milk prices received for bag, tote and tanker sales meeting USDA Extra Grade or USPH Grade A standards averaged 93.1 cents per pound for the week ending November 17. The U.S. price per pound decreased 0.8 cents from the previous week. Dry Whey prices received for bag, tote and tanker sales meeting USDA Extra Grade standards averaged 28.9 cents per pound for the week ending November 17. The U.S. price per pound increased 0.7 cents from the previous week.
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