Pa. Grain Report
May 6,2002
Report Supplied By PDA
COMPARED WITH LAST MON
DAY’S MARKET FOR EASTERN AND
CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA: Corn and
Wheat steady to weak. Barley and Soy
beans .03 lower. Oats weak, Ear Com
fully steady. PRICES PAID DELIV
ERED TO DEALERS DOCK, All prices
per bushel, except Ear Cora per ton.
SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA
CORN No. 2-y, 2.25-2.45, avg. 2.30;
contract for harvest 2.22-2.28. WHEAT
No. 2, 2.60-2.95, avg. 2.77; contract for
harvest 2.60-2.83. BARLEY No. 3,
1.70-2.30, avg. 1.97; contract for harvest
1.30-1.60. OATS No. 2, 1.70-2.30, avg.
1.97. SOYBEANS 4.23-4.65, avg. 4.42;
contract for harvest 4.24-4.41. Or. Sorg
hum, none. Ear Com 59.00-74.00, avg.
67.28.
SOUTH CENTRAL
PENNSYLVANIA
CORN No. 2-Y, 2.25-2.45, avg. 2.31;
WHEAT No. 2, 2.55-2.80, avg. 2.66;
BARLEY No. 3, 1.50-1.90, avg. 1.70;
OATS No. 2, 1.75-2.00, avg. 1.85; SOY
BEANS No. 1, 4.14-4.30, avg. 4.22. EAR
CORN 60.00-82.00, avg. 69.57.
WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA
CORN No. 2, 1.92-2.45, avg. 2.30;
WHEAT No. 2, 2.41-2.60, avg. 2.50;
BARLEY No. 3, 1.75-1.90, avg. 1.82;
OATS No. 2,1.60-2.50,1.83; SOYBEANS
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No. 1, 4.13; EAR CORN 66-68.00, avg.
67.00.
CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA
EAR CORN No. 2,2.26-2.40, avg. 2.35;
WHEAT No. 2, 2.40-2.50, avg. 2.45;
BARLEY No. 3, 1.75-1.80, avg. 1.77;
OATS No. 2, 1.65-2.50, avg. 2.06; SOY
BEANS, No. 1, 4.10-4.40, avg. 4.29; EAR
CORN 65-66.00, avg. 65.33.
CORN No. 2-Y, 2.25-2.40, avg. 2.34;
WHEAT No. 2, 2.75-2.92, avg. 2.86;
BARLEY, No. 3, 2.00-2.05, avg. 2.03;
OATS No. 2, 1.70-1.75, avg. 1.71; SOY
BEANS No. 1, 4.25-4.40, avg. 4.35;
GRAIN SORGHUM 2.72-2.80, avg. 2.76.
EAR CORN 66.00-75.00, avg. 70.00.
EASTERN AND CENTRAL
PENNSYLVANIA
CORN No. 2-y, 2.18-2.45, avg. 2.32;
month ago 2.32, year ago 2.34. WHEAT
No. 2, 2.40-2.95, avg. 2.68, month ago
2.76, year ago 2.38. BARLEY, No. 3,
1.50-2.30, avg. 1.86; month ago 1.85, year
ago 1.55. OATS No. 2, 1.65-2.50, avg.
1.89; month ago 1.87, year ago 1.45. SOY
BEANS No. 1,4.10-4.65, avg. 4.32; month
ago 4.34, year ago 4.05. EAR CORN
59.00-75.00, avg. 68.04, month ago 67.71,
year ago 60.30.
NORTH CENTRAL OHIO
(Prices FOB Truck): CORN 1.88-1.89;
WHEAT 2.45-2.55; OATS 1.50; SOY
BEAN MEAL: bulk 44% 161.50-163.00;
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Livestock Hay
Martinsburg, Pa.
Report Supplied By Auction
Monday, May 6,2002
Hay—Straw—Grain
ALFALFA: 90.00-127.50.
GRASS: 90.00-95.00.
TIMOTHY; 70.00-87.50.
MIXED HAY: 45.00-95.00.
STRAW: 75.00.
HAY AUCTION MONDAYS, 12:30
P.M. CALL KEN DOWNS,
814-793-3723.
Westminster Hay
Westminster, Maryland
Report Supplied By Auction
Tuesday, May 7,2002
Hay—-Straw—Grain
98 LOTS.
ALFALFA: 1.90-4.20 BALE.
ALFALFA MIX: 1.70-5.10 BALE.
TIMOTHY; 2.00-3.70 BALE.
TIMOTHY MIX: 1.60-2.20 BALE.
GRASS MIX: 2.10-2.80 BALE.
GRASS: 12.00-30.00 LARGE ROUND.
STRAW: 1.00-3.30 BALE.
RYE STRAW: NEW BALE.
GROUND CORN FEED: 3.50-4.25
BAG.
SHELLED CORN: 1.50-1.75 BAG.
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Middleburg Hay
Middleburg, Pa.
Report Supplied by Auction
Tuesday, May 7,2002
HAY: 27 LOTS. 42 LOTS TOTAL.
ALFALFA: 2 LOTS, 125.00 AND
172.50.
MIXED HAY: 18 LOTS, 60.00-240.00.
TIMOTHY: 5 LOTS, 87.50-125.00.
ORCHARDGRASS: 2 LOTS, 77.50
AND 90.00.
STRAW: 3 LOTS, 130.00-142.50.
EAR CORN: 6 LOTS, 66.00-95.00.
FIREWOOD: 27.00 LOAD.
CLOVER SEED: 23.00 BU.
OATS: 2.50-2.75 BU.
TIMOTHY SEED: 18.00 BU.
Livestock Cooperative
Auction Market Of North
Jersey
Hackettstown, NJ.
Report Supplied by Auction
May 7,2002
Hay—Straw—Grain
ALFALFA: 3 LOTS, 3.30-3.70 BALE.
MIXED HAY: 9 LOTS, 2.40-3.40
BALE.
TIMOTHY: 7 LOTS, 1.10-4.40 BALE.
GRASS; 4 LOTS, 2.80-2.90 BALE.
EAR CORN: 1 LOT AT 2.20.
SHELLED CORN; 3 LOTS, 2.70-3.20.
27 LOTS TOTAL.
Virginia Broilers
And Fryers
Harrisonburg, Va.
May 7,2002
Report Supplied By USD A
Movement of ready-to-cook whole birds
was moderate and clearing the market at
a reasonable rate. Demand was moderate
with average buyer interest and trading.
Live supplies was moderate to heavy for
the market being reported with an esti
mated slaughter of 1,359.000 compared to
1,282,000 last Tuesday. Weights were
light to desirable. Processing schedules
were moderate. Actual slaughter for 4/
29-5/3 was 6,911,025, average weight 4.86.
Supply of wings are heavy and above av
erage for the market being reported while
the demand is moderate to light with av
erage to below average interest and trad
ing.
Negotiated F. 0.8. dock prices, 2
pounds and heavier ice-packed broilers
and fryers, trucklot sales of US Grade A
or equivalent were steady at .47 -.59 per
pound; less than trucklot sales .48 -.67 per
pound.
Lancaster Farmtng, Saturday,'May 11,2002-AZ
Eastern Region
Whole Young Turkeys
WHOLE YOUNG TURKEYS, FRO
ZEN, Consumer Sizes, Commodity Pack
or Equivalent, US Grade A, cents per lb,
delivered (minimum of 10,000 lb lots) for
May 8,2002:
CURRENT SHIPMENTS: Eastern Re
gion: HENS, 8-16 lb FROZEN: Offers
63-64, Sales 64, 120,000 lb; TOMS, 16-24
lb FROZEN: Offers 58, Sales 0.
FRESH TURKEYS, with timers or
equivalent, US Grade A delivered first re
ceivers, Eastern Region, cents per lb,
week of Apr. 29.
SALES (Promotions included): HENS:
8-16 lb 66.60; 100,000 lb. TOMS, 16-24 lb
61.60; 50,000 lb.
Prices were unchanged on all three
sizes today. Supplies are moderate for
plant needs. Prices to retailers, in small
lots, USDA Grade A and Grade A, 30
dozen cases, white eggs in cartons, deliv
ered store door, cents per dozen. Weekly
Shell Egg Inventory was 978.7 cases,
down 2%.
Prices to retailers, in small lots, USDA
Grade A and Grade A, 30 dozen cases,
white eggs in cartons, delivered store
door, cents per dozen. Large 64; Medium
58; Small 49.
Trucklot, prices to retailers, sales to
volume buyers: Large 46-56 mostly 56;
Medium 42-52 mostly 52; Small 37-44
mostly 44.
Eastern Cornbelt Direct
Feeder Pig Weekly
FEEDER PIGS. Receipts: 9,435, nego
tiated 1,050; last week 16,822. Trends.
SEW 10 lb pigs were 1.00 lower. Feeder
pigs were not established. Trading activi
ty was slow.
tFOB Eastern Cornbelt - Illinois, Indi
ana, Ohio, Michigan. Receipts: 5,550, last
week 9,095.
EARLY WEANED Pigs, 10 lb Basis,
Estimated 50-54% lean Value- Lot size
under 250; 125 head, 24.68; lot size
250-750: 3,925 head, 22.00-29.93, wtd.,
avg. price 26.22; Lot size 750 or more
1,500 head, wtd. avg. price 22.00. Total
Composite: 5,550 head, 22.00-29 93,
wtd.avg. price 25.05
SFOB prices quoted on per head basis
“picked up” at sellers farm, prices do not
include freight.
Des Moines, lowa
May 8,2002
Report Supplied By USDA
Virginia Eggs
Harrisonburg, Va.
May 7,2002
Report Supplied By USDA
Springfield, 111.
May 3,2002
Report Supplied By USDA