AlB-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 21,2002
National Feeder Cattle
Weekly Review
Sl. Joseph, Mo.
December 13, 2002
Report Supplied By USD A
NAJIONAI FIFDFR A. STOC KFR
Summary for week ending Dee 11. 21M12
Total Receipts 410,400, last week
401,400 Direct 62,100, last week 57.000
\ ideo/Inlernet 11,800 head, last week
27.6(H) Auction Receipts 114 1(H), last
week 118.7(H) This week's reported auc
tion volume included 15 percent user 6(H)
lbs and 41 percent heifers
Compared to last week, feeder and
stocker cattle markets across the country
were mostly mixed Price trends tell on
both sides of steady in the Plains states
and through the Midwest, with the excep
tion being the Southeast whcie markets
were predominantly weak to 2 (H) lower
Receipts hayc fallen off significantly in
the South and the quality of the offerings
haye become uneven, making it hard for
order buyers to put together loads to send
yyest
The up and down prices in the central
part of the US were a result of demand
hemy very good early in the week and
then slacking off on Wednesday when
High Plains feedlots surrendered this
week's showlists I 00 lower at 7* 00 Pres
sure to sell came from a sudden drop in
the C MF I ive C attle F utures, where De
cember contracts lost I 8S on Wednesday
and Thursday The threat of delivery
caused long positions to )ump ship, which
Imul up the eash and lutuics market per
teeth h\ the end ot the week This is e\
aclly how the system was designed to
woik and why so mam feeders manage
risk b\ hedging on the Chicago Mercan
tile F \changc The ( MF Feeder Cattle
F utures contracts also plavcd a big part m
this week s business Many cattle produc
ers sold their feeder cattle tor future deliv
ery this week and based the
sale price oft the Board
Basis trading was active
near the major feeding
areas as many sellers have
the option of selecting
which day the basis is calcu-
lated from Feeder Futures
held up fairly well this week
m the face of fading I ive
Cattle, which seemed like a
prime time for many to pick
their da>
Temperatures have
turned extremely mild
across most of the nation
and especially in winter
wheat country Following
last week's blanket of snow
wheat couldn't be grown
better in a greenhouse The
demand tor replacement
cattle is also starting to
grow and was reported to be
excellent on the 9 (KM) head
ottered in Hillings, MT this
week Fancy bred heifers
and voung bred cows
brought over 1000 00 per
head C attic numbers an
currently down and the
market is rising, causing
folks to increase production
and the cycle continues
A lesson
well learned..
Lancaster
Farming’s
classified ads
get results!
East Fluid Milk
And Cream Review
Madison. Wis.
December 18, 2002
Report Supplied by USDA
Spot prices of class II cream, dollars
per lb butterfat T O 11 producing plants
Northeast 1 1996-1 5107 Delivered
equivalent Atlanta 1 4218-1 5129 mostly
1 4440-1 4774
PRICPS OP CONDPNSFI) SKIM,
dollars jier lb wet solids, FOB produc
ing plants Northeast Class 11. includes
monthly formula prices 9850-1 0100.
C lass 111 - spot prices - 8050- 89(H)
SPOT SHIPMFNIS OF C.RADF A
Mil K FIORIDA This week In - SI,
Out 0, last week In 10, Out 0, last year
In 21, Out (I SOOTHFAST STATFS
This week In 0, Out (I, last week In 0,
Out 0, last year In 0, Out 0
Regional Milk Market Administrators
announced the following, November 2(H)2
uniform prices Northeast $l2 11 Midcast
$ll 17, Southeast $l2 84, Florida $l4 12,
and Western New York (a state order)
$ll 86 at the base city or county in the or
ders (For the Northeast, Mideast, and
Western New York orders, statistical un
iform prices are reported ) During No
vember, milk production in the 20 major
states totaled 11 70 billion pounds, up
1 Br<8 r < from November 20()l The following
are the November- to-November changes
lor selected states Texas * Brr,8 r r, New York
" f'r, Pennsylvania -1189, Vermont
-I 4 r < Virginia-2 () r r, Florida-2 Brr8 r r and
Kentucky -8 4‘V
Milk production is mixed The storms
each of the last two weeks have taken
their toll on milk output Increases seen
prior to the storms have turned to slight
decreases This is particularly evident in
\ irginia, North C arohna and other Mid-
Atlantic states Milk production is in
creasing m othci Southeastern states and
about steady m the Northeast
Fluid milk supplies continue to be re
ported as tight This is surprising to some
contacts who expected to see slower sales
and more surplus milk So tar this week
(his is not the case Most milk suppliers
and bottlers indicate very good Class I
milk sales However, school lunch needs
will drop to almost nothing late this week
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Bottlers hope that retail sales during the
holidays will offset a good portion of the
lost school lunch sales Florida’s bottled
milk demand has been very good and
milk handlers are still importing milk
from the Mid-Atlantic area Surplus milk
volumes have been light, but most plant
contacts expect to be running hcavv this
time next week Contacts state that, from
a plant processing point of view, it is good
that Christmas and New Years fall on
Wednesday In fact, many bottlers al
ready use Wednesday as one ol their
“down days" each week
The condensed skim market is about
steady \ olumcs arc increasing slightly,
but producers seem to pretcr selling wet
solids rather than dry them Prices are
unchanged, but as offerings increase, sell
er may be forced to be more competitive
or have to dry it
The fluid cream market is mixed
mand is still quite good for some
suppliers, sharply slower for oth
ers There are some ice cream
plants that have already closed
for the holidays, while others con
tinue to operate through the
weekend There is more extra
cream trying to clear the market
and that should he the case all
through the holiday period
C ream cheese makers have been
taking some extra loads Fggnog
production is drawing to a close
Some plants expect to make their
last batch late this week while
other may make a little sometime
next week Production of bottled
cream, dips, and sour cream are
all holding at fairl> good le\cls In
recent years, it is mote common
lor these items to ha\c good
sales/consumption well into lanu
ary Spot prices are steady to
lower this week As cream vol
umes increase multiples have
eased, hut the C MF weekly aver
age did increase fractionally
C burning is starting to increase
and excess cream continues to
clear to loeal and Midwestern bul
tei makeis
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