Finger Lakes Hay
Dundee, New York
Report Supplied by Auction
Dec. 24 and 27,2002
ALFALFA: 120.00-135.00.
GRASS: 47.50-70.00.
HAY: 85.00.
MIXED HAY: 60.00-105.00.
STRAW: 80.00-95.00.
HAY SALE EVERY TUES. AND
FRL, 11A.M.
Pa. Grain Report
December 30,2002
Report Supplied By PDA
Compared with last Tuesday’s market
for Eastern and Central Pennsylvania;
Com mostly steady. Wheat .05 to .10
lower. Barley and Oats steady to .10 high
er. Soybeans unevenly steady. Ear Com
steady to 10.00 higher on a very limited
supply with little movement. Prices paid
delivered to dealers dock; all prices per
bushel, except Ear Com per ton.
SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA
CORN No. 2-y, 2.80-3.10, avg. 2.98;
contract for harvest 2.61. WHEAT No. 2,
3.57-3.63, avg. 3.60, contract for harvest
2.93-3.11. BARLEY No. 3,2.25-2.70, avg.
2.48; contract for harvest 1.60. Oats No. 2,
2.10-2.25, avg. 2.18. SOYBEANS
5.70-5.90, avg. 5.78; contract for harvest
4.92. Gr. Sorghum, 2.65. Ear Com
84-105.00, avg. 94.40.
SOUTH CENTRAL
PENNSYLVANIA
CORN No. 2-y, 2.90-3.05, avg. 2.98.
WHEAT No. 2, 3.40-3.70, avg. 3.55.
BARLEY No. 3, 1.90-2.20, avg. 2.00.
OATS No. 2, 1.90-2.00, avg. 1.97. SOY
BEANS 5.50-5.80, avg. 5.70. Gr. Sorg
hum, none. Ear Corn 85-100.00, avg.
92.14.
WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA
CORN No. 2, 2.75-3.00, avg. 2.96.
WHEAT No. 2, 3.20-3.40, avg. 3.30.
BARLEY No. 3, 1.90. OATS No. 2,
1.70-2.10, avg. 1.91. SOYBEANS No. 1,
5.45. EAR CORN 75-84.00, avg. 79.50.
CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA
, EAR CORN No. 2, 2.89-3.10 few to
3.15, avg. 3.05. WHEAT No. 2, 3.10-3.20,
avg. 3.15. BARLEY No. 3,1.90-2.00, avg.
1.95. OATS No. 2, 1.75-2.00, avg. 1.89.
SOYBEANS, No. 1, 5.75-5.92, avg. 5.81.
EAR CORN 85-90.00, avg. 87.80.
LEHIGH VALLEY
CORN No. 2-Y, 2.95-3.15, avg. 3.04.
WHEAT No. 2, 3.55-3.73, avg. 3.64.
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Sorghum 3.25-3.45, avg. 3.35. EAR
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EASTERN AND CENTRAL
PENNSYLVANIA
CORN No. 2-y, 2.80-3.10, avg. 3.01;
month ago 3.08; year ago 2.34. WHEAT
No. 2, 3.40-3.73, avg. 3.52; month ago
3.74; year ago 2.80. BARLEY, No. 3,
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ago 1.56. OATS No. 2, 1.75-2.25, avg.
2.01; month ago 1.85; year ago 1.60. SOY
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ago 5.30; year ago 4.04. EAR CORN
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year ago 63.85.
NORTH CENTRAL OHIO
(Prices FOB Truck): CORN 2.46-2.49;
WHEAT 3.28-3.36; OATS 1.70; SOY
BEAN MEAL: bulk 44% 167.70-168.00;
bulk 48% 175.20-177.00.
Daily National
Grain Market
Summary
SL Joseph, MO
December 31,2002
Report Supplied By USDA
A dull trading day for the last day of
the year. Little happening to spur a rally
after a week of mostly lower bids but soy
beans showed some strength. Light ex
port interest for wheat overnight but
other commodities showed nil. Traders
are waiting until after the holiday to get
down to business. Wheat steady to 3
cents lower. Corn steady. Sorghum
steady. Soybeans 2 to 3 cents higher.
EXPORT SALES: PURCHASER
COMMODITY TONNAGE DELIVERY
DATE Taiwan Hard Red Winter Wheat
13,000 Jan 20-Feb 5 Dark Northern
Spring Wheat 28,740 Western White
Wheat 6,700
TOTAL: Wheat 48,440 tonnes.
THESE MAY NOT BE THE ONLY
EXPORT SALES THAT HAVE TRAN
SPIRED, BUT THEY ARE THE ONLY
SALES THAT COULD BE CONFIRM
ED TRUCK BIDS: lVsl/02 IVjO/02
01/01/02 Wheat: Kansas City (HRW
ORD) 3.90 dn 3 Holiday Minneapolis
(DNS) 4.07 '/< dn 3 '/< Portland (SWW)
3.98-4.00 unch-dn 3 St. Louis (SRW) 3.42
dn 3
Fly Balt
Com, US No 2 Yellow: Kansas City
2.40-2.44 unch Holiday Minneapolis 2.07
3 A unch So. lowa 2.24-2.25 unch-dn 1
Omaha 2.24 dn Soybeans, US No 1 Yel
low: Kansas City 5.65-5.66 up 3 Holiday
Minneapolis no bid So. lowa 5.49-5.54 up
3-2 Cent. II Processor 5.60-5.74 up 2 '/<
Minneapolis truck - to arrive 20 days
FUTURES: Kansas City (Mar) Wheat
3.59 l A dn 3 Holiday Minneapolis (Mar)
Wheat 3.77 V* dn 3 'A Chicago (Mar)
Wheat 3.25 dn 4 Chicago (Mar) Com 2.35
3 /< unch Chicago (Mar) Soybeans 5.65 up
2 Vt EXPORT BIDS: Barge bids out of the
Port of New Orleans, or Rail out of the
North Texas Gulf. Bids per bushel, except
sorghum per cwt.
US 1 HRW Wheat, Ord Protein: NA
Holiday US 2 Soft Red Winter Wheat:
Barge 3.75-3.78 dn 3-1 US 2 Yellow Com
Barge 2.64 %-2.66 3 A dn 1 'A-'A Yellow
Sorghum Rail NA Barge 5.21-5.25 unch
US 2 Yellow Soybeans Barge 6.10 V2-6.1l
Vi up 3 V 4
Com Belt Feedstuff
St. Joseph, Mo.
December 30,2002
Report Supplied By USDA
CORN BELT FEEDSTUFF: Whole
sale Bids. Truck or Rail dollars per ton.
Very little happening this past week in
the feedstuff trade. Demand was slow as
most users were in good condition for the
Holiday. Another short week coming up
and inventories will be tight next week.
SOYBEAN MEAL: 48 percent rail was
2.00 lower from 165.00-167.00.48 percent
truck was 2.00 lower at 169.00-176.00 per
ton. CORN BY-PRODUCTS: Gluten
Feed 21 percent, Interior Points was
steady at 68.00-72.00; Chicago was steady
to 2.00 lower at 68.00-74.00. 60 percent
Gluten Meal, Interior Points steady to
5.00 lower from 245.00-255.00; Chicago
steady from 250.00-255.00 per ton. Rail
Hominy Feed, Central Illinois Points was
steady from 79.00-90.00; truck was steady
at 81.00-82.00. Crude Com Oil was
steady from 28.00-29.00 cents per pound.
MILLFEEDS: Northwest was steady
from 75.00-87.00; Buffalo 10.00 to 15.00
lower from 80.00-90.00 per ton.
ALFALFA PELLETS: toledo, Ohio 17
percent dehydrated steady from 145.00-
185.00; meal steady from 148.50-188.50.
IS percent meal steady from 134.00-
182.50 per ton; meal steady higher from
137.50-186.00.
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DISTILLER’S DRIED GRAINS: Cen
tral Illinois steady to 3.00 lower from
85.00- 100.00; Chicago steady to 5.00
lower from 90.00-100.00; Lawrenceburg,
11, was steady at 95.00. Kansas and Ne
braska were steady from 110.00-115.00;
Minneapolis was steady at 80.00-85.00 per
ton.
BREWER’S DRIED GRAINS: New
ark, NJ was steady at 88.00; Williams
burg, VA was steady at 78.00 per ton.
Southern & Eastern
Direct Feeder Pigs
Columbia, S.C.
December 27,2002
Report Supplied by USDA
Southern And Eastern US Direct FOB
Feeder Pig Report: Weekly summary of
prices FOB farm basis, week ended Dec.
27. Receipts 25,430; last week 27,412.
Compared to last week, early weaned pigs
and 40-50 pound feeder pigs steady. De
mand good light offerings. Receipts in
clude 20,330 head shipped to lowa and
Central US. Also receipts include an esti
mated 59% formulated prices.
PIGS, EARLY WEANED 10 LB
BASIS, estimated 50-54% lean value: Lot
size 250 head or less; 1,545 head,
26.96-33.69, wtd. avg. price 31.20; lot size
250-750: 4,270 head, 26.65-36.10, wtd.
avg. price 32.50; lot size 750 or more:
10,790 head, 26.50-40.00, wtd. avg. price
price 33.39. Total Composite: 16,605
head, 26.50-40.00, wtd. avg. price 32.96.
PIGS, 40 LB BASIS, estimated 50-54%
lean value: Lot size 250-750: 420 head,
49.60-49.60, wtd. avg. price 49.60.
PIGS, 45 LB BASIS, estimated 50-54%
lean value: Lot size 250 head or less: 150
head, 39.25; lot size 250-750: 1,655 head,
47-56.00, wtd. avg. price 50.88; lot size
750 or more: 6,600 head, 52.76-58.00, wtd.
avg. price 54.37. Total Composite: 8,405
head, 39.25-58.00, wtd. avg. price 53.42.
•rices are quoted on a per head basis
“picked up” at the sellers farm in NC,
SC, GA, TN, KY, AL, MS, AR, MO, TX,
OK, KS, IN, OH, MI, PA, CO, UT, and
WY. Prices do not include freight or bro
ker fees. Many lots of 40-60 weight pigs
sold with a .2S-.40 per pound slide. Also,
some lots of early weaned pigs have a 1.00
per pound sliding value adjusted from a
10 pound basis. Early weaned pigs under
19 days old.
Estimated lean value is projected to
base slaughter weights with normal con
finement feeding
conditions. This
report does not
cover any trades
which include
profit/loss share
agreements or
any other form of
shared or re-
tained ownership
agreements.
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Eastern Corn Belt
Direct Hogs
Des Moines, lowa
December 30,2002
Report Supplied By USDA
EASTERN CORN BELT DIRECT
DAILY HOGS, for Monday, Dec. 30 as
of 1:30 p.m.
CURRENT VOLUME TODAY: Pro
ducer Sold: Negotiated Actual: 14,323;
Other Market Formula: 35,907; Swine or
Pork Market Formula: 30,642; Other
Purchase Arrangement: 15,541; Packer
Sold (All purchase types): Actual today:
581.
NEGOTIATED PURCHASES (In
cluding packer sold): BARROWS AND
GILTS: 11,219 head. Compared to prior
day's close, mostly .50 higher. Base Mar
ket Hog, 185 lb Carcass Basis, Plant De
livered (.9-1.1 inch backfat, 6 sq. in. loin/
2.0 depth): Range: $36.50 - 44.00, wtd.
avg. $41.51.
5 Day rolling Average Market Hog
(measurements based on slaughter data
submitted): 195.76 lb carcass based, plant
delivered (0.79 inch backfat, 6.78 sq. inch
loin/2.26 inch loin depth) FFLI: 50.56%;
price range: $40.50 - 46.74.
Purchase volume by state of origin: Al
abama 59; Georgia 751; Illinois 25,630;
Indiana 13,836; Kentucky 1,685; Mary
land 359; Michigan 9,278; Mississippi
255; New York 360; North Carolina
9,995; Ohio 21,300; Pennsylvania 3,619;
South Carolina 464; Tennessee 100; Wis
consin 1,582.
Eastern Cornbelt Direct
Feeder Pig Weekly
Springfield, 111.
December 27,2002
Report Supplied By USDA
Eastern Com Belt Direct Feeder Pig
Weekly Summary (includes pig prices on
negotiated, contract and formula basis)
FEEDER PIGS; Total receipts: 13,275,
negotiated none; last week 10,234.
Trends: SEW 10 lb pigs sold steady to
firm. Feeder pigs were not well estab
lished on a light trade. Trading activity
was light for light to moderate offerings.
SFOB Eastern Cornbelt - Illinois, Indi
ana, Ohio, Michigan. Receipts; 10,075;
last week 8,734.
EARLY WEANED PIGS, 10 LB
BASIS, estimated 50-54% lean value: Lot
size under 250: 125 head, 26,96; lot size
250-750: 4,770 head, 26.25-37.63, wtd.
avg. price 32.42; lot size 750 or more:
5,180 head, 28.50-40.00, wtd. avg. price
33.07. Total Composite: 10,075 head,
26.65-40.16, wtd. avg. price 32.68.
SFOB prices quoted on per head basis
“picked up” at sellers farm; prices do not
include freight.