Southern & Eastern Direct Feeder Pigs Columbia, S.C. March 21, 2003 Report Supplied by USDA Southern And Eastern US Direct FOB Feeder Fig Report; Weekly summary of prices FOB farm basis, week ended Mar. 21: Receipts 49,526; last week 56,246. Compared to last week: Early weaned pigs and 40-50 pound feeder pigs mostly steady. Demand moderate for moderate offerings. Receipts include 42,606 head shipped to lowa and Central US. Also, re ceipts include and estimated 35% formu lated prices. Prices per head. EARLY WEANED PIGS, 10 LB BASIS, Estimated 50-54% lean value: Lot size 250 head or less- 508 head, 22.00- wtd. avg. price 28.71; lot size 250-750: 4,113 head, 26.30-33.00, wtd. avg price 29.43; lot size 750 or more -15,750 head, 23.00-30.00, wtd. avg. price 26.37. Total Composite: 20,371 head, 22.00- wtd. avg. price 27.05. PIGS, 40 LB BASIS, Estimated 50-54% lean value: Lot size 250-750 lb; 800 head, 48.40-50.00, wtd. avg. 49.20 PIGS, 45 LB BASIS, Estimated 50-54% lean value Lot size 750 or more 24,750 head, 48.50-50.93, wtd avg. price 49.12 PIGS, 50 LB BASIS, Estimated 50-54% leart value’ Lot size 250 or less. 375 head, 50.00-53.50, wtd. avg. price 51 87. PIGS, 55 LB BASIS, Estimated 50-54% lean value- lot size 750 or more 3,230 head,s6 75 Prices quoted on per head basis picked up at sellers farms m NC, SC, GA, TN, KY, AL. MS,AR, MO.TX, OK, KS, IN, OH, MI, CO, UT, and WY $ I Hoof Trimming Clinic I $ <+> for dairymen & hoof trimmers 10 0 April 4, 2003; 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. 0 Lebanon Expo, Lebanon, Pa. ||| 0 Live hoof trimming 0 0 Cadaver feet demonstrations by local veterinarians 0 If? Featured speakers: Dan McFarland - facilities Sj? ||| Paul Neer - hoof trimming ||? 0 Dr. Gary Brumble - foot disease 0 0 Door prizes from local hoof trimmers & businesses 0 0 (Free Day Of Trimming) 0 If? Free lunch to the first 400 farmers to arrive If? Si? It? O Agriculture Veterinary Associates Joe Zook O 0 Albert Ham Kane Enterprises 0 Q American Giltspur Inc. Key-Aid Ace Hardware 0 0 Animal Medic & Co. Keystone Concrete Products Inc. 0 If? Animart Kissling Dairy Consulting, Inc. If? 0 Appletown Steel Inc. Lancaster Dairy Herd Improvement Assoc. If? 4? Binkley & Hurst Bros. Inc. Lancaster Veterinary Associates LTD. 0 H Brandt's Farm Suppiy Land O Lakes 0 Novartis Animal Vaccines, Inc. tK il£ Cedar Crest Equipment r> i u Ur Or- £ 4 u c r- r T Paul Zimmerman <*> Ur Comfort Hoof Care, Inc. „ , T T - , UT O i. r- J Peachey Harness Supply O * Cornerstone Genetics _ • * rr 3 jft rfr Dairy Farmers of America urma i s . £ Dairy One Richard Mellmger <+> 0 DTN Rocha Vitamins iff 0 Finger Lakes Equipment R° ta Clip 0 Fisher & Thompson Inc. Show Ease Stall Co. 0 Folkema Sales US Limited St. Pierre Hoof Care 0 0 Gehman's Feed Mill, Inc. Tidenberg's Welding 0 0 Genex Vettec 0 0 Hinton Welding Wendell's Dairy Services, Inc. Q O Homestead Nutrition, Inc. Willow Creek Animal Hospital O 0 Hoof Trimmers Assoc. Zimpro Corporation 0 0 Huber's Animal Health Supplies Zook Molasses Company 0 0 For more information contact M. Dale Herr 717-627-2371, 0 0 Paul Neer 717-935-560 S and door prizes contact James Zimmerman 717-336-5799 0 OU£UfUAfAfIU£UAf£UAitfUAfA|£UA|AIAfAfAfA|AfA|£U£U£U£U£U?U£U/UrurU?U£o a vl\/'\/l\/l\/'\/1 v'x/1 I x/L\/1 IV/ xs • Ixy >xVxz * xx* xzTxy •xy • xy •Wi xx * x Prices do not included freight or bro kers fees Many lots of 40-60 lb pigs sold with a .25-.40 per lb slide Also, some lots of early weaned pigs have a 1.00 per lb sliding valued adjusted from a 10 lb 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 retained ownership agreement Pa. Grain Report March 24,2003 Report Supplied By PDA Compared with last Monday’s market for Eastern and Central Pennsylvania: Corn steady to 50 lower. Wheat .10 to mostly .20 lower. Barley amd Oats steady to weak. Soybeans mostly steady to 05 higher. Ear Corn mostly steady under tight supply. All pnees paid delivered to dealers dock. All prices per bushel, except Ear Corn per ton. SOU I'HEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA Corn No 2-y: 2.81-3.00 avg. 2.92, con tract for harvest 2.39-2.54. Wheat No. 2: 3.05-3 33, avg. 3.18; contract for harvest 2 85-3.07. Barley No. 3: 2.40-2.60, avg. 2.50, contract for harvest 1.65-1 70 Oats No. 2: 2.15-2.40 few to 2.70, avg. 2 42. Soybeans’ 5.71-5.90, avg. 5.79, contract for harvest 4.87-4.97. Gr. Sorghum’ 2 60, avg. 2 60; contract for harvest 2 37. Ear Corn; 84 00-105 00, avg. 89 80. SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVA NIA Corn No 2-v 2.76-2 97, avg 2.90 Wheat No. 2 3.00-3.15, avg. 3 10. Barley No. 3; 1 90-2 40, avg. 2 14 Oats No. 2- 1 90-2.25, avg. 1.95. Soybeans No. I. 5.70-5 91. avg 5.74. Ear Corn, 55 00-100.00, avg. 93.50. WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA Corn No. 2: 2 90-3.00, avg. 2.89. Wheat No. 2- 3.00-3 15, avg 3.08 Barley No, 3 1 90, avg. 1.90 Oats No. 2. 2 00-2.30 few 1.70, avg. 2.08. Soybeans No 1-5 25-5.44, avg. 535 Ear Corn. 84.00-85.00, avg 84.33. CENTRAL PENNSY LVANIA Corn No. 2-y 2.82-3.05, avg. 2.96. Wheat No. 2: 2.80-3 20, avg. 3.00 Barley No 3: 2.20-2.50. avg. 2.32. Oats No. 2: 1.90-2.20, avg. 1.97 Soybeans' 5.75-5.80, avg 5.77. Gr. Sorghum- none Ear Corn: 83.00-90.00, avg. 86.00. LEHIGH VALLEY AREA Corn No. 2-y: 2.90-3.00, avg 2.96. Wheat: No. 2. 3.20-3.31, avg. 3.25. Barley No. 3- 2 45-2.50, avg. 2.47. Oats No. 2: 2.30-2.50, avg. 2.36. Soybeans No. 1: 5.50-5.60, avg. 5.53. Gr. Sorghum -3.20-3.35, avg. 3.28. Ear Corn: 83.00-95.00, avg. 87.00. EASTERN AND CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA SUMMARY Corn No. 2-y: 2.80-3.00, avg. 2.94, month ago 2.95, year ago 2 35 Wheat No. 2. 3.00-3.33, avg. 3.14, month ago 3.41, year ago 278 Barley No. 3 2 20-2 50. a\g. 2.29; month ago 2.23, year ago 1.89. Oats No. 2. 1.90-2.40, avg. 2 12. month ago 2.06, year ago 1.89. Soybeans No. 1- 5.60-5.90, avg 5.73, month ago 5.73, year ago 4.35 Ear Corn 83.00-100.00, avg. 89 29; month ago 90 00, year ago 67 91 NORTH CENTRAL OHIO Prices FOB Truck. Corn 2 44-2 48. Wheat 2 80-2.86 Soybeans 5.57-5 81 Soy bean Meal Bulk 44% 175.50-178 40; 48% 183.40-184.50. Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 29, 2003-A25 East Fluid Milk And Cream Review Madison. Wis. March 26, 2003 Report Supplied by USDA Spot prices of class II cream, dollars per lb butterfat: F. 0.8 producing plants. Northeast- 1 3588-1,4903 Delivered Equivalent: Atlanta. 1.3807-1.5012 mostly 14245-1.4465. PRICES OF CONDENSED SKIM, dollars per lb. wet solids, F 0.8 produc ing plants; Northeast Class 11, includes monthly formula prices- .9000-9800, Class 111 - spot prices - .7400-.8200 SPOT SHIPMENTS OF GRADE A MILK: FLORIDA: This Week: In 0, Out 42; Week: In 0, Out 0; Last Year: In 0, Out 86. SOUTHEAST STATES: This week: In 0, Out 0; last week: In 0, Out 0, last year: In 0, Out 0. Regional Milk Market Administrators announced the following, February 2003 uniform prices. Northeast $ll 79, Mideast $lO 72, Southeast $l2 32, Florida $l3 65 and Western New York (a state order) $ll 40 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 ) Milk production is increasing along seasonal patterns in the Middle Atlantic and Northeastern states Milk output is increasing more noticeably in the South east The weather has warmed in most areas ot the Fast and having a positive impact on the milk flow Fluid milk sup plies are long and Florida continues to ship milk out of state for processing Bot tled milk demand is seldom better than fair. Traditionally, milk sales do slow down during March The two major influ ences on the slower demand are spring break and the exodus of the winter resi- Wheat bids regained some of this week's losses toda>. de spite the lack of fresh export news this week Crop concerns due to forecasts calling for the return of colder temperatures by Friday had traders buzzing Corn bids showed light strength from technical buying on the Board Upturns were limited due to poor export interest Anticipation for next week's Planting Intentions and Stocks reports also kept a lid on advances Soybean bids continued to bounce this week with bids on the downside today. Fund selling was noted in the pits, pressured bv lower soybean meal trade and slow ex port demand Many traders expect a lower figure on Febru ary's Census crush report due out tomonow Wheat 3to 7 cents higher Corn steady to 1 cent higher Sorghum 1 cent lower Soybeans 3 to S cents loyver THESE MAY NOT BF THE ONI V I XPORI SAI ES THAT HAVE TRANSPIRED, BUT THEY ARE THE ONI Y SAI FS THAT COUI D BE CONFIRMED TRUCK BIDS 03/26/0.1 03/25/03 03/27/02 Wheat Kansas City (HRW ORD) 3 46 up 5 2 85-2 87 Minneapolis (DNS) 399 up 3 A 343 '6 Portland (SWW) 3 20-3 24 up 3 3 45-3 46 St 1 ouis (SRW) 3 15 up 7 3 12 C orn, US No 2 Yel low Kansas City 2 34-2 36 unch 1 97-1 98 Minneapolis 2 19 up 'A 194 /4 So lowa 2 30-2 31 up l-dn 1 - 2 03-2 03 I. Omaha 2 22-2 23 unch 1 87-1.88 Soybeans, US No I Yellow Kansas City 5 74-5.77 dn 5 4.59-4 61 Minneapolis 5 58 dn 3 1 ' 4.60 'A So lowa 5 68-5 70 dn 4 '-5 469 ( ent II Processor 5 78-5 81 dn 4'h4 72 %-4 78 'A Minneapolis truck - to arrive 20 days FU I URES Kansas City (May) Wheat 320 'o U p 4 *4 293 Minneapolis (May) Wheat 3 59 ‘A up 3 'A 3 06 A Chicago (May) Wheat 284 C up 3 'A 294 'A Chicago (May) Corn 228 dn 1 4 206 U ( hieago (May) Soybeans 569dn4 W 4 72 FXPORT 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 Rail 3 77 <4-3 80 U up 4 ’4 3 35-3.44 US 2 Soft Red Winter Wheal Barge 339 1 4-3 45 1 4 up 3 '/i-8 'A 337 W-3 38 'A US 2 Y'cllow C orn Barge 259 1 : dn Vi-l V, 2.29 'A US 2 Yellow Sorghum Rail 4 70-4 75 unch 4 15-4 18 Barge 4.61-4 80 unch-up 6 4 25-4 27 US 2 Yellow Soybeans Barge 6 01-6 02 dn 5 1 ' 497 dents from Florida and other Southeast ern "wintering grounds" Surplus milk volumes range from moderate to long Some increased manufacturing is report ed m the Southeast as milk supplies in crease In the Northeast, manufacturing is steady, but some plants, or portions of them, arc reportedly going to be down later this week for maintenance The condensed skim markets arc about steady Demand for both Class II & 111 wet solids is little changed from earlier this month. The fluid cream market is mixed The market tone has been firm for most ol March, but some suppliers note that a couple users will have operations down late this week (as noted above) and arc taking less cream after midweek This will put more cream on the market Spot prices arc higher and lower as the drop in price reflects some late-week sales. De mand for Class II cream has been im proving as the weather improves Most noticeably, soft serve ice cream mix mak ers have been looking for more cream m the last week or so Additionally, produc ers ot aerosol, whipped cream were look ing tor extra loads late last weak and early this week Some improvement m bottled cream processing was also noted Ice cream producers are starting to gear up for spring needs and most arc operat ing on shghtlv longer schedules Most ice cream producers have little trouble find ing desired volumes of cream Fuel sur charges are becoming more ot a factor in transportation costs Reports ot a sur charge ot 20 r r were noted, but 10-12 r r is more common Churning activity is steady to occasionally lighter due to the improving demand for Class II &. 11l cream Daily National Grain Market Summary St. Joseph, MO March 26, 2002 Report Supplied By USD \ FXPORT SAIFS PURCHASER COMMODIFY TON NAGE DFLIVFRY DATF Nothing new Lonfirmcd Dairy Products Prices Highlights Washington, D. C. March 21, 2003 Report Supplied Rv NASS/USDA DAIRY PRODUCTS PRICES HIGHLIGHTS CHEDDAR CHEESE prices received for US 40 pound Blocks averaged $1.07 per pound for the week ending March 15 The price per pound increased 0 7 cents from the previous week. The price for US 500 pound Barrels a ijusted to 38 per cent moisture averaged $1 04 per pound, down 0.2 cents from the previous week. BUTTER prices received for 25 kilogram and 68 pound boxes meeting USDA Grade AA standards averaged $1 07 per pound for the week ending March 15 The U S price per pound increased 4 2 cents from the previous week NONFAT DRY Mil K prices received for bag, tote and tanker sales meeting USDA Extra Grade nr USPH Grade A standards averaged 80 3 cents per pound for the week ending March 15. The U S price per pound decreased 0 3 cents from the previous week DRY WHEY prices received for bag, tote and tanker sales meeting USDA Extra Grade standards averaged 15 7 cents per pound for the week ending,March IS The U.S. price per pound decreased 0.5 cents from the previous week.
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