Livestock Cooperative
Auction Market
Of North Jersey
Hackettstown, NJ.
Report Supplied by Auction
Tuesday, April 29,2003
CALVES .19-2.25.
COWS .28V4-.51.
EASY COWS .07-40'/2.
FEEDERS 300-600 LBS. .13-.99.
HEIFERS .IVA-.SI/i.
BULLS .32‘/2-.61'/2.
STEERS .35-.62 3 /«.
HOGS, NONE.
ROASTING PIGS EACH, NONE.
BOARS, NONE.
SOWS, NONE.
SHEEP .20-.50.
LAMBS EA. 32.00-71.00.
LAMBS PER LB. .42-1.55.
GOATS EA. 45.00-137.50.
KIDS EA. 24.00-85.00.
HIDES EA. 20.00-28.00.
TOTAL: 498.
Livestock Cooperative
Auction Market
Of North Jersey
Hackettstown, NJ.
Report Supplied by Auction
Tuesday, April 29,2003
Hay—Straw—Grain
63 LOTS TOTAL.
ALFALFA: 8 LOTS, 2.80-5.20 BALE.
MIXED HAY: 18 LOTS, 1.70-4.30
BALE.
TIMOTHY: 2 LOTS, 2.90 BALE.
GRASS; 20 LOTS, 1.80-3.90 BALE.
MULCH HAY: 1.70.
MULCH STRAW; 3 LOTS, .25-.50.
BARLEY STRAW: 2.10.
WHEAT STRAW: 4 LOTS, 2.00-2.50.
RYE STRAW: 3 LOTS, 1.90-2.10.
SHELLED CORN: 3.00.
RYE: 2 LOTS, 1.10 AND 1.50.
63 LOTS TOTAL.
Pa. Grain Report
April 28,2003
Report Supplied By PDA
Compared with last Monday’s market
for Eastern and Central Pennsylvania:
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Com steady to weak. Wheat and Barley
steady to .10 lower. Oats steady to .03
lower. Soybeans .05 to .07 lower. Ear
Corn 1.00 lower. All prices paid delivered
to dealers dock, All prices per bushel, ex
cept Ear Cora per ton.
SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA
Com No. 2-y: 2.80-3.05, avg. 2.96; con
tract for harvest 2.34-2.54. Wheat No. 2:
3.09-3.44, avg. 3.26; contract for harvest
2.81-3.11. Barley No. 3: 2.25-2.50, avg.
2.40; contract for harvest 1.65-1.70. Oats
No. 2: 2.25-2.70, avg. 2.47. Soybeans:
5.70-6.10, avg. 5.84; contract for harvest
4.85-5.11. Gr. Sorghum; 2.70. Ear Cora:
85.00-105.00, avg. 92.40.
SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVA
NIA
Com No. 2-y: 2.85-3.00, avg. 2.91.
Wheat No. 2: 2.90-3.12, avg. 3.02. Barley
No. 3: 1.85-2.40, avg. 2.11. Oats No. 2;
1.90-2.00, avg. 1.98. Soybeans No. 1:
5.74-6.05, avg. 5.93. Ear Corn:
85.00-110.00, avg. 94.60.
WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA
Com No. 2: 2.90-3.00, avg. 2.93. 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, avg.
2.19. Soybeans No. 1; 5.60, avg. 5.60. Ear
Com: 80.00-82.00, avg. 81.00.
CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA
Com No. 2-y: 2.90-3.05, avg. 3.00. Wheat
No. 2: 2.80-3.00, avg. 2.90. Barley No 3:
2.20-2.50, avg. 2.31. Oats No. 2:2.00-2.40,
avg. 2.19. Soybeans: 5.75-6.08, avg. 5.87.
Gr. Sorghum: none. Ear Corn:
86.00-90.00, avg. 87.50.
LEHIGH VALLEY AREA
Com No. 2-y: 2.90-3.00, avg. 2.97.
Wheat: No. 2: 3.20-3.42, avg. 3.28. Barley
No. 3: 2.40-2.50, avg. 2.45. Oats No. 2:
2.30-2.35, avg. 2.31. Soybeans No. 1:
5.60-5.90, avg. 5.76. Gr. Sorghum: 3.20,
avg, 3.20. Ear Com: 84.00-95.00, avg.
89.50.
EASTERN AND CENTRAL
PENNSYLVANIA SUMMARY
Com No. 2-y: 2.80-3.05, avg. 2.95,
month ago 2.91, year ago 2.33. Wheat No.
2: 2.80-3.44, avg. 2.95, month ago 3.09,
year ago 2.67. Barley No. 3: 1.85-2.50,
avg., 2.23; month ago 2.29, year ago 1.89.
Oats No. 2: 1.90-2.40, avg. 2.17; month
ago 2.14, year ago 1.90. Soybeans No. 1;
5.60-6.10, avg. 5.85, month ago 5.73, year
ago 4.35. Ear Com: 84.00-105.00, avg.
90.25; month ago 89.63; year ago 68.04.
NORTH CENTRAL OHIO
Prices FOB Truck: Com 2.45-2.48.
Wheat 2.81-2.91. Soybeans 5.83-6.06. Soy
bean Meal: Bulk 44% 185.00-190.90; 48%
194.00-195.00.
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Carlisle Graded
Feeder Pig Sale
Friday, April 25,2003
Sale Reported by PDA
GRADED FEEDER PIG SALE: 301.
Compared with the last sale, April 11,
state graded sale, pigs were active. All
pigs were weighed on arrival and sold by
the hundredweight.
US 1-2: 195 head. 10 head 22 lbs.
116.00; 71 head 50-59 lbs. 76.00-86.00; 43
head 66-79 lbs. 67.00-71.00; 36 head 87-89
lbs. 61.00-64.00; 18 head 115.5 lbs. 60.00;
17 head 135-156 lbs. 40.00-47.00.
US#2: 83 head. 19 head 39-46 lbs.
79.00- 20 head 50-59 lbs.
75.00- 18 head 63-69 lbs.
69.00- 15 head 74-79 lbs.
60.00- 11 head 98-109 lbs.
59.00-
AS IS: 23 head. 16 head 57-77 lbs.
30.00- 7 head 122 lbs. 48.00.
Next state graded feeder pig sale May
16 insteady of May 9, 1 p.m. Receiving
7:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
Southern & Eastern
Direct Feeder Pigs
Columbia, S.C.
April 25,2003
Report Supplied by USD A
Southern And Eastern US Direct FOB
Feeder Pig Report: Weekly summary of
prices FOB farm basis, week ended Apr.
25; Receipts 27,230; last week 19,166.
Compared to last week: Early weaned
pigs and 40-50 pound feeder pigs steady.
Demand moderate for light offerings. Re
ceipts include 14,629 head shipped to
lowa and Central US. Also, receipts in
clude and estimated 65% formulated
prices. Prices per head.
☆ THIS IS THE LAST ISSUE OF
THIS REPORT. The information will
now be included in the revised lowa and
Central US Delivered Report. The new
combined report will be called the “Na
tional Direct Feeder Pig Report.” The
new report will have FOB Seller and De
livered Buyer prices on all pigs, as well as
the number of pigs delivered to each state.
The new report will begin Friday. May 2.
EARLY WEANED PIGS, 10 LB
BASIS, Estimated 50-54% lean value: Lot
Member FDIC
size 250 head or less; 2,074 head,
21.00- 1, wtd. avg. prices 27.11; lot size
250-750: 6,250 head, 17.09-30.40, wtd.
avg. price 26.95; lot size 750 or more:
10,737 head, 19.00-30.00, wtd. avg. price
23.64. Total Composite: 19,061 head,
17.00- wtd. avg. price 25.11.
PIGS, 40 LB BASIS, Estimated 50-54%
lean value; Lot size 250-750: 599 head,
45.00.
PIGS, 45 LB BASIS, Estimated 50-54%
lean value: Lot size 250-750 lb: 300 head,
42.00; lot size 750 or more: 4,800 head,
41.3.01. Total composite; 5,100 head,
42.00-43.01, wtd. avg. price 42.95.
PIGS, 50 LB BASIS, Estimated 50-54%
lean value: Lot size 250-750: 1,620 head,
38.38-49.73, wtd. avg. price 44.42; lot size
750 or more; 850 head, 42.50. Total Com
posite; 2,470 head, 38.38-49.73, wtd. avg.
price 43.76.
Prices quoted on per head basis picked
up at sellers farms in NC, SC, GA, TN,
KY, AL, MS,AR, MO,TX, OK, KS, IN,
OH, MI, CO, UT, and WY.
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.
Eastern Cornbelt Direct
Feeder Pig Weekly
Springfield, 111.
April 25,2003
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 this week
18,058, negotiated 6,666; last week 6,672.
SEW 10 lb pigs and feeder pigs were
weak to 1.00 lower. Trading activity was
light to moderate for moderate offerings.
|FOB Eastern Cornbelt - Illinois, Indi
ana, Ohio, Michigan. Receipts; 10,487;
last week 6,162.
EARLY WEANED PIGS: 10 LB
BASIS, estimated 50-54% lean value: Lot
size under 250; 350 head, 26.24-27.62,
wtd. avg. price 26.83; lot size 250-750:
4,567 head, 26.31-30.40, wtd. avg. price
28.21; lot size 750 or more: 2,800 head,
25.00-32.00, wtd. price 27.00. Total Com
posite: 7,717 head, 25.00-32.00, wtd. avg.
price 27.71.
PIGS, 45 LB BASIS, estimated 50- 54%
lean value; Lot size 250-750 or more: 300
head, 42.00.
PIGS, 50 LB BASIS, estimated 50- 54%
lean value; Lot size 250-750: 1,620 head,
38.38- lot size 750 or more: 850
head, 42.50. Total Composite: 2,470 head,
38.38- wtd. avg. price 43.76.
JFOB prices quoted on per head basis
“picked up” at sellers farm; prices do not
include freight.
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 3, 2003-Al7
EASTERN CORN BELT DIRECT
DAILY HOGS, for Tuesday. Apr. 29, as
of 1:30 p.m.
CURRENT VOLUME TODAY, AC
TUAL: PRODUCER SOLD: Negotiated
21,702; Other Market Formula 3,577;
Swine or Pork Market Formula: 32,190;
Other Purchase Arrangement: 14,820.
PACKER SOLD (All purchase types);
320.
NEGOTIATED PURCHASES (includ
ing packer sold): BARROWS AND
GILTS (Carcass Basis): 14,033 head.
Compared to prior days close, mostly .75
higher. Base Market Hog, 185 lb Carcass
Basis, Plant Delivered (-0.9-1.1 inch back
fat, 6 sq. in. loin/2.0 depth): Base Price
Range: $46.00 - 56.00, wtd. avg. $52.15.
5-Day Rolling Average Market Hog:
195.24 lb carcass, plant delivered (0.76
inch backfat, 6.6 sq.in. loin/2.23 inch loin
depth). FFLI: 50.98%; price range $50.00
-60.48.
Purchase Volume by State of Origin:
Alabama 554; Delaware SO; Georgia 93;
Illinois 19,134; Indiana 17,645; Kentucky
1,812; Maryland 338; Michigan 5,753;
Mississippi 357; New York 552; North
Carolina 6,091; Ohio 10,488; Pennsylva
nia 2,371; Tennessee 1,801; Virginia 166,
West Virginia 85; Wisconsin 3,266.
Robert Fulton Fire Co.
Hay Market
Wakefield, Pa.
Report Supplied By Auction
Thursday, May 1,2003
15 LOADS.
ALFALFA: IST CUTTING
175.00- 2ND 185.00-246.00.
ALFALFA MIXED HAY:
167.00-
TIMOTHY; 155.00-190.00.
ORCHARDGRASS: 125.00-152.00.
GRASS HAY: 100.00-145.00.
EAR CORN: 105.00.
FIREWOOD: 80.00 PICK-UP LOAD.
SALE EVERY THURS., 10 A.M.
Shippensburg Produce
Auction
Shippensburg, Pa.
Report Supplied by Auction
April 24 and 29,2003
APPLES: 5.00-7.00 Vi BU.
CABBAGE: 3.00-4.00 BU.
POTATOES; +N2 3.00-5.25 50 LBS.
FLOWERS: PLANTERS 4.00-25.00;
HANGING BASKETS: 5.00-19.50; POTS
.25-2.50; ANNUAL FLATS 4.50-9.50.
PERENNIALS; GAL. 1.00-3.00.
SHRUBBERY: 2.00-65.00.
NEXT WEEK’S SALE TUES. AND
THURS., 9 A.M.
Eastern Corn Belt
Direct Hogs
Des Moines, lowa
April 29,2003
Report Supplied By USDA