A 1 Farming, Saturday, December 27, 2003 Pa. Grain Report December 15, 2003 Report Supplied B> PDA C ompared with last Mondays market for Pastern and ( entral Pennsylvania Corn mostly steady Wheal steady to weak Bariev steady to OS higher Oats steady Soybeans mostly OS lower Par Corn mostly steady All prices paid delivered to dealers dock All prices per bushel except Par C orn per ton SOU IIILAS! h KIN PLNNSY I VANIA C orn No 2-v 2 70-3 00. a\g 2 85, contract for hardest 2 53-2 58 Wheal No 2 3 85-404 a\g 3 99 contract for hanest 363 377 Barley No 3 I 80-2 20 few to 2 SO, a\g 2 10. contract for hanest 1 6S Oats No 2 1 80-2 20. avg 198 Soybeans 7 10-7 SO, avg 7 27, contract for har \est S 70-S 86 Or Sorghum 270 Far Corn 6S 00-84 00, a\g 74 20 SOUTH C LNTR \L PFNNSYI VANI V Com No 2-v 2 70-2 89 few 2 80, ay g 280 Wheat No 2 3 10-3 80, ayg 3 SO Barley No 1 1 90-2 20, ayg 205 Oats No 2 1 80-2 2S, ayg 191 Soybeans No 1 704-740. avg 7 14 Or Sorghum none Far Corn 70 00-80 00, avg 74 75 \\h STERN PLNNSY LV ANIA Corn No 2 2 40-2 60, avg 2 51 Wheat No 2 1 50 3 52, avg 3 50 Barley No 3 1 75 Oats No 2 1 65-1 75, avg 166 Soybeans No I 7 00-7 15. avg 7 17 Ear Corn 70 00-7400, avg 72 00 CINTRAI PENNSYI Y ANI \ Corn No 2-y 2 70-2 90 few 100, avg 279 Wheat No 2 1 45-1 50 avg 3 48 Barley No 3 190-1 95 avg 193 Oats No 2 1 80 2 10, avg I 92 Sovbeans 7 10-7 30. avg 7 18 Gr Sorg hum none LarCorn 60 00-75 00 avg 70 00 I 1 HGH V UlhY ARI A Corn No 2\ 2752 88 avg 280 Wheat No 2 375 4 00, avg 387 Bariev No 1 1 70 2 00. avg 190 Oats No 2 1 65-2 00 avg 190 Sov beans No 1 700-7 30, avg 7 16 Gr Sorghum 2 98-3 15 avg 307 Far Corn 75 00 76 00. avg 75 33 I ASTI RN AND CUN IR \I PFNNSY LVANIA SUMMARY C orn No. 2-y; 2.70-3.00. avg. 2.81, month ago 2.68, war ago VII, Wheat No, 2: 3.45-4.04, ayg. 3,68, month ago 3,63, year ago 3.65. Bar- ley No. 3: 1.80-2.15, ayg 2.01; month ago 2.00, year ago 2,23. Oats No. 2: 1.65-2.10, ayg. 1.92; moiilh ago 1.90; year ago 1.98. Soybeans No. 1: 7.00-7,40, avg. 7.2 th month ago 7.09, year ago 5,78. I ar Corn: 65.00-84.00. ayg. 73.94: month ago 69.75; year ago 88.74. NORTH CtNFRAI OHIO Prices FOB Truck Corn 2 34 239 Wheat 3 82-3 93 Soybeans 7407 S 9 Soybean Meal Bulk 44 r r 220 10-230 00. bulk 48 r * 239 00-239 10 Largest Farm And Home Store In The Areal WINTER SAVINGS SNOW & MUD CHAINS For Farm Tractors, Auto/Truck, Lawn & Garden TRACTOR TIRE CHAINS ALSO AVAILABLE Nu-Way and Duo Grip Tractor Chains FARMASTFR JQ $36.99 $42.99 $47.99 $55.99 BTfl E/MHERR mm FARM & HOME CENTER sat IHM 464-3321 or 800-732-0053 7 30 am-6 00 pm www.aceretailer com/emherr Herrville Rd & Rt 272 South 2 1/2 Miles South of Willow Valley Square Not Responsible t or Typographical Lrrors East Fluid Milk And Cream Review " Madison, Wis. December 23, 2003 Report Supplied by USDA SPOT PRICFS OF Cl ASS II CRFAM, dol lars per lb butterfat FOB producing plants Northeast 16551-181S9 Delivered Equivalent Atlanta 1 6690-1 9191 mostly 1 7246-1 8080 PRK 1 S OF (ONDFNSFD SKIM, dollars per lb wet solids, FOB producing plants Northeast C lass 11, includes monthly formula prices 8700-9100 Class 111, spot prices 9800-10600 SPOTS SHIPMENTS OF GRADE A Mil K FLORIDA This Week In 0. Out 129. Last Week In 12, Out 0, I-ast Year In 0. Out 100 SOUTHEAST STATES This Week In 0, Out 0. Week In 0, Out 0. Last Year In 0. Out 0 FDITOR'S NOTL Due to changes in milk supply agreements, milk import/export totals are not directly comparable to year ago figures and to shipments prior to April I, 2003 During November, milk production in the 20 major states totaled 11 66 billion pounds, down 0 2 c/ c from November 2002 The following are the November-to- November changes for select ed states Texas 8 9%, Vermont -19*7c, New York - 3 3 r /c, Kentucky -66 T. Florida 7 l r c, Pennsylvania -7 9%, and Virginia -8 Br£8 r £ This week’s news of an Italian dairy con glomerate’s financial problems is causing some concerns for buyers and suppliers to that com pany’s plants in North America This week, milk production continues to increase in the Southeast and holding about stead) in the Northeast Following typical patterns, surplus milk supplies arc increasing in all areas Bottle rs’ need for milk is off significantly now that most schools are on vacation Manufacturing plant contacts report a sharp increase in re ceipts. but little trouble in handling all the extra milk This year’s volumes are welcomed, but re ported as lighter than last year’s Some milk that normally gels shipped to the Southeast is staving k up north” during the holidays Flori da s need for milk is more than satisfied by in state production and handlers had to ship milk out of state to find manufacturing capacity Phis too is typical for this time of year C ontacts report that pre-planning the holiday milk dispo sition is really helping ease the situation as long as there are no major plant problems The condensed skim market is weaker as supplies increase and demand eases This does tend to push more skim to local drvers The fluid cream market is weak A very quick turn around in the marketplace was expected and it did materialize tarty last week, the cream market was still firm, but demand has come to screeching halt and supplies are now approaching burdensome proportions Class II demand is yen slow as many buyers have closed their plants until after the new year Many ice cream plants are down for the two week holiday period, but a few are still operat ing and taking advantage of all the available cream Spot prices are mixed Multiples are 6-BAR FARM GATES Galvanized - 1 -5/8" Tube $51.99 12 $59.99 $54.99 14' $66.99 Painted Heavy Duty -2" Tube $74.99 12' $94.99 $84.99 14’ $109.99 #724506 Many Sizes In Stock $82.99 $97.99 $114.99 $139.99 sharplv lower but the CMF butter a\erage last week did jump more than 12 tents Some buy ers (mostly ehurns) arc buying cream based on date ot shipment or this weeks aycragc Pro duction of holida> items like egg nog. bottled cream sour cream, and dips haye slowed sharp lv now that most orders haye been filled (homing activity is heavier and more excess cream is moving to the Midwest Dairy Products Prices Highlights Washington, D, C. December 19, 2003 Report Supplied By NASS/USDA DAIRY PRODUCTS HIGHI IGHTS CHFDDAR prices received for US 40 pound Blocks averaged $1 35 per pound for the week ending December 13 The price per pound de creased 1 2 cents from the pievious week The price for US 500 pound Barrels adjusted to *8 percent moisture averaged $1 25 per pound, down 0.7 cents from the previous week BUTTER prices received for 25 kilogram and 68 pound boxes meeting USDA Grade AA stan dards averaged $1 24 per pound for the week ending December 13 The U S price per pound increased 3 4 cents from the previous week NONFAT DRY MILK pnees received for bag, tote and tanker sales meeting USDA Extra Grade or USPH Grade A standards averaged 80 7 cents per pound for the week ending De cember 13 The U.S price per pound decreased slightly from the previous week DRY WHEY prices received for bag, tote and tanker sales meeting USDA Extra Grade stan dards averaged 19 5 cents per pound for the week ending December 13 The U S price per pound decreased 0 4 cents from the previous week Daily National Grain Market Summary St. Joseph. MO December 23,2003 Report Supplied By USI)\ Grains closed the day sharply lower Wheat is being pressured by global competition, news that China has contracted to purchase 1 million tons of wheat from Australia, following a recent purchase from Canada of 500 thousand tons Com trade was lackluster due to no new news and follow through selling Year end liqui dation has caused lower bean futures Wheat was steady to 16 cents lower Corn cents lower Soybeans 11-H 1 ■> cents lower Sorghum 4-5 cents lower EXPORT SALES PURCHASER COM MODITY TONNAGE DELIVERY DATE Egypt 11 5 pet Hard Red Winter Wheat SS,OOO Jan Total Wheat 55,000 tonnes THESF MAY NOT BE THE ONLY EX PORT SALES THAT HAVE TRANSPIRED, BUT THEY ARE THE ONLY SAI ES THAT COULD BE CONFIRMED BY USDA GRAIN MARKET NEWS A Viable Alternative To Large Tank Spreaders A low compaction, high volume method of applying liquid manure on less than ideal ground conditions while also reducing odor. 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Min ati AMTir Call ** oss •*°* inson 800-222-2948 • 610-563-6196 a y" 4019 Ashville Rd. • Quarryville, PA 17566 www.midarianticagri.coni TRUCK BIDS 12/23/03 12/22/03 12/24/02 Wheat Holiday Kansas City (HRW ORD) 3 76-3 78 dn 14 N/A Minneapolis (DNS) 4 01 1 4 dn 11 U N/A Portland (SWW) 3 88-3 % dn 10-4 N/A St I outs (SRW) 380dn 16 N/A C orn, US No 2 Y ellow Kansas C itv 2442 46 dn 2 N/A Minneapolis No bid N/A N/A So lowa 2 36 dn 2-3 N/A Omaha 2 32-2 34 dn 2-3 N/A Soybeans, US No 1 Yellow Kansas Citv 7 34 dn 13 N/A Minneapolis No Bid N/A No Bid So lowa 7 29-7 34 dn 11-12 N/A Cent It Processor 7 41 1 4-7 59 dn 12 1 -4 G N/A Minneapolis truck - to arrive 20 days FUTURES Kansas C it> (Mar) Wheat 3 76 dn 13 A N/A Minneapolis (Mar) Wheat 3 83 A dn II '* N/A Chicago (Mar) Wheat 3 70 l/ dn IS N/A C hicago (Mar) Com 243Adn 2 1 ; N/A Chicago (Mar) Soybeans 7 41 'A dn 12 'A N/A EXTORT 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 4 31 •A -433 'A dn 13 A N/A US 2 Soft Red Winter Wheat Barge 4 12 ’/>4 20 '/* dn 1-unch N/A No 2 Yellow Com Barge 2 78 A-2 79 'A dn 2 Vi-2 N/A US 2 Yellow Sorghum Rail 5 16-5 25 dn 4 N/A Barge 5 16-5 25 dn 4-5 N/A US 2 Yellow Soybeans Barge 7 76 Va-1 11 V* dn 13 V; N/A Northeast Eggs Atlanta, Georgia Report Supplied by USDA December 23,2003 Prices were unchanged Trade sentiment was steady to full steady Retail demand was moder ate to very good Supplies were in close balance on the larger sizes, however medium sizes were reported as short to instances tight The North east shell egg inventory decreased 26 percent and the New England shell egg mventorv was 2 percent less than the previous Monday Break ing stock offerings were sufficient for the sea sonally light demand Light type hens were about adequate for a mostly moderate demand PRICES TO RETAILERS. SAI bS TO VOL UME BUYERS, USDA GRADE A AND CiRADE A, WHITE EGGS IN CARTONS, WAREHOUSE, CENTS PER DOZEN RANGE MOSTLY EXTRA LARGE 93-107 96-99 lARGE 89-104 94-98 MEDIUM 70-85 74-77 NORTHEAST AREA CT,DC,DE,MA,MD.ME,NH,eastern NJ. east ern NY,PA,RI, Northern VA, and VT ed 23-Dec-03 12 26 PM E CMH Lancaster Farming's Classified Ads Get Results! Westminster Livestock Hagerstown, Md. Report Supplied By Auction Tuesday, December 23, 2003 SLAUGHTER COWS 102 HEAD, STEADY BREAKERS 49 00-55 00, HIGH DRESSING 57 00-63 00. I LAN 40 00-47 00. THIN 40 00 DOWN BUI I S 5 HEAD VG+NI 58 75-64 50, FAT HEREFORD 2012 L BS AT 48 00 FED STEERS FEW OFFERED SET FCT 1100-1300 IBS 60 00-72 00 FED HEIFERS LOW CHOICE 1000-1200 IBS 80 00-88 00 CHOICE HOI STEINS 1600 I BS AT 72 50 CALVES 91 HEAD, VERY WEAK DE MAND FOR SI AUGHTER TYPES GOOD 80-110 LBS 18 00-25 00, 60-80 IBS 12 00-18 00, HOLSTEIN BULLS RETURN ING TO FARM 2000 LOWER +NI 100-120 IBS 125 00-15100, +N2 65 00-100 00, 80-94 LBS 60 00-92 00, HOLSTEIN HEIFERS, FEW OFFERED +N2 80-110 LBS 18000-295 00 BUTCHER HOGS 56 HEAD, 200-3 00 HIGHER +NI AND 2 220-290 LBS 39 00-4175, +NI AND 3 37 00-3800, 1 362 LBS AT 33 50 SOWS 4 HEAD 3 00-4 00 HIGHER L 450-600 LBS 34 00-36 50 BOARS 736 LBS AT 5 50 STOCK CATTLE 71 HEAD, 8 00-10 00 LOWER STEERS 300-500 LBS 75 00-85 00, 500-700 LBS 78 00-80 00, 700-900 LBS 71 00-76 00,900-1000 LBS 74 00-84 00 HEIFERS 200-400 LBS 72 00-86 00. 500-700 LBS TO 70 00 BULLS 400-600 LBS TO 82 00, 600-700 I BS T 07400 SHEEP 45 00-61 00, HEAVYWEIGHTS 22 00-3100 lAMBS 26 HEAD, STEADY PRICES HIGH CHOICE TO PRIME 80-110 LBS 110 00-117 00, GOOD TO CHOICE 80-120 IBS 100 00-106 00, FEW 60-70 LBS 115 00-118 00 GOATS 33 HEAD, 1000-20 00 HIGHER lARGF 81l LIES AND WETHERS 91 00-97 00, 1 AT 153 00, MEDIUM 60 00-93 00, LARGE NANNIES 65 00-100 00, MEDIUM 55 00-90 00, FI ESHY KIDS 35 00-57 00, SMALLER 25 00-38 00 PIGS AND SHOATS 2 HEAD BY THE LB 135 LBS AT 29 00