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 *
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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
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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
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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
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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