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September 9, 2016 CapitalPress.com 13 Farm Market Report S ponSored by ROP-37-4-4/#7 Hay Market Reports Potato Market Reports Compiled by USDA Market News Service • St. Joseph, Mo.-Portland Compiled by North American Potato Market News and USDA Agricultural Market Service Hay prices are dollars per ton or dollars per bale when sold to re- tail outlets. Basis is current delivery FOB barn or stack, or delivered customer as indicated. Grade guidelines used in this report have the following relation- ship to Relative Feed Value (RFV), Acid Detergent Fiber (ADF), TDN (Total Digestible Nutrients), or Crude Protein (CP) test num- bers: Grade RFV ADF TDN CP Supreme 185+ <27 55.9+ 22+ Premium 170-185 27-29 54.5-55.9 20-22 Good 150-170 29-32 52.5-54.5 18-20 Fair 130-150 32-35 50.5-52.5 16-18 Utility <130 36+ <50.5 <16 WASHINGTON-OREGON HAY (Columbia Basin) (USDA Market News) Moses Lake, Wash. Sept. 2 This week FOB Last week Last year 30,305 18,375 30,029 Compared to Aug. 26: All grades of export and domestic Alfalfa $5-10 lower. Trade active with good demand. The Hanjin shipping line, South Korea’s largest, iled for bankruptcy this week, causing major turmoil in the export Alfalfa market. Retail/Feedstore steady in a light test. Demand remains good. Retail/Feedstore steady in a light test. Demand remains good. Tons Price Alfalfa Mid Square Premium 19,700 $140-150 Good/Prem. 1500 $130 Good 350 $130 Fair/Good 1200 $120 500 $115 2500 $125 Utility/Fair 1000 $80 1800 $60-90 Alfalfa Small Square Premium 75 $230 Alfalfa/Orchard Mix Small Square Fair/Good 30 $150 Timothy Grass Mid Square Premium 700 $170-180 Timothy Grass Small Square Premium 250 $170 Wheat Straw Mid Square Good 700 $35 OREGON AREA HAY (USDA Market News) Portland, Ore. Sept. 2 This week FOB Last week Last year 2,407 12,090 4,395 Compared to Aug. 26: Prices trended generally steady compared to week ago prices. Most demand lays with the retail/stable hay. Ac- cording to some producers, horse owners are starting to prefer lower sugar, higher protein hay. Many hay producers are selling or have already sold most of their irst and second cutting hay, and are working on later cutting(s) resulting in higher volumes of hay moving. Tons Price CROOK, DESCHUTES, JEFFERSON, WASCO COUNTIES Alfalfa Large Square Good 50 $200 Small Square Premium 12 $240 Good/Prem. 4 $150 Good 25 $205 Alfalfa/Orchard Mix Small Square Premium 8 $250 Orchard Grass Small Square Premium 44 $230-250 Good/Prem. 58 $220 Good 29 $215 Meadow Grass Small Square Good 25 $215 Mixed Grass Small Square Good 1 $200 Grass Mix Five-Way Small Square Premium 25 $260 EASTERN OREGON Alfalfa/Orchard Mix Small Square Premium 20 $185 Orchard Grass Small Square Premium 70 $175 KLAMATH BASIN Alfalfa Small Square Premium 175 $170 Oat Large Square Good 450 $75 LAKE COUNTY Alfalfa Large Square Supreme 769 $170-225 462 $165 Small Square Premium 90 $180 60 $185-200 Alfalfa/Oat/Barley Mix Large Square Good 30 $120 HARNEY COUNTY: No new sales conirmed. CALIFORNIA HAY (USDA Market News) Moses Lake, Wash. Sept. 2 This week FOB Last week Last year 7,680 10,370 22,990 Compared to Aug. 26: All classes traded steady. Demand mod- erate. According to the U.S. Drought monitor, it is the dry season, so little to no precipitation is not surprising in California. Drought conditions there will remain status quo for the time being. FSA acres report Aug. 1, has 489,153 acres of alfalfa vs Jan. 5, inal report of 549,669. Tons Price REGION 1: NORTHERN INTERMOUNTAIN Includes the counties of Siskiyou, Modoc, Shasta, Lassen, and Plumas. Alfalfa Alfalfa/Orchard Mix Orchard Grass Supreme Prem./Sup. Premium Good/Prem. Good Premium 1050 300 1700 220 300 130 250 $170-175 $175 $150-165 $175 $90 $160 $240 REGION 2: SACRAMENTO VALLEY Includes the counties of Tehama, Glenn, Butte, Colusa, Sutter, Yuba, Sierra, Nevada, Placer, Yolo, E Dorado, Solano, Sacramento. Alfalfa Premium 50 $170 Good/Prem. 80 $140 400 $130 REGION 3: NORTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY Includes the counties of San Joaquin, Calaveras, Stanislaus, Tu- olumne, Mono, Merced and Mariposa. Alfalfa Supreme 1050 $235 Prem./Sup. 200 $190 Fair 350 $105 Oat Good 150 $75 REGION 4: CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY Includes the counties of Madera, Fresno, Kings, Tulare, and Inyo. Corn Good 0 $40 REGION 5: SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Includes the counties of Kern, Northeast Los Angeles, and West- ern San Bernardino. Alfalfa Premium 300 $170-190 Forage Mix-Three Way Good 25 $200 Forage Mix-Four Way Good 25 $200 REGION 6: SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA Includes the counties of Eastern San Bernardino, Riverside, and Imperial. Alfalfa Good/Prem. 200 $145-160 Good 250 $120 Fair/Good 150 $130 Fair 500 $80 IDAHO HAY (USDA Market News) Moses Lake, Wash. Sept. 2 This week FOB Last week Last year 800 11,300 14,630 Compared to Aug. 26: All grades of Alfalfa weak in a light test. Trade very slow with light demand as large supplies remain a hin- drance to the market. Retail/feed store/horse not tested this week. Tons Price Alfalfa Mid Square Fair/Good 600 $70 200 $60 Grain Market Reports Compiled by USDA Market News Service • Portland Grains are stated in dollars per bushel or hundredweight (cwt.) except feed grains traded in dollars per ton. National grain report bids are for rail delivery unless truck indicated. PORTLAND GRAIN (USDA Market News) Portland Sept. 2 PACIFIC NORTHWEST MARKET SUMMARY Cash wheat bids for September delivery ended the reporting week on Thursday, Sept. 1, were mixed compared to Aug. 26 noon bids for September delivery. December wheat futures ended the reporting week on Thursday, Sept. 1, lower as follows compared to Aug. 26 closes: Chicago wheat futures were 29 cents lower at $3.9475, Kansas City wheat futures were 25.75 cents lower at $4.0650 and Minneapolis wheat futures trended 18.50 cents lower at $4.86. Chicago September corn futures trended 8.25 cents lower at $3.2375 and November soybean futures closed 31.75 cents lower at $9.4375. Bids for U.S. 1 Soft White Wheat delivered to Portland in unit trains or barges during September for ordinary protein trended 13.25 to 17 cents per bushel lower compared to the previous week’s prices for the same delivery period at $4.63-4.7475. Some exporters were not issuing bids for nearby delivery. White club wheat premiums were zero cents per bushel over soft white wheat bids this week were zero to seven cents per bushel over soft white wheat bids this week compared to zero to ive cents per bushel over soft white wheat Aug. 26. One year ago bids for U.S. 1 Soft White Wheat any protein for September delivery by unit trains and barges to Portland were $5.40-5.4125 and bids for White Club Wheat were also 5.40-5.4125. Forward month bids for soft white wheat ordinary protein were as follows: October $4.6475-4.77, November $4.6475-4.83 and De- cember $4.6475-4.88. One year ago, forward month bids for soft white wheat for any protein were as follows: October, November and December $5.40-5.4125. Bids for U.S. 1 Soft White Wheat guaranteed maximum 10.5 per- cent protein during September trended mixed, from 6.50 cents lower to 3.50 cents per bushel higher than week ago prices for the same delivery period at $4.6475-4.7975. Some exporters were not issuing bids for nearby delivery. White club wheat premiums for guaranteed maximum 10.5 per- cent protein soft white wheat this week were zero cents per bushel over soft white wheat bids this week and last week. One year ago bids for U.S. 1 Soft White Wheat guaranteed maxi- mum 10.5 percent protein for September delivery by unit trains and barges to Portland were $6.4125-6.5125 and bids for White Club Wheat were $7.19-8.0125. Forward month bids for soft white wheat guaranteed 10.5 per- cent proteins were as follows: October $4.6975-4.7475, November $4.65-4.7875 and December $4.65-4.6975. One year ago, forward month bids for soft white wheat for any protein were as follows: October $6.4125-6.5125, November and December $6.4125-6.54. Bids for 11.5 percent protein U.S. 1 Hard Red Winter Wheat for September delivery were one to six cents per bushel higher com- pared to Aug. 26 noon bids for the same delivery period. Some exporters were not issuing bids for nearby delivery. Bids were as follows: September $4.8150-5.2650, October, November and De- cember $4.9150-5.2650. COARSE FEEDING GRAINS Bids for U.S. 2 Yellow Corn delivered full coast Paciic Northwest - BN shuttle trains for September delivery were 4.75 to 14.75 cents per bushel lower from $4.2375-4.3875 per bushel. Forward month corn bids were as follows: October $4.2375-4.3375, November $4.1875-4.2175, December $4.1875-4.2375, January $4.2425- 4.2925 and February $4.2425-4.3125. Bids for U.S. 1 Yellow Soy- beans delivered full coast Paciic Northwest - BN shuttle trains for September delivery were 33.75 to 34.75 cents per bushel lower from $10.7875-10.7975 per bushel. Forward month soybean bids were as follows: October $10.7575, November $10.7675, Decem- ber $10.7525-10.7725 and January $10.7025-10.7125. Bids for U.S. 2 Heavy White Oats for September delivery trended steady at $3.2650 per bushel. PACIFIC NORTHWEST EXPORT NEWS There were 8 grain vessels in Columbia River ports on Thurs- day, Sept. 1, with three docked compared to 15 last week with six docked. There were no new conirmed export sales this week from the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) of the USDA. CALIFORNIA GRAINS (USDA Market News) Portland Sept. 2 Prices in dollars per cwt., bulk Inc.= including; Nom.= nominal; Ltd.= limited; Ind.= indicated; NYE=Not fully estimated. GRAIN DELIVERED Mode Destination Price per cwt. BARLEY – U.S. No. 2 (46-lbs. per bushel) FOB Kern County NA Rail Los Angeles NA Stockton-Modesto-Oakdale-Turlock NA Kings-Tulare-Fresno Counties NA Glenn County NA Truck Petaluma-Santa Rosa $9.75 Stockton-Modesto-Oakdale-Turlock $9.75 Colusa County NA CORN-U.S. No. 2 Yellow FOB Turlock-Tulare $7.60 Livestock Auctions Cattle prices in dollars per hundredweight (cwt.) except some replacement animals per pair or head as indicated. Washington TOPPENISH (Toppenish Livestock Auction) (USDA Market News) Moses Lake, Wash. Sept. 3 This week Last week Last year 1,400 1,185 1,600 Compared to Aug. 26 at the same market: Stocker and feeder cattle $1-5 lower in a light test. Trade active with good demand. Slaughter cows and bulls $1-3 lower. Trade active with light to moderate demand as Labor Day weekend meat orders dried up. Slaughter cows 69 percent, Slaughter bulls 10 percent, and feeders 21 percent of the supply. The feeder supply included 64 percent steers and 36 percent heifers. Near 78 percent of the run weighed over 600 lbs. Replacement Cows: Pre-tested for pregnancy, and age. Feeder Steers: Medium and Large 1-2: 500- 600 lbs. $120.50-126.50; 600-700 lbs. $129.75- 134; 600-700 lbs. $124-125.50, Calves; 700-800 lbs. $124-127. Medium and Large 2-3: 600-700 lbs. $117.50; 700-800 lbs. $105. Large 2-3: 900- 1000 lbs. $108. Feeder Heifers: Medium and Large 1-2: 400- 500 lbs. $120-122; 500-600 lbs. $120-122; 600- 700 lbs. $116-118; 700-800 lbs. $117.50-119.50; 800-900 lbs. $107. Large 1-2: 1100-1200 lbs. $65, Full. Large 2-3: 1200-1300 lbs. $81.50. Slaughter Cows: Boning 80-85 percent lean 1300-2000 lbs. $67-72; Lean 85-90 percent lean 1100-1900 lbs. $67-73; Lean Light 90 percent lean 900-1250 lbs. $58-61. Slaughter Bulls: Yield Grade 1-2 1500-2500 lbs. $85-94. Bred Heifers (Per Head): Few Medium and Large 1-2: 873 lbs. $1100 1-3 mos. bred. Idaho CALDWELL (Treasure Valley Livestock) Aug. 1 Steers (wt.): 300-400 lbs. $82.50; 400-500 lbs. $95; 500-600 lbs. $92; 600-700 lbs. $93.50; 700- 800 lbs. $113; 800 lbs and up $93.50. Steers (hd.): 200-300 lbs. $145; 300-400 lbs. $295; 400-500 lbs. $300; 500-600 lbs. $525. Heifers (wt.): 300-400 lbs. $113; 400-500 lbs. $95; 600-700 lbs. $88.50; 700-800 lbs. $80; 800- Stockton-Modesto-Oakdale-Turlock NA Kings-Tulare-Fresno $6.90 Rail Single Car Units via BNSF Chino Valley-Los Angeles $8.05-8.07 Truck Petaluma-Santa Rosa NA Stockton-Modesto-Oakdale-Turlock $7.91 Los Angeles-Chino Valley NA Kings-Tulare-Fresno Counties $7.91 Glenn County 8 SORGHUM-U.S. No. 2 Yellow Rail Los Angeles-Chino Valley via BNSF Single $7.83 Truck Modesto-Oakdale-Turlock NA OATS-U.S. No. 1 White Truck Petaluma $11.25-11.35 Stockton-Modesto-Oakdale-Turlock $11.25-11.35 Rail Petaluma NA WHEAT-U.S. No. 2 or better-Hard Red Winter (Domestic Values for Flour Milling) Los Angeles 12 percent Protein NA Los Angeles 13 percent Protein NA Los Angeles 14 percent Protein NA Truck/Rail Los Angeles 11-12 percent Protein Los Angeles 12 percent Protein NA Los Angeles 13 percent Protein NA Los Angeles 14 percent Protein NA FOB Tulare-Kern-Merced NA WHEAT-U.S. Durum Wheat Truck Imperial County $10-10.25 Kings-Tulare-Fresno Counties NA WHEAT-Any Class for Feed FOB Tulare NA Kings-Tulare-Fresno Counties NA Kern County NA Truck/Rail Los Angeles-Chino Valley NA Truck Petaluma-Santa Rosa NA Stockton-Modesto-Oakdale-Turlock NA King-Tulare-Fresno Counties NA Fresno NA Merced County NA Colusa County NA Kern County NA Prices paid to California farmers, seven-day reporting period ending Sept. 1: WHEAT, U.S. No. 1, Hard Amber Durum for Flour Milling Imperial Valley $10-10.25 Spot Del locally YELLOW CORN, U.S. No. 2 or better Glenn County $8 Spot Del locally 900 lbs. $70; 900-1000 lbs. $75.50; 1000-1100 lbs. $85; 1100-1200 lbs. $79.50; 1200 lbs and up $72. Heifers (hd.): 100-200 lbs. $150; 300-400 lbs. $400. Bull Calf (wt.): 400-500 lbs. $73. Bull Calf (hd.): 200-300 lbs. $140. Cows (wt.): 1100-1200 lbs. $71; 1200-1300 lbs. $72; 1500-1600 lbs. $69; 1600-1700 lbs. $79; Heiferettes (wt.): NA. Holstein Bulls (wt.): 1100-1200 lbs. $80; 1200- 1300 lbs. $84; 1300-1400 lbs. $79. Oregon MADRAS (Central Oregon Livestock Auction) Aug. 29 Total head count: 384. Baby calves: NA. Steers: 300-400 lbs. $150-160; 400-500 lbs. $140-150; 500-600 lbs. $135-145; 600-700 lbs. $125-135; 700-800 lbs. $120-125; 800-900 lbs. $120-125. Bulls: High yield. $88-93; Mostly $88; Thinner $70-87. Pairs: NA. Bred cows: NA. Heifers: 300-400 lbs. $140-150; 400-500 lbs. $130-145; 500-600 lbs. $125-135; 600-700 lbs. $120-125; 700-800 lbs. $115-120. Heiferettes: NA. Cows: Heiferettes NA; Fleshy cows $72; high- yield $72; medium-yield $70; low-yield $65. VALE (Producers Livestock Market) Aug. 31 Total receipts: 316 head. Comments: Softer and cheaper throughout the calf and yearling market, mostly due to sharply lower fat cattle and feeder cattle futures. Steer calves: 300-400 lbs. $139-165; 400-500 lbs. $141-150; 500-600 lbs. $132-146. Heifer calves: 300-400 lbs. $129-154; 400-500 lbs. $122-137; 500-600 lbs. $121-135. Yearling steers: 600-700 lbs. $122-134; 700- 800 lbs. $107-126; 800-900 lbs. $113-122. Yearling heifers: 600-700 lbs. $116-125; 700- 800 lbs. $109-121; 900-1000 lbs. $102-111. Light Holstein steers, 600 lbs. and under: NA. Light Holstein steers, 700 lbs. and over: NA. Stock cows (young): $950-1260. Stock cows (B.M.): NA. Pairs, young: NA. Butcher cows: $69-71. Thin shelly cows: $47-59. Butcher bulls: $65-79. Future climate change ield test doesn’t make Earth greener By SETH BORENSTEIN and ALICIA CHANG AP Science Writers LOS ANGELES — In the course of a 17-year experiment on more than 1 million plants, scientists put future global warming to a real world test — growing California lowers and grasslands with extra heat, carbon dioxide and nitrogen to mimic a not-so-distant, hotter future. The results, simulating a post-2050 world, aren’t pretty. And they contradict those who insist that because plants like carbon dioxide — the main heat-trapping gas spewed by the burning of fossil fuels — climate change isn’t so bad, and will result in a greener Earth. At least in the California ecosystem, the plants that re- ceived extra carbon dioxide, as well as those that got extra warmth, didn’t grow more or get greener. They also didn’t remove the pollution and store more of it in the soil, said study author Chris Field, director of the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment. Plant growth tended to decline with rising temperatures. “This experiment real- ly puts to bed the idea of a greener hypothesis where eco- systems save us from the im- plications of human-induced climate change,” Field said. Earlier this year, a team of international scientists re- leased a study that looked at Earth from 1982 to 2009 and found it was greening, with a quarter to half the planet producing an increase in the growing season. Field said that earlier study is about trends the planet has already seen, but doesn’t say much about the future. “We were able to use the experimental treatments to produce a ‘time machine’ al- lowing us to look at conditions we might encounter in the sec- ond half of the 21st century,” Field said. On ground outside Stan- ford’s campus, scientists tended 132 different plots of lowers and grass, each with thousands of plants on them. Some of them got 275 extra parts per million of carbon diox- ide in addition to what’s already in the air, which was about 370 parts per million when the ex- periment started and is now more than 400. Others got an additional 3.6 degrees of heat (2 degrees Celsius), or more water, or more nitrogen. Only the extra nitrogen — a byproduct of diesel engines and ammonia used as fertilizer — made plants greener. Field, whose study ap- pears Monday in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the- orizes that there’s a limit to how much carbon dioxide plants can use. Prices are weekly averages of daily prices. All prices are in dollars per hundredweight (cwt.). FWA is a weighted average of shipping point prices or common packs in each area. Weights differ by area. GRI is the Grower Returns Index for each individual area. FRESH RUSSET POTATO MARKET REPORT (North American Potato Market News) (USDA Market News) Sept. 3 Market commentary: Heavy shipments off the ield, from several growing areas, continue to drive Russet table potato prices down. SHIPPING AREA FWA Chg GRI Chg 70 ct Chg 10 lb. Film Chg IDAHO NORKOTAHS $11.88 -$1.66 $4.97 -$1.24 $15.50 -$3.50 $9 -$1 COLUMBIA BASIN $13.49 -$0.23 $5.89 -$0.14 $19 $0.50 $9.50 $0 Sheep/Wool Market Reports Compiled by USDA Market News Service • Greeley, Colo.-San Angelo, Texas Wool prices in cents per pound and foreign currency per kilogram, sheep prices in dollars per hundredweight (cwt.) except some replacement animals on per head basis as indicated. NATIONAL WOOL REVIEW (USDA Market News) Greeley, Colo. Sept. 2 Domestic wool trading on a clean basis has been at a standstill this week. No conirmed trades were reported. Domestic wool trading on a greasy basis was at a standstill this week. There were no conirmed trades reported. Domestic wool tags No. 1 $.60-.70 No. 2 $.50-.60 No. 3 $.40-.50 NATIONAL SHEEP SUMMARY (USDA Market News) San Angelo, Texas Sept. 2 Compared to last week: Slaughter lambs were very uneven, mostly steady to $10 lower, except at Ft. Collins, Colo., and lambs over 80 lbs. at San Angelo, Texas, steady to $6 higher. Slaughter ewes were steady to $10 higher. Feeder lambs were $5-15 lower. At San Angelo, 9,687 head sold. Equity Electronic Auction sold 340 slaughter lambs in North Dakota. In direct trading slaughter ewes were not tested and feeder lambs steady. 9,300 head of negoti- ated sales of slaughter lambs were steady to $2 higher; 6,600 head of formula sales had no trend due to conidentiality. 4,134 lamb carcasses sold with 45 lbs. and down $4.02 higher; 45-65 lbs. no trend due to conidentiality; 65-75 lbs. $.84 lower; 75-85 lbs. no trend due to conidentiality and 85 lbs. and up $.62 higher. SLAUGHTER LAMBS Choice and Prime 2-3: San Angelo: shorn and wooled 100-150 lbs. $135-148, buck lambs 100-135 lbs. $156-166. SLAUGHTER LAMBS Choice and Prime 1: San Angelo: 40-60 lbs. $210-224; 60-70 lbs. $180-200; 70-80 lbs. $168-184, buck lambs $194-196; 80-90 lbs. $165-188; 90-110 lbs. $166- 184, buck lams 104-114 lbs. $186-194. DIRECT TRADING (Lambs with 3-4 percent shrink or equivalent): 9,300 Slaughter Lambs shorn and wooled 124- 153 lbs. $151-177 (wtd avg $165.13). SLAUGHTER EWES: San Angelo: Good 2-3 (leshy) $56-60; Utility and Good 1-3 (medium lesh) $65-80; Utility 1-2 (thin) $55-68; Cull and Utility 1-2 (very thin) $40- 50; Cull 1 (extremely thin) $10-40. FEEDER LAMBS Medium and Large 1-2: San Angelo: 68 lbs. $192; 70-90 lbs. $161- 175, few 184; 90-100 lbs. $160-180. REPLACEMENT EWES Medium and Large 1-2: San Angelo: mixed age hair ewes 90-150 lbs. $85-138 cwt. NATIONAL WEEKLY LAMB CARCASS Choice and Prime 1-4: Weight Wtd. avg. 45 lbs. Down $488.55 45-55 lbs. Price not reported due to conidentiality 55-65 lbs. Price not reported due to conidentiality 65-75 lbs. $333.40 75-85 lbs. $329.77 85 lbs. and up $317.78 Sheep and lamb slaughter under federal in- spection for the week to date totaled 39,000 com- pared with 38,000 last week and 39,000 last year. California Egg Reports Compiled by USDA Market News Service • Des Moines Shell egg marketer’s benchmark price for negotiated egg sales of USDA Grade AA and Grade AA in cartons, cents per dozen. This price does not relect discounts or other contract terms. DAILY CALIFORNIA SHELL EGGS (USDA Market News) Des Moines, Iowa Sept. 2 Benchmark prices are steady. Asking prices for next week are 2 cents lower for Jumbo, 4 cents lower for Extra Large and Large and unchanged for Medium and Small. The undertone is lower. Retail demand is light to moderate with food service movement moderate to good. Offerings are light to moderate with supplies reported as mostly moderate. Market activity is slow. Small benchmark price 70 cents. Size Range Size Range Jumbo 173 Extra large 147 Large 137 Medium 90 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Prices to retailers, sales to volume buyers, USDA Grade AA and Grade AA, white eggs in cartons, delivered store door. Size Range Size Range Jumbo 145-155 Extra large 127-132 Large 119-128 Medium 70-78 Cattle Market Reports Compiled by USDA Market News Service • Oklahoma City-Des Moines-St. Joseph, Mo.-Moses Lake, Wash. Cattle prices in dollars per hundredweight (cwt.) except some replacement animals per pair Oregon head as indicated. NATIONAL FEEDER AND STOCKER CATTLE (Federal-State Market News) St. Joseph, Mo. Sept. 2 This week Last week Last year 350,200 249,200 211,300 Compared to Aug. 26: Feeder steers and heifers sold mostly $4 to $10 lower, with some yearlings mid-week quoted steady to $3 lower. Starting out the week, feeder cattle futures had follow through selling from the large losses of Aug. 26 and closed the day down $.50 to $1. Early week auctions had to catch up with those board losses from late the previous week and were much lower than the week before. Aug. 31 futures were lower most of the day, and the near- by contracts traded in a $6.75 range to close $3.58 higher for the day. Feeder cattle buyers sitting in sale barns couldn’t get feedyard managers to answer the phone on Aug. 31; however, after noon as the Board turned higher, a short conversation here and there left cattle buyers with homes for purchases that seemed too cheap to pass up. Fed cattle trading occurred on Aug. 31 live sales at $110, $5 lower than the previous week. There was some optimism that the bottom was here and better days are ahead. Feeder futures closed the week $2 to $3 lower. Fed steer and heifer slaughter in July and August 2016 is more than 300,000 head larger than a year ago and packer margins continue to be in the black. Fed cattle slaughter weights typically increase this time of year and this year is no exception. However, Boxed beef cutout values are at their lowest point this year and Choice is around 7 lower than Aug. 26 and year-to-date beef production is near 5 percent more than a year ago. Auction volume included 52 percent weighing over 600 lbs and 39 percent heifers. AUCTIONS This week Last week Last year 133,500 163,100 140,700 WASHINGTON 1,900. 81 pct over 600 lbs. 32 pct heifers. Steers: Medium and Large 1-2 650-700 lbs. $132.75; 700-750 lbs. $127.66; 750-800 lbs. $128.89. Heifers: Medium and Large 1-2 650-700 lbs. $118.32; 700-750 lbs. $120.38. DIRECT This week Last week Last year 42,700 38,000 54,400 SOUTHWEST (Arizona-California-Nevada) 8,000. No cattle over 600 lbs. No heifers. Holsteins: Large 3 325 lbs. $119-125.25 January Del. NORTHWEST (Washington-Oregon-Idaho) 4,700. 56 pct over 600 lbs. 40 pct heifers. Steers: Medium and Large 1 Future delivery Delivered Price 600-700 lbs. $135 October-November Calves Idaho. Medium and Large 1-2 Current FOB Price 500-600 lbs. $140 Current FOB Wash- ington. Future Delivery FOB Price 500-600 lbs. $139-140 October-November FOB Washington-Oregon-Idaho; 500-600 lbs. $150-165 October-November FOB Value Added Washington-Oregon-Idaho; 600-700 lbs. $132-145 October-November FOB Calves Washington-Oregon-Ida- ho; 700-800 lbs. $124 December-January FOB Calves Oregon; 800-900 lbs. $118 December-January FOB Calves Oregon. Feeder Steers: Large 1 Current FOB Price 800-900 lbs. $128-130 Washington-Oregon; 900-1000 lbs. $125-127 Washington-Oregon. Current Delivered Price 900-1000 lbs. $136.50 Idaho. Feeder Heifers: Medium and Large 1 Future Delivery Delivered Price 600-700 lbs. $125 October-November Del Calves Idaho. Medium and Large 1-2 Current FOB Price 700-800 lbs. $131.50 Current FOB Oregon. Future Delivery Delivered Price 400-500 lbs. $140 October-November FOB Idaho; 500-600 lbs. $127.68 October-November FOB Washington-Oregon-Idaho; 500- 600 lbs. $146-155 October-November FOB Value Added Washington-Oregon-Idaho; 600-700 lbs. $118 Decem- ber-January FOB Calves Oregon; 700-800 lbs. $114-117 December-January FOB Calves Oregon. Large 1 Current FOB Price 800-900 lbs. $120-122 Washington- Oregon; 900-1000 lbs. $122 Washington-Oregon. Current Deliv- ered Price 900 lbs. $120 Idaho. NATIONAL SLAUGHTER CATTLE (USDA Market News) Oklahoma City, Okla. Sept. 2 Slaughter cattle sold mostly $5 lower. Cash cattle settled lower as the CME Fat Cattle board continuous- ly fell all week. Retailers helping the beef movement as they are widely featuring beef products in the store. Boxed Beef prices as of noon on Sept. 2 averaged $190.01 down $6.52 from Aug. 26. The Choice/Select spread is $4.18. Slaughter cattle on a national basis for negotiated cash trades through Sept. 2 at noon totaled about 99,227 head. The previous week’s total head count was 105,229 head. Midwest Direct Markets: Live Basis: Steers and Heifers: $110; Dressed Basis: Steers and Heifers mostly $175. Slaughter Cows and Bulls (Average Yielding Pric- es): Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady this week. Cutter Cow Carcass Cut-Out Value at the close on Sept. 2 was $172.83 down $1.41 from Aug. 26. NORTHWEST DIRECT CATTLE (USDA Market News) Moses Lake, Wash. Sept. 2 This week Last week Last year 4,700 7,350 1,850 Compared to Aug. 26: Feeder cattle $3-4 lower. It’s been a brutal week for both cash and futures as both markets traded sharply lower this week. Trade moder- ate with moderate demand. The feeder supply includ- ed 60 percent steers and 40 percent heifers. Near 56 percent of the supply weighed over 600 lbs. Prices are FOB weighing point with a 1-4 percent shrink or equivalent and with a 5-12 cent slide on calves and a 3-8 cent slide on yearlings. Current sales are up to 14 days delivery. Feeder Steers: Medium and Large 1: Future delivery Delivered Price: 600-700 lbs. $135 Octo- ber-November Calves Idaho. Medium and Large 1-2: Current FOB Price: 500- 600 lbs. $140 Current FOB Washington. Future Delivery FOB Price: 500-600 lbs. $$139-140 October-November FOB Washington-Ore- gon-Idaho; 500-600 lbs. $150-165 October-November FOB Value Added Washington-Oregon-Idaho; 600- 700 lbs. $132-145 October-November FOB Calves Washington-Oregon- Idaho; 700-800 lbs. $124 December-January FOB Calves Oregon; 800-900 lbs. $118 December-January FOB Calves Oregon. Feeder Steers Large 1: Current FOB Price: 800-900 lbs. $$128-130 Washington-Oregon; 900-1000 lbs. $125-127 Washington-Oregon. Current Delivered Price: 900-1000 lbs. $136.50 Idaho. Feeder Heifers: Medium and Large 1: Future Deliv- ery Delivered Price: 600- 700 lbs. $125 October-No- vember Del Calves Idaho. Medium and Large 1-2: Current FOB Price 700-800 lbs. $131.50 Current FOB Oregon. Future Delivery Delivered Price: 400-500 lbs. $140 October-November FOB Idaho; 500-600 lbs. $127.68 October-November FOB Washington-Ore- gon- Idaho; 500-600 lbs. $146-155 October-Novem- ber FOB Value Added Washington-Oregon-Idaho; 600-700 lbs. $118 December-January FOB Calves Oregon; 700-800 lbs. $114-117 December-January FOB Calves Oregon. Large 1: Current FOB Price: 800- 900 lbs. $120-122 Washington-Oregon; 900-1000 lbs. $122 Washington-Oregon. Current Delivered Price 900 lbs. $120 Idaho.