January 8, 2016
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Farm Market Report
Cattle Market Reports
Potato Market Reports
Compiled by USDA Market News Service • Oklahoma City-Des Moines-St. Joseph, Mo.-Moses Lake, Wash.
Compiled by North American Potato Market News and USDA
Agricultural Market Service
Cattle prices in dollars per hundredweight
(cwt.) except some replacement animals per pair
or head as indicated.
NATIONAL FEEDER AND STOCKER CATTLE
(Federal-State Market News)
St. Joseph, Mo.
Dec. 31
This week
Last week
Last year
NA
NA
47,500
Compared to Dec. 18: Most feeder cattle auc-
tions were closed for the holidays as trading was
very limited. This holiday break has provided a
much needed breather from all the volatility and
emotional strain that has dominated the markets
throughout the fall season. The cattle markets
are attempting to hit the reset button with higher
expectations for 2016. Packers on Dec. 29 came
out with aggressive bids to procure fed cattle sup-
plies with live cattle prices mostly $12 higher in
the Southern Plains ranging from $134-136, with
dressed sales in Nebraska $12 higher at $212. A
few feeder cattle auctions this week traded with
sharply higher gains on calves and yearlings (a
very light test traded mostly $15-25 higher than
Dec. 18) as most auctions across the country
took two weeks off.
Burwell, Neb., on Dec. 30 held their annual
Holiday Cow Classic with over 3200 bred cows
and heifers on offer. A large standing-room-only
crowd was on hand to bid on a large offering of
dispersals and consignments of reputation young
bred cows and heifers. Many of the top quality
bred heifers mostly black spring AI bred heifers
sold from $2000-2500 and the young spring bred
cows trading from $2200-2550. In Kearney, Neb.,
on Dec. 30 over 3600 head of feeder cattle sold at
the Huss-Platte Valley Auction with over 300 head
of 750-800 lb. steers averaging 773 lbs. sold for a
weighted average price of $171.28 and 350 head
of their bigger brothers averaging 823 lbs. sold for
a weighted average price of $164.43.
When marketing fully resumes next week with
increased receipts, it should be met with good
demand as cattle traders will be watching and
keeping tabs on the feeder and fed cattle mar-
kets hoping this late cash cattle rally will hold well
into January 2016. With live cattle prices pushing
higher the cut-out value naturally has followed
with values erupting this week and surging back
over the $200 level for Choice product. Since
Dec. 21, Choice cut-out has gone from $191.28
to close on Dec. 31 $3.81 higher at $212.59.
AUCTIONS
This week
Last week
Last year
178,100
337,900
187,800
WASHINGTON 2,000. 43 pct 600 lbs. 42 pct
heifers. Steers: Medium and Large 1-2 550-600
lbs. $142.93; 650-700 lbs. $134.82; 750-800 lbs.
$134.56. Heifers: Medium and Large 1-2 500-550
lbs. $134.52.
DIRECT
This week
Last week
Last year
26,300
41,300
25,700
SOUTHWEST
(Arizona-California-Nevada)
6,400. No cattle over 600 lbs. No heifers. Hol-
steins: Large 3 275 lbs. $178 April Del; 300 lbs.
$160 April Del; 300 lbs. $169 April-May FOB; 325
lbs. April-May $155 FOB; 325 May $152 FOB.
NORTHWEST (Washington-Oregon-Idaho)
3,300. 100 pct over 600 lbs. 29 pct heifers.
Steers: Medium and Large 1-2 Current FOB
Price 700-750 lbs. $147-149 Washington-Or-
egon; 800-850 lbs. $146-148 Washington-Or-
egon. Current Delivered Price: 650 lbs. $164
calves Idaho; 700-800 lbs. $148-156.50 Idaho;
800-900 lbs. $142-151 Idaho. Medium and
Large 1: 700-750 lbs. $153.50-154 Idaho; 850
lbs. $149.50-150 Idaho. Heifers: Medium and
Large 1-2: Current FOB Price: 650 lbs. $142-
144 calves Washington-Oregon; 700-750 lbs.
$139-143 Washington-Oregon. Current De-
livered Price: 650-700 lbs. $149 calves Idaho;
700-800 lbs. $142-143 Idaho; 850-900 lbs. $137
Idaho.
University of Missouri’s
ag group goes all-female
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP)
— An agriculture leadership
group at the University of
Missouri is made up of all
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all-female group of Dickinson
Scholars, the Columbia Mis-
sourian reported. The univer-
sity’s College of Agriculture,
Food and Natural Resources
pairs the students with Kansas
City agribusinesses to give
them an immersive experi-
ence.
Thomas Payne, the col-
lege’s vice chancellor and
dean, said he has noticed the
demographics change since
coming to the university in
1999.
“When I began my aca-
demic career, colleges of ag-
riculture were predominantly
men, as students and faculty,”
Payne said. “Now our student
body is close to 50-50 women
and men, and there are many
more women faculty.”
In the fall, the College of
Agriculture, Food and Natural
Resources had 57.5 percent
female students in its under-
graduate programs. The Uni-
versity of Missouri’s under-
graduate student body is 52
percent female, according to
the school’s Division of En-
rollment.
Women are in the minority
in agriculture nationally, ac-
cording to the Census of Agri-
culture conducted in 2012 by
the U.S. Department of Agri-
culture. Just 14 percent of the
country’s farms had a female
principal operator.
The Dickinson Scholars
program has been in exis-
tence since the mid-1990s,
said Stephanie Chipman, the
agriculture college’s career
services director. Students are
chosen based on academic
excellence, career aspirations
and demonstrated leadership.
Payne said the all of the
college’s academic programs
are available to men and
women, including Dickinson
Scholars. The demographics
of this year’s group are en-
couraging, Chipman said.
Lindsey Robinson, a Dick-
inson Scholar this year, hopes
to work for a livestock mag-
azine after graduation. She
said women have major roles
on farms and in agricultural
businesses and that people are
recognizing their roles now.
“We are more than just
farm moms,” Robinson said.
Quarantine limits citrus fruit donations
leaves or plants across county
or state lines.
St. Mary’s Food Bank typ-
PHOENIX (AP) — Dona- ically receives about 3 million
tions to metropolitan Phoenix pounds of citrus fruit each
food banks will likely bear a year. It’s not unusual for peo-
lot less fruit this year because ple to show up with oranges or
of a disease that has devastate grapefruit by the truckload, ac-
citrus industries in other states. cording to St. Mary’s spokes-
The abundance of citrus man Jerry Brown. But this cur-
trees in the Phoenix area typ- rent pest will likely cause a 30
ically leads to a surge in dona- to 35 percent drop, he said.
tions to food banks in the win-
To be sure fruit doesn’t
ter months as the fruit ripens come from a quarantined area,
and people donate boxes full food banks have only one way
of extra oranges, grapefruits to squeeze out more donated
and lemons that they can’t use. fruit — fetch it themselves.
But St. Mary’s Food Bank
At both St. Mary’s and
Alliance and Mesa-based United Food Bank, interested
United Food Bank — the main donors can apply online to be
citrus donation charities in the added to a list of places where
Phoenix area — haven’t been volunteer crews will come
accepting drop-off donations pick the citrus. It will cost the
of citrus because of a quaran- donor $10-$20 per tree for
tine issued last month by the the service. Food banks, as a
state Department of Agricul- result, are in urgent need of
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to stop the spread of the Asian
“We have to establish a
citrus psyllid, a tiny bug that chain of custody,” Brown
can transmit citrus greening said.
disease, which can kill citrus
An army of volunteers will
trees. Also known as Huan- probably not be able to make
glongbing, the bacterial dis- up for all the missed drop-off
ease does not hurt humans or opportunities. Between Jan-
animals.
uary and March, St. Mary’s
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By TERRY TANG
Associated Press
tions. One Saturday event can
net up to 100,000 pounds.
“No matter how many vol-
unteers we have, we’re not
going to be able to pick as
much as fruit as the people
who bring it to us,” Brown
said.
Sergio Paris, United Food
Bank spokesman, said fruits
are distributed to smaller food
pantries or organizations such
as the Boys & Girls Clubs.
Some fruit is also squeezed
for juice which is frozen and
labeled for doling out later.
While following the quar-
antine is imperative, Paris
said it isn’t easy to think about
all the fruit that will be left to
rot on people’s trees.
“The hard part is that in
order to prevent this, we’re
essentially taking fruit away
from people who need it,”
Paris said. “A 7-year-old boy
won’t be getting a piece of
fruit and to supplement that,
we will have to purchase fruit.
But at the end of the day, if we
don’t stop this, it’s something
that could wipe out the entire
citrus industry in the state.”
Citrus greening disease
makes fruit on an infected tree
misshapen and bitter. The tree
then dies within a few years.
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say the disease has already crip-
pled the citrus industry in Flor-
ida and Texas, costing thou-
sands of jobs and $1 billion.
The areas under quarantine
include parts of Maricopa,
Pima, Santa Cruz, Mohave,
La Paz, Yavapai and Yuma
counties.
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)
Jan. 2
Market commentary: Idaho carton prices moved higher in year-end trading, as the market adjusted
to lighter movement.
SHIPPING AREA
FWA
Chg
IDAHO BURBANKS
$14.19
$0.26
IDAHO NORKOTAHS
$13.23
$0.66
COLUMBIA BASIN
$13.11
-$0.20
KLAMATH BASIN
$14.91
$0
GRI
Chg
70 ct
Chg
10 lb. Film
Chg
$6.34
$0.16
$19.50
$0.50
$10.50
$0
$6.09
$0.49
$16
$2
$10.50
$0
$5.73
-$0.12
$17
$0
$9.50
$0
$6.40
$0
$20
$0
$10.50
$0
Grain Market Reports
Compiled by USDA Market News Service • Portland
Grains are stated in dollars per bushel or hun-
dredweight (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
Dec. 31
PACIFIC NORTHWEST MARKET SUMMARY
Cash wheat bids for December delivery ended
the reporting week on Thursday, Dec. 31, mixed
compared to the previous week’s noon bids for
December delivery.
March wheat futures ended the holiday
shortened reporting week on Thursday, Dec.
31, mixed as follows compared to the previous
week’s closes: Chicago wheat futures were
half a cent higher at $4.70, Kansas City wheat
futures were half a cent lower at $4.6850 and
Minneapolis wheat futures trended 3.50 cents
lower at $4.9325.
Chicago December corn futures trended 6.75
cents lower at $3.5875 and January soybean fu-
tures closed 10.25 cents lower at $8.7125.
Bids for U.S. 1 Soft White Wheat delivered
to Portland in unit trains or barges during De-
cember for ordinary protein were not available
this week or last week, as most exporters were
not issuing bids for nearby delivery. There were
no white club wheat premiums for this week or
last week.
One year ago bids for U.S. 1 Soft White Wheat
any protein for January delivery by unit trains
and barges to Portland were $6.6775-6.75 and
bids for White Club Wheat were $9.1775-9.60.
Forward month bids for soft white wheat ordi-
nary protein were as follows: January, February
and March $4.70-5.30.
One year ago, forward month bids for soft
white wheat for any protein were as follows:
February $6.6775-6.80, March $6.6775-6.85
and April $6.7250-6.88.
Bids for U.S. 1 Soft White Wheat guaranteed
maximum 10.5 percent protein during December
were $6.35-6.50, steady to 0.50 of a cent per
bushel higher compared to $6.3450-6.50 last
week for December delivery. White club wheat
premiums for guaranteed maximum 10.5 per-
cent protein soft white wheat were not available
compared to $1.58 to $1.75 per bushel over soft
white wheat bids last week.
One year ago bids for U.S. 1 Soft White Wheat
any protein for January delivery by unit trains
and barges to Portland were $7.3975-8 and bids
for White Club Wheat were $9.8975-10.85. For-
ward month bids for soft white wheat guaranteed
10.5 percent proteins were as follows: January
$6.20-6.50, February and March $6.25-6.50,
and April $6.3150-6.50. One year ago, forward
month bids for soft white wheat for any protein
were as follows: February $7.3975-8.05, March
$7.3975-8.07 and April $7.6950-8.07.
Bids for 11.5 percent protein U.S. 1 Hard
Red Winter Wheat for December delivery were
mixed, from 0.50 of a cent lower to 9.50 cents
per bushel higher compared to last week’s noon
bids for December delivery. This week, bids
were as follows: December $5.5850, January
$5.5350-5.6350, February $5.5850-5.6350,
March $5.6350 and April $5.6375-5.6675.
Bids for non-guaranteed 14.0 percent protein
U.S. 1 Dark Northern Spring Wheat for Portland
delivery during December were mixed, from
3.50 cents lower to 6.50 cents per bushel higher
than last week’s noon bids for the same delivery
period. Some exporters were not issuing bids for
nearby delivery.
This week, bids for non-guaranteed 14
percent protein were as follows: December
$6.1325-6.3325, January $5.9825-6.3325,
February $6.0325-6.3325 and March $6.1325-
6.3325.
COARSE FEEDING GRAINS
Bids for U.S. 2 Yellow Corn delivered full
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December delivery were 6.75 cents lower from
$4.3075-4.3575 per bushel. Forward month corn
bids were as follows: January $4.3275-4.3375,
February $4.3375-4.3575, March $4.3575-
4.3675, April and May $4.3950. Bids for U.S.
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Northwest - BN shuttle trains for December
delivery were 6.50 to 9.50 cents lower from
$9.6725-9.6825 per bushel. Forward month
soybean bids were as follows: January $9.7025-
9.7325, February $9.5325-9.5925 and March
$9.4425. Bids for U.S. 2 Heavy White Oats for
December delivery trended steady at $3.8475
per bushel.
PACIFIC NORTHWEST EXPORT NEWS
There were 13 grain vessels in Columbia Riv-
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compared to 19 last week with six docked. There
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from the Commodity Credit Corporation of the
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