February 19, 2016
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Farm Market Report
Potato Market Reports
Hay Market Reports
Compiled by USDA Market News Service • St. Joseph, Mo.-Portland
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.
Feb. 12
This week FOB
Last week
Last year
3,686
4,195
8,060
Compared to Feb. 5: Supreme and good Alfalfa and export Al-
falfa steady to weak in a light test. Fair/Good Alfalfa weak in a light
test. Trade remains slow. Demand remains light. Retail/Feedstore
steady. Demand remains good. Most interests this week are in Calif.
for the annual farm show. All prices are dollars per ton and FOB the
farm or ranch unless otherwise stated. Annual Columbia Basin Hay
meeting is scheduled for Feb.17 in Moses Lake, Wash.
Tons Price
Alfalfa Mid Square
Supreme
1100 $150-155
Good
1500 $135
Fair/Good 300
$110
700
$108
Alfalfa Small Square
Supreme
30
$265
Premium
26
$265
Orchard Grass Small Square Premium
30
$260
OREGON AREA HAY
(USDA Market News)
Portland, Ore.
Feb. 12
This week FOB
Last week
Last year
2,037
1,100
2,428
Compared to Feb. 5: Prices trended generally steady in a light
test. Trade remains slow with light to moderate demand. All prices
are in dollars per ton and FOB unless otherwise stated.
Tons Price
CROOK, DESCHUTES, JEFFERSON, WASCO COUNTIES
Alfalfa Small Square
Premium
44
$240-250
Alfalfa/Orchard Mix Small
Square
HARNEY COUNTY
Alfalfa Mid Square
Timothy Grass Mid Square
KLAMATH BASIN
Alfalfa Mid Square
Premium
28
$240
Supreme
Fair
Fair
66
500
500
$215-220
$120
$120
200
150
150
20
100
70
$180
$180
$120
$130
$200
$295
54
$260
30
100
25
$150
$200
$100
Premium
Good
Fair/Good
Fair
Alfalfa Small Square
Good/Prem.
Alfalfa/Orchard Mix Mid Square Premium
Alfalfa/Orchard Mix Small
Square
Premium
LAKE COUNTY
Alfalfa Small Square
Good/Prem.
Alfalfa/Oat Mix Mid Square
Fair/Good
EASTERN OREGON: No new sales conirmed.
IDAHO HAY
(USDA Market News)
Moses Lake, Wash.
Feb. 12
This week FOB
Last week
Last year
1,600
3,300
800
Compared to Feb. 5: Good and other grades of Alfalfa steady.
Trade slow with light to moderate demand. Best demand is
from eastern buyers.
Retail/feed store/horse not tested this week.
Tons Price
Alfalfa Mid Square
Prem./Sup. 200
$160-180
Fair/Good 200
$120-130
Utility/Fair 1200 $75
CALIFORNIA HAY
(USDA Market News)
Moses Lake, Wash.
Feb. 12
This week FOB
Last week
Last year
2,721
6,025
6,770
Compared to last week: All classes traded steady on a very thin
test. Demand was very light. Region 6 still trying to do some winter
haying which is moving as soon as it is put in a bale.
According to U.S. Drought Monitor, following is a brief tally of the
Percent of Capacity (PoC), and the Percent of Historical Average
(PoHA) values for four key reservoir sites in Northern California, as
given by the State of California’s Department of Water Resources
(Feb. 9): Trinity Lake (PoC 30 percent, PoHA 42 percent), Shasta
(55 percent and 79 percent, respectively), Lake Oroville (47 percent
and 70 percent, respectively), and Folsom Lake (62 percent and 117
percent, respectively).
Tons Price
REGION 1: NORTH INTERMOUNTAIN
Alfalfa
Good
25
$150
Oat
Good
50
$140
Triticale
Good
75
$105
REGION 2: Sacramento Valley
Includes the counties of Tehama, Glenn, Butte, Colusa, Sutter,
Yuba, Sierra, Nevada, Placer, Yolo, El Dorado, Solano, Sacra-
mento.
Alfalfa
Supreme
100
$353
Good/Prem. 125
$190-200
Orchard Grass
Premium
25
$200
Orchard/Timothy
Premium
8
$300
Oat
Good
75
$126-140
Sudan
Good
25
$50
Forage Mix-Three Way
Good
125
$160
Rice Straw
Good
125
$100
Barley Straw
Good
25
$150
REGION 3: NORTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY
Includes the counties of San Joaquin, Calaveras, Stanislaus, Tu-
olumne, Mono, Merced and Mariposa.
Alfalfa
Supreme
100
$250
Premium
50
$195
Good/Prem. 75
$240
Good
25
$190
Fair
50
$180
Orchard Grass
Premium
50
$300
Wheat
Good
25
$125
REGION 4: CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY
Includes the counties of Madera, Fresno, Kings, Tulare, and Inyo.
No new sales conirmed.
REGION 5: SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Alfalfa
Premium
175
$250
Forage Mix-Three Way
Good
25
$240
REGION 6: SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA
Includes the counties of Eastern San Bernardino, Riverside, and
Imperial.
Alfalfa
Prem./Sup. 1088 $170-180
Premium
50
$195
Good/Prem. 75
$170-175
Fair/Good 50
$120
Fair
50
$90
Bermuda Grass
Good/Prem. 50
$180-190
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.
CALIFORNIA GRAINS
(USDA Market News)
Portland
Feb. 11
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.
CORN - U.S. No. 2 Yellow
Turlock-Tulare
$8.34
FOB
Rail
Single Car Units via BNSF
Chino Valley-Los Angeles
$8.86
Truck
Stockton-Modesto-Oakdale-Turlock $8.65
Kings-Tulare-Fresno Counties
$8.85
SORGHUM - U.S. No. 2 Yellow
Rail
Los Angeles-Chino Valley
via BNSF Single
$8.86
WHEAT - U.S. No. 2 or better-Hard Red Winter
(Domestic Values for Flour Milling)
Los Angeles 12 percent Protein
$9.20
Los Angeles 13 percent Protein
$9.40
Los Angeles 14 percent Protein
$9.60
Truck/Rail Los Angeles 11-12 percent Protein
Los Angeles 13 percent Protein
$9.90
WHEAT - U.S. Durum Wheat
Truck
Imperial County
$10
WHEAT - Any Class for Feed
FOB
Kings-Tulare-Fresno Counties
$9.50
Truck
Petaluma-Santa Rosa
$10.60
Prices paid to California farmers, seven-day reporting period
ending Feb. 11:
WHEAT, U.S. No. 1, Hard Amber Durum for Flour Milling
Imperial Valley $9.50
Spot
Del Locally
YELLOW CORN, U.S. No. 2 or better
Glenn
$8.30
Spot
Del Locally
PORTLAND GRAIN
(USDA Market News)
Portland
Feb. 11
PACIFIC NORTHWEST MARKET SUMMARY
Cash wheat bids for February delivery ended the reporting week on
Thursday Feb. 11, mixed compared to Feb. 5 noon bids for February
delivery.
March wheat futures ended the reporting week on Thursday, Feb.
11, lower as follows compared to Feb. 5 closes: Chicago wheat fu-
tures were 14.50 cents lower at $4.5825, Kansas City wheat futures
were 15.75 cents lower at $4.44 and Minneapolis wheat futures trend-
ed 8.50 cents lower at $4.8625. Chicago March corn futures trended
8.25 cents lower at $3.6025 and March soybean futures closed one
cent lower at $8.7350.
Bids for U.S. 1 Soft White Wheat delivered to Portland in unit trains
or barges during February for ordinary protein were not available com-
pared to Feb. 5 bids of $5.32-5.3775 for the same delivery period.
Some exporters were not issuing bids for nearby delivery.
Forward month bids for soft white wheat ordinary protein were as
follows: March $5.1825-5.27 and April $5.2350-5.27.
One year ago, forward month bids for soft white wheat for any pro-
tein were as follows: March and April $6.6375-6.68 and August New
Crop $6.15-6.2450.
Bids for U.S. 1 Soft White Wheat guaranteed maximum 10.5 per-
cent protein during February were $5.9825-6.14, 14.50 to 24 cents
per bushel lower compared to last week’s bids for February delivery.
White club wheat premiums for guaranteed maximum 10.5 percent
protein soft white wheat were 1 to 1.35 cents per bushel over soft
white wheat bids this week compared to 1 to 1.45 last week.
One year ago bids for U.S. 1 Soft White Wheat any protein for Feb-
ruary delivery by unit trains and barges to Portland were 7.2575-7.64
and bids for White Club Wheat were 9.2575-10.04.
Forward month bids for soft white wheat guaranteed 10.5 percent
proteins were as follows: March $5.9825-6.24, April and May $6.0350-
6.24 and August New Crop $5.38-5.50.
One year ago, forward month bids for soft white wheat for any pro-
tein were as follows: March $7.2575-7.64, April and May $7.2375-7.64
and August New Crop $6.25-6.4450.
Bids for 11.5 percent protein U.S. 1 Hard Red Winter Wheat for
February delivery were $5.75 to 15.75 cents per bushel lower com-
pared to last week’s noon bids for February delivery. This week, bids
were as follows: February $5.39-5.54, March $5.29-5.44, April and
May $5.4375-5.4875.
COARSE FEEDING GRAINS
Bids for U.S. 2 Yellow Corn delivered full coast Paciic Northwest -
BN shuttle trains for February delivery were 7.25 to 8.25 cents lower
from $4.4325-4.4525 per bushel. Forward month corn bids were as
follows: March $4.4225-4.4425, April and May $4.43-4.47, June and
July $4.4375-4.4575. Bids for U.S. 1 Yellow Soybeans delivered full
coast Paciic Northwest - BN shuttle trains for February delivery were
11 to 16 cents lower from $9.6850-9.7850 per bushel. Forward month
soybean bids were as follows: March $9.5850-9.6850, April $9.4775
and October-November $9.6275-9.6775. Bids for U.S. 2 Heavy White
Oats for February delivery trended steady at $3.92 per bushel.
Compiled by North American Potato Market News and USDA
Agricultural Market Service
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)
Feb. 13
Market Commentary: Russet table potato prices have been relatively lat in recent trading, with local
adjustments for supply considerations.
SHIPPING AREA
FWA
Chg
GRI
Chg
70 ct
Chg
10 lb. Film
Chg
IDAHO BURBANKS
$13.75
$0.11
$6.08
$0.07
$20
$0
$9
$0
IDAHO NORKOTAHS
$13.50
-$0.03
$6.28
-$0.02
$18.50
$0
$9
$0
COLUMBIA BASIN
$13.11
-$0.26
$5.74
-$0.16
$18
$0
$8.50
-$0.50
KLAMATH BASIN
$15.26
$0.34
$6.65
$0.24
$22
$1
$10.50
$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.
Feb. 12
Domestic wool trading on a clean basis was at
a standstill this week. There were no conirmed
trades. Spring shearing has begun and many
Western states will be trying to take advantage
of the warmer weather to get through their lock
as quickly as possible. Wool being sheared at
this time will be collected and marketed later this
spring as there is optimism that demand will be
stronger then. Domestic wool trading on a greasy
basis was at a standstill this week. There were no
conirmed trades.
Domestic wool tags
No. 1
$.60-.70
No. 2
$.50-.60
No. 3
$.40-.50
NATIONAL SHEEP SUMMARY
(USDA Market News)
San Angelo, Texas
Feb. 12
Compared to Feb. 5: Slaughter lambs were
steady to $20 lower. Slaughter ewes were steady
to $10 lower. Feeder lambs were not well tested.
At San Angelo, Texas, 2,928 head sold in a one-
day sale. No sales in Equity Electronic Auction. In
direct trading slaughter ewes were not tested and
no comparison on feeder lambs. 5,200 head of
negotiated sales of slaughter lambs were steady
to $2 lower. 11,500 head of formula sales had no
trend but a lower undertone noted.
SLAUGHTER LAMBS Choice and Prime 2-3:
San Angelo: shorn and wooled 105-130 lbs.
130-152; 130-170 lbs. $124-136.
SLAUGHTER LAMBS Choice and Prime 1:
San Angelo: 40-60 lbs. $240-256; 60-70 lbs.
$232-250, few $250-254; 70-80 lbs. $220-237;
80-90 lbs. $204-220, few $228.
DIRECT TRADING (Lambs with 3-4 percent
shrink or equivalent):
5,200 Slaughter Lambs shorn and wooled 134-
170 lbs. $122.62-152.50 (wtd avg $134.54).
SLAUGHTER EWES:
San Angelo: Good 2-3 (leshy) $66-74; Utility
and Good 1-3 (medium lesh) $82-90, high-yield-
ing $94-96; Utility 1-2 (thin) $70-80; Cull and
Utility 1-2 (very thin) $60-65; Cull 1 (extremely
thin) $50.
FEEDER LAMBS Medium and Large 1-2:
San Angelo: 80-90 lbs. $184-190; 96 lbs.
$180; 107 lbs. $172.
REPLACEMENT EWES Medium and Large
1-2:
San Angelo: mixed age hair ewes 90-155 lbs.
$102-152 cwt.
Sheep and lamb slaughter under federal in-
spection for the week to date totaled 40,000 com-
pared with 40,000 last week and 36,000 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
Feb. 12
Benchmark prices are steady. Asking prices for next week are 39 cents lower for Jumbo, Extra Large
and Large, and 23 cents lower for Medium and Small. The undertone is weak. Retail and food service
demand is light to moderate. Offerings and supplies are moderate to heavy. Market activity is slow to
moderate.
Size
Range
Size
Range
Jumbo
237
Extra large
223
Large
218
Medium
160
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
189-200
Extra large
149-161
Large
150-159
Medium
98-107
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