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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.