ne-agri-facts NEBRASKA AGRI-FACTS Issued Twice Monthly by: NEBRASKA Agricultural Statistics Service P.O. Box 81069 Location: 273 Federal Bldg Lincoln, NE 68501 Phone: (402) 437-5541 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Nebraska Department of Agriculture USDA,National Ag Statistics Service Merlyn Carlson, Director David G. Loos, State Statistician ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Issue 21/2000 Released: 11/02/2000 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- U.S. INDEX OF PRICES RECEIVED The Preliminary All Farm Products Index of Prices Received in October was 92 based on 1990-92=100, down 6 points (6.1%) from the September index. Higher prices for corn, wheat, tomatoes, and eggs were offset by decreases in prices for lettuce, broilers, soybeans, and sweet corn. The seasonal change in the mix of commodities farmers sell often affects the overall index. Lower seasonal marketings of milk, grapes, wheat, and tobacco more than offset the higher marketings of soybeans, corn, cotton, and cottonseed. These marketing changes accounted for four points of the October index decrease. Compared with October 1999, the All Farm Products Index was 1 point (1.1%) higher. Price increases from October 1999 for hogs, eggs, tomatoes, and cotton were paritally offset by lower prices for milk, oranges, soybeans, and broilers. AVERAGE PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS NEBRASKA Oct. UNITED STATES COMMODITYUnit October September 15, October September Oct. 15, % of Parity 1999 1/ 2000 1/ 2000 1999 1/ 2000 1/ 2000 ParityPrice* Wheat Bu. $ 2.05 $ 2.58 $ 2.82 $ 2.57 $ 2.44 $ 2.70 28 $ 9.77 Corn Bu. 1.66 1.60 1.75 1.69 1.61 1.74 26 6.74 Oats Bu. 1.10 1.35 1.30 1.06 .94 1.03 30 3.42 Grain Sorghum Cwt. 2.52 2.60 3.00 2.51 2.77 3.03 29 10.60 Soybeans Bu. 4.34 4.55 4.25 4.47 4.57 4.36 31 14.10 Hay, All, Baled Ton 34.00 62.00 64.00 76.10 82.70 85.20 --- --- Alfalfa, Baled Ton 36.00 64.00 66.00 79.40 87.20 89.70 --- --- Other, Baled Ton 30.00 54.00 59.00 65.10 67.80 70.20 --- --- Dry Edible Beans Cwt. 17.10 16.70 15.70 17.20 15.60 15.30 31 49.90 Hogs Cwt. 36.00 43.20 43.80 34.20 41.50 42.60 41 103.00 Barrows & Gilts Cwt. 36.20 43.40 44.00 34.80 42.10 43.20 --- --- Sows Cwt. 26.90 35.00 35.70 25.20 33.40 34.90 --- --- Beef Cattle Cwt. 68.40 65.00 67.10 66.20 65.30 66.00 42 156.00 Steers & Heifers Cwt. 69.40 65.80 68.00 70.10 68.60 69.80 --- --- Cows Cwt. 32.00 39.00 37.50 33.80 37.20 35.70 --- --- Calves Cwt. 92.00 106.00 106.00 91.90 103.00 103.00 51 201.00 Sheep Cwt. 25.90 34.60 n/a 26.40 30.30 --- --- 68.30 Lambs Cwt. 66.60 71.00 n/a 72.60 80.80 --- --- 165.00 Milk CowsHead 1,310.00 2/ 2/ 1,380.00 --- 1,350.00 --- --- All Milk Cwt. 14.10 2/ 2/ 14.90 12.80 12.60 37 31.90 Milk, Fluid Cwt. 14.00 2/ 2/ 15.00 12.90 12.60 --- --- Milk, Mfg. Cwt. 15.60 2/ 2/ 12.70 11.20 10.70 --- --- 1/ Entire month average except hay and milk cows. 2/ Monthly and mid-month prices discontinued January 2000. *Parity price based on data for October 2000. n/a = not available. PRICES RECEIVED FOR SELECTED AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES, BY MONTHS, UNITED STATES, 1999 AND 2000 All Wheat Corn Soybeans Beef Cattle 1/ All Hogs 1999 2000 1999 2000 1999 2000 1999 2000 1999 2000 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ D o l l a r s p e r B u s h e l D o l l a r s p e r C w t . January 2.84 2.51 2.06 1.90 5.32 4.62 59.00 67.80 26.50 36.80 February 2.73 2.54 2.05 1.98 4.80 4.79 60.60 67.60 27.70 39.90 March 2.65 2.59 2.06 2.03 4.61 4.91 62.40 69.80 28.00 41.80 April 2.62 2.57 2.04 2.03 4.63 5.00 62.70 71.30 30.10 47.30 May 2.49 2.59 1.99 2.10 4.50 5.19 62.10 69.40 36.60 48.50 June 2.50 2.50 1.97 1.91 4.44 4.92 63.70 68.50 34.10 48.60 July 2.22 2.32 1.74 1.64 4.19 4.53 62.60 67.50 31.60 48.50 August 2.53 2.41 1.75 1.53 4.39 4.45 63.50 65.50 36.20 43.80 September 2.58 2.44 1.75 1.61 4.57 4.57 63.80 65.30 33.90 41.50 October 2.57 2.70 1.69 1.74 4.47 4.36 66.20 66.00 34.20 42.60 November 2.66 1.70 4.45 66.20 33.40 December 2.52 1.82 4.44 66.60 35.60 1/ Cows, steers and heifers. 2/ Current month prices are mid-month; prices for previous months are for the entire month. U.S. COLD STORAGE HIGHLIGHTS Frozen food stocks in refrigerated warehouses on September 30, 2000, were greater than year earlier levels for red meat, fruit and potatoes. Total red meat supplies in freezers were 1% below August 2000 but 14% above September 1999. Total frozen poultry supplies were up 1% from last month, but 10% below last year's level. Stocks on September 30 for selected items and changes from last year and last month follow: Stocks Percent of Commodity 1,000 lbs. Sept. 1999 Aug. 2000 Total red meats 847,759 114 99 Beef 382,703 130 101 Pork 439,325 102 98 Poultry 1,353,806 90 101 Turkey 529,391 89 101 POULTRY HIGHLIGHTS - SEPTEMBER Item 1999 2000 2000 % of 1999 Millions Percent No. of Layers NEBRASKA 11.4 12.0 106 30 States 303.0 305.4 101 U.S. 322.4 325.5 101 Eggs Produced NEBRASKA 238 257 108 30 States 6,445 6,404 99 U.S. 6,860 6,837 100 Chickens, U.S. Hatched, September Egg-type 39.3 36.3 92 Broiler 700.0 704.9 101 Hatched thru September Egg-type 345.9 326.9 95 Broiler 6,593.1 6,658.1 101 Turkeys, U.S. Placed (Sept.) 21.8 23.2 106 COMMERCIAL LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER September 2000 output and changes from last year and last month are shown below. September 1999 contained 22 weekdays (including one holiday) and four Saturdays. September 2000 contained 21 weekdays (including one holiday) and five Saturdays. Total 1/ Percent of Item (1,000) Sept. Aug. 1999 2000 NEBRASKA Cattle, head 644.0 100 92 Hogs, head 536.6 98 98 Sheep & Lambs, head .1 100 100 Red Meat, mil. lbs. 609.2 103 93 UNITED STATES Cattle, head 3,034.5 98 93 Calves, head 93.3 78 93 Hogs, head 8,117.9 94 94 Sheep & Lambs, head 269.1 87 95 Red Meat, mil, lbs. 3,861.0 98 94 1/ Excludes animals slaughtered on farms. NEBRASKA CATTLE ON FEED UP 11% Nebraska feedlots, with capacities of 1,000 or more head, contained 2.1 million cattle on feed on October 1, this inventory was up 11% from last year and 19% above two years ago. Fed cattle marketings for the month of September totaled 370,000 head, unchanged from last year, but 16% above September two years ago. Placements of cattle into feedlots during September totaled 560,000 head, down 3% from last year and 2% below two years ago. Other disappearance during September totaled 10,000 head compared with 10,000 head last year and 10,000 head two years ago. HISTORIC 7 STATES CATTLE ON FEED UP 8% Cattle on feed October 1, 2000, in the historic 7 Monthly States for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 9.50 million, up 8% from the previous year and 13% above October 1, 1998. Marketings during September totaled 1.71 million, 2% above 1999 and 8% above 1998. Placements in feedlots during September totaled 2.29 million, 3% below 1999 but 1% above 1998. Other disappearance during September was 48,000 head, 13% below 1999 and 6% below 1998. CATTLE ON FEED -- INVENTORIES, PLACEMENTS, MARKETINGS & OTHER DISAPPEARANCE, 1,000+ CAPACITY FEEDLOTS OCTOBER 1 SEPTEMBER SEPTEMBER SEPTEMBER NUMBER ON FEED 1/ PLACEMENTS MARKETINGS OTHER STATE DISAPPEAR. 2/ 1999 2000 2000 1999 2000 2000 1999 2000 2000 1999 2000 2000 1999 1999 1999 1999 1,000 head % 1,000 head % 1,000 head % 1,000 % head Arizona* 208 272 131 29 40 138 20 23 115 1 2 200 California* 380 420 111 56 59 105 48 49 102 3 5 167 Colorado* 1,070 1,170 109 330 335 102 210 225 107 10 10 100 Idaho 310 310 100 80 75 94 54 53 98 1 2 200 Iowa* 315 340 108 60 52 87 44 41 93 1 1 100 Kansas* 2,250 2,300 102 600 540 90 430 450 105 10 10 100 Nebraska* 1,900 2,100 111 580 560 97 370 370 100 10 10 100 New Mexico 91 96 105 23 20 87 12 13 108 1 1 100 Oklahoma 380 400 105 107 110 130 75 83 111 2 2 100 So. Dakota 111 145 131 32 50 156 30 33 110 1 0 0 Texas* 2,670 2,900 109 690 700 101 560 550 98 20 10 50 Washington 246 228 93 75 62 83 43 38 88 1 0 0 Other Sts 345 335 97 97 83 86 61 62 102 1 1 100 U.S. 10,276 11,016 107 2,7592,686 97 1,957 1,990102 62 54 87 7 States 8,793 9,502 108 2,3452,286 97 1,682 1,708102 55 48 87 1/ Cattle and calves on feed are animals for slaughter market being fed a ration of grain or other concentrates and are expected to produce a carcass that will grade select or better. 2/ Includes death losses, movement from feedlots to pastures and shipments to other feedlots for further feeding. * Historical 7 States. MILK COWS AND MILK PRODUCTION Januaray-March April-June July-September Item & Quarter 1999 2000 1999 2000 1999 2000 1,000 head Milk cows 1/ Nebraska 72 75 73 75 74 76 20 States 7,701 7,768 7,731 7,797 7,753 7,842 United States 9,128 9,187 9,155 9,217 9,171 9,252 Million pounds Milk production 2/ Nebraska 277 309 285 315 281 318 20 States 34,711 36,626 36,182 37,225 34,344 35,713 United States 40,505 42,593 42,029 43,171 39,771 41,348 1/ Includes dry cows, excludes heifers not yet fresh. 2/ Excludes milk sucked by calves. CASH RECEIPTS, BY COMMODITY GROUPS AND SELECTED COMMODITIES, NEBRASKA, 1995-99 1/ COMMODITY 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 1,000 dollars All commodities 8,983,026 9,241,432 9,804,972 9,030,2288,555,037 Livestock and 5,146,068 5,318,685 5,507,191 5,124,4465,424,870 products Meat animals 4,881,726 5,007,373 5,221,057 4,830,8125,121,115 Cattle and calves 4,125,873 4,135,208 4,403,133 4,267,5264,583,159 Hogs 744,898 860,485 805,808 553,336 527,073 Sheep and lambs 10,955 11,680 12,116 9,950 10,883 Dairy products 133,125 147,600 133,980 154,775 149,410 Milk, wholesale 133,125 147,600 133,980 154,775 149,410 Poultry/eggs 103,677 139,786 135,033 120,958 137,656 Broilers 6,696 4,788 3,075 2,808 22,126 Chicken eggs 74,702 109,247 106,990 97,416 93,385 Other poultry 3,589 3,658 2,936 2,331 1,388 Miscellaneous 27,540 23,926 17,121 17,901 16,689 livestock Honey 3,197 4,485 3,147 3,853 2,724 All other livestock 24,142 19,053 4,035 3,862 13,762 Crops 3,836,958 3,922,747 4,297,781 3,905,7823,130,167 Food grains 337,055 299,743 241,822 240,649 187,068 Wheat 336,243 299,135 241,353 240,042 186,375 Feed crops 2,596,320 2,738,550 2,866,724 2,464,9641,957,528 Corn 2,320,296 2,481,231 2,493,458 2,239,0701,796,045 Hay 80,080 117,908 170,645 120,686 87,717 Oats 4,411 5,164 4,420 2,162 2,236 Sorghum grain 190,998 132,540 196,914 102,265 71,141 Oil crops 706,098 659,936 991,989 980,428 752,967 Soybeans 696,618 652,985 984,672 971,539 742,305 Sunflower 9,419 6,872 7,239 8,762 10,562 Vegetables 103,987 122,681 101,412 128,643 134,447 Beans, dry 70,482 87,936 59,024 72,813 69,410 Potatoes 27,775 26,095 35,738 49,180 58,387 Summer 8,361 5,847 7,859 6,858 11,016 Fall 19,414 20,248 27,879 42,322 47,371 Misc. vegetables 5,730 8,650 6,650 6,650 6,650 Fruits/nuts 1,300 1,300 1,270 920 775 Other berries 200 200 170 120 75 Misc. fruits & nuts 1,100 1,100 1,100 800 700 All other crops 92,198 100,537 94,563 90,177 97,382 Sugarbeets 40,798 40,537 36,063 32,877 44,282 Other seeds 2,500 2,500 2,000 1,500 1,000 Other field crops 31,100 38,100 35,500 34,800 31,100 Greenhouse/nursery 17,800 19,400 21,000 21,000 21,000 NA = not available. 1/ USDA estimates and publishes individual cash receipt values only for major commodities and major producing States. The U.S. receipts for individual commodities, computed as the sum of the reported States, may understate the value of sales for some commodities, with the balance included in the appropriate category labeled "other" for "miscellaneous." The degree of underestimation in some of the minor commodities can be substantial.