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Levi Herren of the Canadian County 4-H showed the Grand Champion Barrow that came to the Premium sale as the Champion Crossbred and the overall Champion of the 2009 Tulsa State Fair Market Hog show. Levi drove his animal around the sale ring as bidders took the final price for his barrow to $14,000. The twelve year old receives his premium payday from a combo bid from L.C. Neal and Kent Show Feeds.

McKenzie Clifton of the Kingfisher FFA showed the Grand Champion Wether Lamb at the 2009 Tulsa State Fair. McKenzie, a freshman this fall at Oklahoma State University, saw her lamb bring $13,000 with the premium purchase made by Jerry Murphy, who operates the Amusement rides at the Tulsa State Fair, as well as by Spirit Bank.

Chance Greenroyd of the Noble FFA showed the Grand Champion Wether Meat Goat at the Tulsa State Fair and sold his Grand Champion at the 2009 Premium Sale midday Friday for $7,500- the buyer paying the premium was Clark Brewster.

The Grand Champion Broiler Pen at the 2009 Tulsa State Fair was shown by Carly Smith of Lexington FFA. This was her third time showing the top pen of broilers at the Tulsa show. Her animals sold for $9000, with the premium being paid by Loretta Murphy.

Among those that came together for this special purchase were Ron Bormaster and John Sampson of Midwest Farm Shows, Oklahoma Farm Bureau, American Farmers & Ranchers, Oklahoma Cattlemen, Oklahoma Cattlewomen, Oklahoma Junior Cattlemen, Oklahoma Cowman Magazine, Oklahoma Pork Council, Chisholm Kinder, and State Representatives Steve Kouplen and Eddie Fields.

Click on the link below for a look at the group that came together to buy this steer- and you can listen to some quick comments from John Sampson about this effort to honor A.J. Smith.

Click here for more on this tribute to A J Smith at the 2009 Tulsa State Fair.

But, Francl cautions - disease and harvest delays due to wet weather in many areas could potentially reduce the USDA soybean production estimate in future months. He predicts this potential, coupled with strong export demand, may also produce a strong post-harvest recovery for soybean prices.

At the same time USDA is also forecasting a near record corn crop with production pegged at 13 billion bushels in the October report. Lagging corn maturity and the forecast for a killing frost this weekend could have some impact on yields. Francl doesn't see much of an impact. But, he says, this will likely result in higher drying costs for farmers and the potential for lower quality grain and price discounts.
We have links to the USDA Crop Production numbers and the Supply Demand data as well on our website- click on the link below for an overview of the USDA data that came in on Friday morning.

Click here for more details on the USDA reports from Friday

"There are some unique considerations as well as typical market considerations for culling this fall. Cull cow prices weakened in July and have remained soft into the fall. Much of the weakness is due to softness in the processing meat sector, driven by ample competing meat supplies and the availability of competitively priced imported processing beef. Additionally, the dairy sector has funded dairy cow liquidation programs that have added price pressure in specific weeks and in specific locations. After two rounds of dairy cow buyout that resulted in spikes in cow slaughter in May/June and in September, the dairy industry (Cooperatives Working Together or CWT) has announced a third buyout for 2009. The timing of the slaughter of these cows will likely be in November, precisely on top of the seasonal peak in beef cow culling. This may add another reason for beef cow-calf producers to consider retaining and feeding their cull cows this year.

"The concern for the timing of this third round of dairy cow buyout is not so much that it drastically changes the overall supply and demand picture for cull cow markets. The fact is that so far this year the increase in dairy cow slaughter has been matched by decreased beef cow slaughter and total cow slaughter for the year is up only slightly from year ago levels. The problem is more localized in that the two to three week surge in dairy cow slaughter in November may seriously impact cull cow prices in certain locations where the dairy cows are being marketed."

On the issue of beef, Secretary Vilsack emphasized the importance of basing policy on World Organization for Animal Health standards, and Minister Akamatsu expressed his commitment to have food safety regulations based on scientific knowledge. The two countries both agreed to a continuing dialogue on this important issue.

The news release from the USDA added this extra bit of spin which perhaps shows that the new administration understands it is important to get some improvement in our access into the Japanese market for our beef. "The Japanese market is an extremely important market for America's farmers, ranchers and exporters and today's meeting marked an important step in the Obama Administration's effort to continue and expand this fruitful relationship."

Was anything accomplished? Time will tell, but it has been said that if we could just expand our access from beef from animals 20 months of age up to beef from animals 30 months of age or younger- it could and probably would mean an extra billion dollars in beef trade with the Japanese. So, as we have mentioned before- it matters a lot to the well being of the US cattle industry.

Steve Mercer of the US Wheat Associates Washington office gave us this rundown on the travels south. "USW is sponsoring this educational trip to important Latin America countries to increase the understanding of wheat industry leaders who are not USW board members (USW also sponsors 2 or 3 Board Team trips each year -- intense, regional visits arranged per the organization's bylaws to give Board members the chance to review the work of local USW offices, to learn about local milling wheat needs and to thank milling and baking customers for their business). The purpose of the travel is to familiarize state wheat officials with USW activities overseas, the operations and views of wheat and flour buyers and users, and obtain the views of government officials on international wheat trade. The trip has focused on USW activities and meeting with important buyers and users of US wheat and with government officials in select countries."

The travel included stops in Colombia, Peru, and Mexico. On the trip with Bartram are Brian Linin, Goodland, KS, representing Kansas Wheat; Gordon Stoner, Outlook, MT, representing Montana Grain Growers Association; Scott Brown, Soda Springs, ID, representing the Idaho Wheat Producers Association; Rick Callies, VP, Marketing Programs, U.S. Wheat Associates, Arlington, VA; and Kody Bessent, Executive Assistant/Producer Relations, Texas Wheat, Amarillo, TX.

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For more information call Eddie Sims at 580-492-4590 or Tony Stidham, Herd manager at 580-332-3653. You can also click on the link below for more on the sale and a look at the catalog of the sale offering as well.

Click here for more on the Esco Land and Cattle Sale Coming October 19th.

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Here are some links we will leave in place on an ongoing basis- Click on the name of the report to go to that link:
Our Daily Market Wrapup from the Radio Oklahoma Network with Ed Richards and Tom Leffler- analyzing the Futures Markets from the previous Day-
Ron on RON Markets as heard on K101 mornings with cash and futures reviewed- includes where the Cash Cattle market stands, the latest Feeder Cattle Markets Etc.
Previous Day's Wheat Market Recap- Two Pager From The Kansas City Board of Trade looks at all three US Wheat Futures Exchanges with extra info on Hard Red Winter Wheat and the why of that day's market.
Daily Oklahoma Cash Grain Prices- As Reported by the Oklahoma Dept. of Agriculture. <
The National Daily Feeder & Stocker Cattle Summary- as prepared by USDA.
The National Daily Slaughter Cattle Summary- as prepared by USDA.
Finally, Here is the Daily Volume and Price Summary from the Texas Cattle Feeders Association.