USDA National Sunflower Market Summary

MINNEAPOLIS - Aug 8/07 - SNS -- The USDA's weekly national sunflower seed market review was released today. The report covers the period ending Aug and covers U.S. seed, oil and meal markets for regular and mid-oleic acid sunflower seed.

National Feedstuffs Market Review

**All prices quoted per ton unless otherwise noted**

The USDA Market News Service reports feed ingredient prices for the week ending
Aug 07, were mixed.  Soybean Meal was mostly 7.20 to 15.20 higher.  Cottonseed
Meal was mixed, 2.00 lower to 2.50 higher.  Whole Cottonseed was steady to 4.00
lower.  Canola Meal had no comparison.  Linseed Meal was 3.00 lower.  Sunflower
Meal was 3.00 to 5.00 lower.  Crude Oil was 56 to 103 points lower with the
exception of Corn Oil, which was 50 points higher.  Meat and Bone Meal was
steady to 10.00 lower.  Blood Meal had early trade in the Texas Panhandle 80.00
lower.  Feather Meal was steady to 30.00 higher.  Fish Meal was steady.  Yellow
Corn Hominy was steady to 4.00 lower.  Corn Gluten Feed was steady to 5.00
lower, mostly steady.  Corn Gluten Meal was steady to 5.00 higher, mostly
steady.  Distillers Dried Grains were steady to 10.00 higher.  Wheat Middlings
were mixed, 6.00 lower to 6.00 higher.

OILSEEDS:  On Tuesday, Aug 07, the September Soybean Meal futures closed 9.20
higher at 227.60.  The September Soybean Oil futures was 108 points lower at
36.95 cents per pound.  Offers of high protein Soybean Meal in Central Illinois
was 7.20 higher from 210.60-217.60; Iowa was 13.20 to 15.20 higher from 202.60-
209.60; Kansas City was 9.20 higher from 212.60-220.60; Minneapolis was 12.20 to
14.00 higher from 205.60-213.60; St. Louis was 1.00 to 6.00 higher from 226.00-
236.00; Memphis was mixed, 9.60 lower to 1.40 higher at 228.50; Portland was
258.00; BN Santa Fe delivered Chino Valley was 12.70 higher from 249.60-251.10;
Union Pacific delivered Chino Valley was 11.70 to 12.70 higher from 253.60-
254.10. Cottonseed Meal FOB the Central San Joaquin Valley in California was not
available; Kansas City was steady to 2.50 higher from 160.00-180.00; St. Louis
was steady to 2.00 lower from 153.00-162.00; Memphis was 2.50 higher at 140.00.
Whole Cottonseed FOB the Central San Joaquin Valley in California had bids from
240.00-242.00 and offers from 243.00-245.00.  Whole Cottonseed delivered to
Portland were steady to 4.00 lower from 252.00-270.00; Memphis was 1.00 lower at
165.00.  Offers for nearby delivered Canola Meal, 34 to 36 percent protein,
delivered to Portland ranged 148.60-162.00.  Linseed Meal, 34 percent protein
was 3.00 lower from 122.00-135.00 in North Dakota-Minnesota.  Sunflower Meal, 23
percent fiber, 28 percent protein was 3.00 to 5.00 lower from 67.00-75.00 in
North Dakota-Minnesota.  The Soybean Oil in Central Illinois was 56 to 81 points
lower from 34.45-36.70 cents per pound; Iowa was 56 to 103 points lower from
33.25-34.70 cents per pound and Minnesota was 81 points lower at 34.70 cents per
pound.  Crude Corn Oil in Central Illinois was 50 points higher from 38.50-39.50
cents per pound.

ANIMAL PROTEINS:  Meat and Bone Meal in the Central U.S. was steady from 220.00-
230.00; Pork ranged 275.00-285.00; FOB the Texas Panhandle had early trade at
212.00; Minneapolis was 5.00 to 10.00 lower from 230.00-240.00, Pork ranged
300.00-305.00; St. Louis was 5.00 to 10.00 lower from 235.00-245.00 for
ruminant; Pork ranged 282.00-295.00; Portland FOB production points was steady
from 200.00-230.00; FOB Central and Northern California was steady from 235.00-
240.00; FOB Los Angeles was steady from 235.00-240.00.  Blood Meal in the
Central U.S. was not established; Pork ranged 805.00-810.00; FOB the Texas
Panhandle had early trade 80.00 lower at 635.00; delivered to the San Joaquin
Valley was not available.  Feather Meal in Kansas City was steady from 255.00-
275.00; Minneapolis was 25.00 to 30.00 higher from 280.00-290.00; Arkansas was
steady to 5.00 higher from 260.00-270.00; Mississippi was also steady to 5.00
higher from 260.00-270.00; the 85 percent protein FOB San Joaquin Valley was
steady at 335.00.  Menhaden Fish Meal FAQ was not available in the Gulf and East
Coast.  Limited trading of Select Quality was steady from 870.00-900.00 on both
the East Coast and Gulf Coast. Mixed Fish Meal, 60 percent protein FOB Modesto-
Oakdale-Turlock was not available.

CORN FEEDS: Yellow Corn Hominy in Central Illinois was steady to 2.00 lower from
92.00-100.00; Kansas City (Northwest) was steady from 95.00-98.00; St. Louis was
.50 to 1.00 lower from 102.50-115.00; rail delivered California was 4.00 lower
at 145.00.  Corn Gluten Feed in the Midwest (IA, IL, IN) was steady from 55.00-
78.00; Kansas City was steady from 99.00-110.00; St. Louis was steady from
80.00-95.00; Memphis was 5.00 lower at 95.00. Corn Gluten Meal, 60 percent
protein in the Midwest (IA, IL, IN) was steady to 5.00 higher from mostly
395.00-410.00; Kansas City was steady from 395.00-445.00; St. Louis was steady
from 402.00-420.00; Memphis had no offers. Distillers Dried Grain prices in
Central Illinois were steady from 100.00-120.00; Chicago was steady to 5.00
higher from 100.00-115.00; Lawrenceburg, IN was 10.00 higher at 105.00; Nebraska
was not available; Minnesota was steady from 90.00-100.00; Kansas was steady to
3.00 higher from 108.00-110.00; Iowa was steady from 90.00-95.00; Northern
Missouri was steady from 100.00-110.00.  St. Louis was steady from 107.00-
120.00; Wisconsin-Eastern Minnesota was steady from 90.00-100.00; rail delivered
California points was steady with offers at 134.00.

WHEAT MILLFEEDS: Wheat Middlings in Buffalo, NY were steady from 59.00-64.00;
Kansas City was 4.00 to 6.00 higher from 37.00-42.00; Minneapolis was steady
from 58.00-68.00; St. Louis was steady to 6.00 lower from 51.00-60.00; Memphis
was not available.  Wheat Millrun delivered Portland was steady to 7.00 lower
from 100.00-120.00.  Wheat millrun truck delivered FOB Northern and Central
California mills was steady to 3.00 lower with offers from 107.00-120.00; FOB
Los Angeles mill door was steady to 3.00 lower with offers from 107.00-120.00.

OTHERS:  Rice by-products: Offers for rice bran were steady, instances 7.00
lower, with tight spot supplies (Arkansas bran mostly 100.00-105.00); millfeed
was steady.  Alfalfa Meal was steady to 5.00 higher, mostly steady across the
nation this past week.

Source: USDA Market News Service, Minneapolis, MN

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