Bill passes on state owned grain silo sales; Stockland report

Washington Ag Today March 8, 2011 The state is looking at selling some surplus properties, including several grain silos, along the Palouse River and Coulee City Railroad. And a bill is moving in Olympia that would allow the operators of the silos the first right of purchase. Prime sponsor of the measure is Wenatchee Representative Mike Armstrong who spoke during floor debate Saturday.

Armstrong: “Pretty simple little bill. Just trying to keep the grain silo that sits there and is being used, keep them in the system and using the rail line. We want to keep wheat moving in a positive manner and not on our highways.”

Revenue from sale of the properties would be used to refurbish and maintain the rail line, which annually carries about 4,000 carloads of wheat.

The bill passed the House 97-1 and will now be considered by the Senate.

Now the Stockland Livestock Report.

“This is Jack McQuiness with Stockland Livestock here in Davenport. A big run of cattle, right at 11-hundred head Monday. Cows and bulls fully steady, maybe a little stronger again. Had a $96 bull weighed 22-hundred pounds. A lot of the cows in the high 70s, low 80s. Most of the trade in the low to mid 70s. Top on the steers 1675 with bred cows up to 15-hundred. Feeder cattle fully steady all around on all weights and classes of feeder cattle. That’s it from Stockland Livestock. Thanks for listening. We sell cattle very Monday.

Thanks Jack.

I’m Bob Hoff and that’s Washington Ag Today on Northwest Aginfo Net.