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Newspaper
Country Today
Location
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1981
Page
2
Livestock prices and weights from South St. Paul Minnesota show cattle hogs sheep and related categories. Slaughter steers holstein and slaughter cow prices listed with ranges and changes while weaners hogs sheep and lambs are shown by type weight and grade with modest gains or steady figures.
CATTLE steady top utility cows 42 46 dairy heifers 43 48 bulls steady commercial 50 54 common utility 40 45 beef 45 52 calves steady few select 60 75 good to choice 50 60 standard to good 30 50 replacements weak calves Holstein 55 75 heifer calves top 170 FED CATTLE steady 53 57 MONDAY FEEDER PIG AUCTION pigs 40 60 39 44 hogs steady butchers 210 240 lbs 38 44 heavy 37 38% lightweight 33 34 heavyweight 33 35 bears 25 28 feeder cattle steady Holstein steers 42 55 beef steers 52 62 beef heifers 42 55 utility standard 32 42
The South St. Paul stock yards report higher prices across most classes. Feeder steers under 500 pounds rose $5, while feeders over 500 pounds and under 500 pounds gained modestly. Barrows and gilts jumped $1.50 to $2.50, sows $1 to $3 higher, and slaughter steers and heifers edged up.
Market table details steady to good cattle values from Ettrick for various classes: dairy cattle showing strong beef values and replacement Holsteins, with steers and heifers priced in mid to high fifties. Hog prices firm with tops around 39 percent for butcher hogs, sows 36 to 37 percent, boars 30 to 31 percent, and springing Holstein heifers priced between 900 and 1300 dollars.
Last week price ranges for feeder pigs show select 45 lb pigs at 34.25 to 35.25 per head from American Feeder Pig Co-op. Midwest Livestock Producers lists 40 to 50 lb pigs premium grade detailed pigs 33 to 35.50, picked up on farm. 40 to 50 lb pigs priced 37 to 42 per head.
Market prices for scrap items list various metals and components with per hundred weight rates. Whole motors, sheet iron, and NT appliances show values from 24 to 25 dollars per ton equivalents. Non-ferrous metals include aluminum 21 to 28 per cwt, batteries 1.75 to 2.90 each, radiators 38 to 50, stainless 12 to 20, and soot and other items 40 to 61 per cwt. Prices subject to market conditions on sale date.
Markets last week saw light farm selling and cash prices steady to firmer. Minneapolis Grain Exchange quotes show May wheat down 4% to 4.39, May sunflower seed at 12.37, May corn at 3.62, and May soybeans at 7.61 per bushel. Spot grain prices moved limitedly with oats, rye, and barley varying by grade.
Wisconsin eggs hold steady with extra large 73 to 78 and large 71 to 75 cents a dozen. Butter and cheese unchanged with Chicago Grade AA 1.47, grade A 1.45, grade B 1.36, and cheddar barrel 1.31, 40 lb blocks 1.35. Oilseeds weaken as soybeans drop 6 percent to 7.34 while flaxseed stays at 7.90 and sunflower oil falls to 11.70. crude sunflower oil rises to 27 cents per pound.
Madison Wisconsin potato shipments decreased last week as demand remained light. A total of 119 400 hundredweight were shipped, 25 100 cwt less than the prior week. The season total to date, including seed shipments, is 8 924 100 cwt, about one third of a percent below last season's 8 955 200 cwt at this point.
Daily market notes show no Wisconsin fluid milk spot loads to other states in the week ending March 26, with prices unchanged for Major butter and cheese. After a three month lapse CCC resumes buying fortified nonfat dry milk powder at 1% above the non-fortified support price. Last week CCC bought 7.5 million pounds butter, 2.1 million cheddar blocks, 6 million pounds barrel cheese, 16.7 million pounds nonfat dry milk powder and 2.4 million pounds American process cheese loaves at $1.43, milk equivalent 258.6 million pounds. CCC sold 718,000 pounds standard NDM powder. For week ending March 19 butter output fell 2% to 25.6 million pounds, cheese output unchanged at 50.5 million pounds.
Prices shown for Wheat Corn Oats and Soybeans with bids and ranges from Minneapolis and Chicago. Includes Rye Corn Oats Barley and special feeds with No 2 and No 1 classifications. March 24 prices list per ton for Soybean meal Linseed meal Meat meal Brewers' dried grains and other feedstuffs with varied per ton values.
Futures data shows prices for hogs pork bellies oats soybeans and potatoes across May July Aug Oct Dec and other months. Open interest and Friday sales are listed with weekly changes and estimated sales figures for each commodity.
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