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Newspaper

Country Today

Location

Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America

Date

Apr 08, 1981

Page

2

Livestock Prices From South St Paul Auction Report

South St Paul Minnesota Monday livestock market reports cattle volumes 1800 cattle Wealers 200 hogs 5500 sheep 700. Slaughter steers up to one dollar higher with choices 60.40 to 61.30 box weights 1050 to 1300 pounds. Holsteins strong 50c, 1,200 to 1,600 pounds 56 to 57.30. Slaughter heifers up 50c, 925 to 1100 pounds 58.70 to 59.50. Slaughter cows firm to 1 dollar higher with ranges 38 to 46 for canners and cutters. Bulls steady 51 to 55 for heavyweight. Weaners and hogs mixed with Nos 1 and 2 at 34 to 39 for 200 to 260 pounds. Sows 35 to 37. Sheep and lambs steady to weak 53 to 60 for light wool, 60 to 75 calves. Eau Claire cattle steady top 47 local cows 42 to 46 and calves around 50 to 60.

Whole Motors Coon Aluminum

Replacement calves and fed cattle market notes

Steady Holstein bull calves 110-135 lb range to 95 top. Holstein heifers 100-150 lb to 180 top. Fed cattle steady with various steer and heifer price bands. Cows show mixed ranges across utilities, cannners, and dairy. Hog prices soft across several classes with packer and bear adjustments. Feeder cattle and open Holstein heifers also listed with multiple price bands. Complete automobiles section notes market firm with a sale date price. Prices credited to Max Phillips and Sons.

Grain futures rise on light country selling in weekly review

The Minneapolis Grain Exchange saw mixed prices last week as country selling remained light. For the week ending April 2, Minneapolis May wheat rose 3 cents to $4.42, Minneapolis May sunflower seed gained 27 cents to $12.64 per hundredweight, Chicago May corn edged up 1 cent to $3.63, and Chicago May soybean added 34 cents to $7.95.

Minneapolis Grain Exchange Minneapolis Chicago

Madison Wisconsin potato shipments flat amid light demand

Potatoes moved 118600 cwt last week in Madison Wisconsin with demand light. Season total to date 9158000 cwt, 1 percent below last season. Russets accounted for 80 percent of table stock, round whites 16 percent, round reds 4 percent. Other grain prices mostly firmer or steady across wheat, rye, corn, oats, barley, soybeans, flaxseed, sunflowers and crude oil.

Wisconsin

Livestock Trading Report at South St. Paul Stockyards

Slaughter cattle prices mixed, feeders higher, hogs weak to steady, sheep higher to steady last week. Slaughter steers steady to 50 cents higher with choice $59-61.10, heifers $58-60, Holstein steers $55.50-57.60, cows weak to $1 lower, bulls steady, feeders up $1-3. Feeder steers and heifers climbed, barrows and gilts down, sows steady to lower, slaughter lambs up, ewes steady, old crop feeder lambs steady. Estimated gross cut-out value for a 600-700 pound beef carcass was $99.02. hide value $62.60 for a 1,000-pound steer.

South St. Paul

The Country Today Brief Item

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Futures Trading Highlights on CME Markets

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange reports mixed futures activity across feeders live cattle and hogs with fluctuating highs and lows. Open interest changes show gains in some contracts while others slip, and sales estimates vary by product including feeder cattle and broiler chickens.

Chicago Mercantile Exchange

Futures market summary with mixed open interest data

Futures: May Jul Aug Feb Mar Est sales 3523 and 6432 on Friday. Open interest rose to 14432 from Thursday by 496. Corn sales Friday 40638 and open interest 199422 down 473 from Thursday. Note: close equals average of last two trades. Friday sales 743 and 43069 with open interest 115978 down 812 from Thursday.

Market price recap contrasts 1980 and 1971 figures

A comparative snippet lists grain, egg and livestock prices from April 8 1980 and April 8 1971. It shows wheat corn oats soybeans egg sizes and livestock values, including cows heifers bulls fed cattle hogs sows boars veal calves slaughter lambs.

Milk order price report last week shows feeder pig ranges

American Feeder Pig Co op reports 45 lb pigs at 37.75 to 38.75 dollars. Midwest Livestock Producers lists 40-50 lb premium grade pigs at 36.50 to 39 dollars on farm pickup and 40-50 lb pigs at 40 to 44.50 dollars.

Wisconsin Eggs and Produce Market Report April 3

Butter prices hold steady with Chicago Grade AA at 1.47 and Grade A at 1.454 percent. Cheese Cheddar barrel markets at 1.31 and 40 lb blocks at 1.35 percent. Wisconsin eggs show steady to varied quotes: Extra large 76-81, Large 74-78, Medium 65-70.

Chicago Wisconsin

Cash grain prices and feedstuffs listing for Minneapolis

The page lists current cash grain quotes on the Minneapolis market for Wheat at 4.39 percent, Corn 3.62 percent, Oats 2.16 percent, and Soybeans 7.82 percent, plus No 2 Rye and Corn and Barley ranges. It also cites No 1 yellow Soybeans at 7.54, and prices for flax and sunflowers. Feedstuffs prices dated March 31 per ton include soybean meal at 210.80 and 228.80, linseed meal 160, meat meal 235, Brewers' dried grains 102, wheat bran 94, middlings 92, and alfalfa meal 124.50.

Minneapolis

Commodities Listing Shows Varied Weights and Prices

A brief commodity record lists items with weights such as .25 lb and 190 lb, totaling 796 lb and priced at .85 lb and 76 lb. Monday figures compare to year ago values including 9.50 and 1.80 with 2740 and .3920, showing 58 percent.

Dairy Market News Shows Steady Wisconsin Fluid Milk Week

No spot shipments of Wisconsin fluid milk for the week ending April 2. Prices on major butter and cheese exchanges remained unchanged. CCC net purchases reached 9.9 million pounds of butter, 2.9 million pounds of cheddar blocks, 7 million pounds of barrel cheese, and 17.7 million pounds of nonfat dry milk powder, totaling 303.2 million pounds milk equivalent. CCC sold 735,000 pounds of standard NDM powder at 0.5225 to 0.5487. For the week ending March 26, U.S. butter output rose 2 percent to 26 million pounds and was 10 percent above last year. cheese production at 52.3 million pounds rose 4 percent and 15 percent year over year.

Wisconsin Commodity Credit Corp CCC U.S

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