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Newspaper
Country Today
Location
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1981
Page
2
Slaughter and feeder cattle prices at South St. Paul stockyards show steady or higher trends last week. Slaughter steers 60.60 to 61.80, Holstein steers 56 to 58.50, slaughter heifers 58.50 to 61.30, cows 42 to 46, bulls 51 to 55, feeders mostly steady with No 1 steers 61 to 76, Holstein feeders 51 to 70, and hogs 38 to 41 for 210 to 240 pounds with sow prices around 35 to 36.
The estimated gross cut out value of a choice 600- to 700-pound beef carcass was 99.35 last week, 103.67 a year ago. The value of hide and offal from an average 1,000-pound slaughter steer was 65.60 last week, 54.50 a year ago.
The Country Today operates from 401 Seaver St Eau Claire WI 54702 P O Box 570 with offices in the Eau Claire Leader Telegram building. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Eau Claire Press Co and a member of the Wisconsin Newspaper Association Branham Inc National Advertising Representatives with offices in major cities including Minneapolis Chicago Omaha Kansas City Atlanta Dallas.
Last week price ranges for feeder pigs listed by American Feeder Pig Co op and Midwest Livestock Producers. Select 45 lb pigs bring 37.25 to 38.25 dollars per head while 40 to 50 lb premium grade pigs sold on farm fetch 36 to 38.50 dollars per head.
Market steady with quotes for ferrous and non ferrous scrap. Values listed per hundred or ton for items including motors sheet iron appliances deep freezers and various metals with notes on weight units and market condition date of sale.
Historical price figures contrast April 15 1980 values with those from April 15 1971 across crops grains and livestock. Entries include Wheat Corn Oats Soybeans and livestock categories with ranges for cows heifers bulls calves slaughter hogs hogs and lambs and related feeder stock.
Spot grain prices were mixed and buyers scarce as markets closed last week. For the week ending April 9, Minneapolis May wheat rose 6 percent to 4.48, May sunflower 12.67 per cwt, Chicago May corn 3.70, and May soybeans 8.10. Cash spring wheat with 14 percent protein rose 7 percent to 4.77, winter wheat 12 percent protein at 4.45, Durum No 1 hard amber steady to down 5 cents at 5.50-7.50, and No 1 plump rye up 5 cents to 3.90 amid slowing country selling.
On April 10 exchange date butter and cheese hold steady with Grade AA at 1.47 and Cheddar barrels at 1.31. Eggs across sizes steady to up modestly while oats fall, corn rises slightly, soybeans up 9 cents to 7.77, flaxseed up 10 cents to 8, sunflowers up 20 cents to 12.10 with crude oil unchanged at 27 cents.
The Minneapolis market reports wheat at 4.46 percent, corn 3.64, oats 2.15, soybeans 7.69, rye 3.85 to 3.90, corn No. 2 3.26 to 3.27, oats No. 1 2.16 to 2.20, barley Larker 3.75 to 3.90, Beacon 3.75 to 3.90, feed No. 3 or better 2.53, and soybeans No. 1 yellow 7.36 percent. Feedstuffs for April 7 list per ton prices: soybean meal 44% 219.90, 48% 237.90. linseed meal 34% 160, meat meal 50% 235, brewers’ dried grains 106, wheat bran 102, wheat middlings 100, alfalfa meal dehydrated 129.
A spot shipment of one load of Wisconsin grade A bulk fluid milk went east north central for April 3 9 with no shipments the prior week or year. CCC net dairy purchases include 8.9 million pounds butter 2.4 million cheddar blocks 5.2 million barrel cheese 16.3 million nonfat dry milk and 20.8 million pounds American process cheese loaves at 1.43 percent. Milk equivalent 464.4 million pounds. CCC sold 978000 pounds standard NDM powder. Week ending April 3 aged cheddar blocks sold 586000 pounds at 1.50 to 1.54 per pound. Week ending April 2 butter 26.5 million pounds up 2 percent. cheese 51.8 million pounds up 1 and 12 percent respectively.
Trading data from Chicago Mercantile Exchange shows mixed futures in Aug Oct Dec contracts with notable open interest and sales figures. Fresh broiler chickens and pork bellies appear in separate commodity listings, while corn and wheat listings display varied highs, lows, and closing notes.
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