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Newspaper
Country Today
Location
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1978
Page
2
A market listing provides price ranges for cattle categories including cows bulls fed cattle calves and hogs. It notes strong steady or rising trends with specific ranges such as steers 48 to 53 for good to choice, heifers 47 to 51, calves 75 to 110, hogs top butchers 45. The feeder cattle section shows steers 48 to 60 and springing Holstein heifers 600 to 900 dollars.
Steady utility cows 33-38 with top 41.10, canners and cutters 28-33, dairy heifers 34-39, commercial bulls 40-43 top 43.10, cutter and utility bulls 35-40, beef bulls 37-42. Calves mixed from 25 down. few select 50-83 percent, good to choice 35-50, standard to good 25-35. Holstein replacements 110-135 lbs calves 45-60, heifer calves 50-100. Fed cattle 42-48. Hogs strong for No 1 and 2 butchers 210-230 44-45 percent. heavy butchers 250-300 43-44. lightweight packers 350-600 39-41. heavyweight packers 38-40. Feeder cattle steady with Holstein steers 38-44, beef steers 45-52, beef heifers 38-45, utility 28-38. Bear prices 34-37.
Market report from St Paul Minnesota lists cattle hogs and sheep yardings with price ranges for Holsteins slaughter cattle cows and calves. Grain and egg quotes included with butter cheese and potato values reflecting mid-April 1977 price levels.
The USDA Grain Market News notes soybeans firm as world demand may exceed production. Brazilian farmers face uneven maturity. Elevators in Minneapolis and Duluth Superior stay full. The first Mississippi River barge reached St Paul and the first ocean vessel arrived at Duluth on April 12 signaling the Great Lakes shipping season. Cash spring wheat prices steady to 50 cents higher for No 1 to 3 200-250 lb, with sow prices listed and sheep and lambs feeder prices.
The Livestock Market News notes for the week ending April 15 that slaughter steers and heifers rose 50 cents to a dollar, Holstein steers up 1.50 to 2 dollars, cows and bulls up a dollar, veal calves 5 to 10 higher, feeders steady to 2 higher, while hogs steady to 0.50 lower and lambs fell 7 to 10. Fed slaughter steers hit 53.50, Holstein steer top 49, cows 31 to 40, bulls to 47, real calves up to 90 with most 68 to 80, beef feeders to 59.60, Holstein steers 48.50, beef heifer feeders 57.30. Barrows 46 to 46.50, sows 42.50, boars 38.50. Bulk hogs averaged 238 pounds. sows 10 percent of hog run.
Feeder pigs show Wisconsin prices with 40 lb ranges at 48.50 to 50.00, Midwest and on farm pickup notes. Slaughter lambs dropped 7 to 10 dollars. ewes scarce and steady at 5 to 18 dollars, some 20. Weekly receipts: 65 percent slaughter lambs, five percent slaughter ewes, rest feeders. Estimated beef carcass cutout value per cwt at 89.79, up from 67.44 a year ago.
Exchange trade lists unchanged dairy cheese and butter prices for Chicago and New York. Wisconsin eggs show steady levels for extra large to medium sizes while grain and livestock quotes advance. Beef, pork, and dairy product market figures cited from Wall Street Journal weekly digest.
Commodity quotes show futures for Wheat Minneapolis up 3.15 percent, Corn Chicago up 2.60 percent, Soybeans Chicago up 7.21 percent. Spring Wheat No 1 dark northern ranges 3.29 to 3.314 percent with various protein contents. Madison potato trading slows with 276000 hundredweight shipped last week and total season 10.1 million hundredweight. Barley prices and soybeans yellow No 1 at 6.87, flax No 1 at 5.35, sunflower seeds 13.50 old and 10.35 new, plus meal and brewers grains prices listed.
Federal milk week closed at 3.16 per bushel, durum wheat 3.70, rye up to 3.05, corn 2.35 to 2.36, oats 1.40 to 1.42. Malting barley up nickel, feed barley Minneapolis 1.88 to 1.98, soybeans Minneapolis 6.78, flax 5.30, sunflowers May Duluth 13.30, new crop sunflowers 10.10 to 10.20. Minneapolis FOB feeds steady, soy meal up to 174, high energy SBM 186, linseed 145, bran 93, animal protein feeds down 15, brewers’ dried grains down 2, alfalfa meal steady 89.
Prices listed for complete automobiles and scrap items show ranges from 30 to 70 dollars per unit. Max Phillips and Sons provides quotes for complete autos at 50 to 70 dollars, poorer condition items at 40 to 50, and other junk metal at 30 to 40 dollars per unit.
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