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Newspaper
Country Today
Location
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1978
Page
2
Monday cattle and hog numbers shown with steady to firm trends across classes. Prices listed include steers, heifers, cows, bulls, calves, replacement calves, fed cattle and feeder cattle with range weights and percent grades for Holstein and beef stock.
Livestock trading at St Paul yards shows price gains across cattle and lambs for the week ending April 22. Steers and heifers up to 1.50, cows up 1.50, bulls 1.00 higher, feeders 0.50 to 1.50 higher, hogs 0.50 lower, and lambs 2 to 3 higher after prior losses. Calves fall 6 to 8 while some reach 87. steers 54 on large loads. cows 42. bulls 47.50. feeders up to 58.80 for 550 lb beef-type steers. Holstein feeders 47.80. 620–638 lb Holstein heifers 50–60. Trading slower for hogs over 260 lb.
Feeder pigs ranged from 40 to 50 pounds with prices around 40 to 50 dollars. Average pig weight rose to about 238 pounds, up two pounds from the prior week. Sows were 11 percent of the hog run with top barrows and gilts at 46, sows 42, and larger boars mostly 40. Slaughter ewes remained scarce with steady 5 to 20 dollars. wooled lambs 60 to 62, shorn 62 to 65, feeder lambs 63 to 65.
Slaughter and dairy cattle ranges listed with steady to strong tone. Holstein and replacement stock show wide spreads, veal prices quoted at 65 to 90 dollars, springing Holstein heifers seen at six hundred to nine hundred dollars.
A list of goods with quoted prices including complete, large, medium, and compact automobiles. Agricultural prices cover grain, eggs, livestock, butter, cheese, and potatoes from April 26, 1977 with ranges for Wheat, corn, oats, soybeans, hogs, cattle, and dairy products.
A price sheet lists Wisconsin steel items and non-ferrous scrap values. Prices shown per ton or cwt include various steels, motors, appliances, aluminum, batteries, stainless, and newspaper weights with ranges from $8 to $85 depending on item and weight.
Cash grain prices at Minneapolis for the week ending April 22 were mixed as elevator space ran tight. Midweek futures rose on a 400000 metric ton wheat sale to China and a 250000 metric ton corn sale to Russia, but Thursday futures declined sharply after the dollar strengthened on foreign exchanges.
Minneapolis April 18 trading shows futures and cash prices across Wheat Corn Soybeans Spring and Winter Wheat Durum Rye Corn Oats Barley with various grades. Prices listed for flax sunflowers bran feed meal alfalfa pellets and by product costs per ton.
Exchange trade on April 21 shows Butter mostly steady with Grade AA at 1.047 and Grade B at 0.97. Cheddar barrel at 1.00, Swiss grades A 1.34 B 1.32 C 1.24. Wisconsin eggs unsettled ranges: extra large 58-63, large 57-61, medium 52-57. Chicago Market steady to weak.
Cash spring wheat ended at 3.224 with a one to six cent gain, winter wheat at 3.204 up seven cents, and durum at 3.70 up two. Rye eased a nickel to 3.00 to 3.07, corn edged up to 2.38, oats higher as rains delay planting. Minneapolis oats 1.44–1.46, barley values lift with Larker 2.50 Beacon 2.40–2.45 Blue 2.35–2.45. Feed barley 1.85–1.95, soybeans down to 6.62 at Minneapolis and 6.50–6.63 delivered, sunflower prices firmed amid embargo news, and various meal and feed prices held with modest changes.
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