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Newspaper
Country Today
Location
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1978
Page
2
US livestock markets show steady or stronger tendencies across categories. Dairy and utility cattle hold modest gains while replacement calves and Holstein calves stay firm. Hog futures remain mixed with varied packer demand. Grain review notes steady to unchanged prices amid feed demand and harvest pace.
Livestock price table for Ettrick lists cows with feeder and dairy grades, bulls, fed cattle, veal, hogs, and feeder cattle. Prices show steady to weak markets across cattle categories and high value springing Holstein and replacement cattle. Top hogs and veal ranges indicate strong demand for select sections.
USDA observers note all classes closed higher except hogs with veal calves and slaughter cattle leading gains. Slaughter steers and Holstein fed steers rose, cows and bulls climbed, feeders up, lambs up, hogs steady to down, Holstein feeders top near 60, veal calves 72 to 80 and up to 97, St. Paul feeders 3,000 head with de mand broad across weights and grades.
Livestock market report from St Paul Minnesota shows 2,800 cattle 4,800 hogs 600 sheep. Slaughter steers and heifers moderately steady with ranges for weights and grades. Holstein steers and heifers slow with various price bands. Slaughter cows and bulls listed with utility and commercial ranges. Hogs and sheep prices included with weights and grade distinctions.
A historical market page lists grain prices for wheat corn oats and soybeans from August 2 1968 and August 2 1977 with figures for eggs butter cheese and potatoes. It also shows livestock cattle hogs veal and lamb quotes along with ferrous and nonferrous scrap metal prices and auto section values. Prices are noted as nominal and subject to market conditions.
Market notes show Butter prices across Wisconsin Chicago and New York with grades AA A and B. Cheddar barrel price 1.00, 40 lb blocks 1.03, Swiss grades A to D range 0.98 to 1.37. Wisconsin eggs steady for extra large large and medium sizes, Chicago nervous, New York market weight classes listed, Minneapolis cash grain week ending July 28 mostly unchanged with oats up 5 to 8 cents and Spring wheat down 1 to 2 cents while winter wheat holds or gains a nickel.
Cash grain quotes show Wheat, Corn, Oats and Soybeans with notable moves. Durum and Rye held steady, Barley and flax futures mixed. feeds and meals priced per ton, with alfalfa pellets molasses and other feedstuffs listed. Livestock bids from Wis. Feeder Pig Co op and Midwest Livestock Prods appear alongside regional delivery details.
Daily market news shows Madison Butter Grade AA up 3 percent per pound and Grade A up 3 cents on all exchanges. National Cheese Exchange barrels up 3 percent and 40 pound blocks with Grade A and B Swiss up 3 cents. Milk output dips in Midwest and East due to heat, rises in California, slight uptick in the South.
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