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Newspaper
Country Today
Location
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1979
Page
2
A broad decline hits cattle, calves, and feeders on South St Paul markets led by fed cattle down four dollars and total three week losses near nine. Hogs gain slightly while slaughter cows bulls and Holstein steers slip. beef feeders peak at eighty plus dollars and Holstein feeders top seventy dollars.
Wisconsin eggs show steady extra large 63 68 cents per dozen and large 61 66 cents. medium 53 58. Butter lifts Chicago Grade AA to 1.30, Grade A 1.29, Grade B 1.28. New York Grade AA 1.32, A 1.30, B 1.29. Cheddar unchanged at barrel 1.17 and 40 lb blocks 1.20. Swiss prices Grade A 1.48, B 1.46, C 1.44.
Scrap prices for ferrous and non ferrous metals listed with per ton and per hundredweight figures. Includes market condition notes, paper and boxes details, and a separate section with livestock and feed prices from Wisconsin and Midwest producers.
Weekly grain review shows prices slipping across cereals as strikes at Duluth Superior elevators and expectations of record U.S. crops weigh on sentiment. Weather observers report rains boosting Russian and Chinese crops. supplies at Duluth elevators remain ample. Spring wheat and corn lead declines with oats and barley also falling. no nearby sunflower quotes due to new crop and closed Duluth ports.
The data lists commodity values from August 8 1978 and August 8 1969, including GRAIN Wheat corn oats and soybeans, EGGS by size, LIVESTOCK equities for cows heifers bulls fed cattle slaughter hogs sows boars beef feeder cattle veal calves slaughter lambs, BUTTER, CHEESE, and POTATOES with specific price ranges and regional references such as Wisconsin and Texas round whites and reds.
The Country Today announces expanded rural life reporting across county and state beats. Editors highlight new correspondents, deeper farm economy features, and more timely weather and market updates for farm families and small towns.
Daily market news reports spot shipments of Wisconsin bulk fluid grade A milk fell to two loads last week from 29 to outstate markets the prior week and 30 at the same time last year. One truck went to the South Atlantic States and the other stayed in the East North Central Region. Minnesota had no loads. Fluid milk to Chicago accounts held steady. The Kansas City ASCS office sold 1.4 million pounds of ultra filtered nonfat dry milk for animal feed. Ralston Purina of Hager City bought 340,140 pounds for its Red Wing plant and Domain Industries of New Richmond bought about 200,000 pounds. Wisconsin milk production remained near steady. East and New England down, South and West steady. Wholesale butter rose 2 cents a pound. cheese prices unchanged.
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