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Newspaper
Country Today
Location
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1982
Page
2
South St. Paul market listings show steady cattle and hog quotes with ranges for slaughter steers cows and calves plus feeder pigs grain eggs and butter prices. The notice notes Open Class champions from the 1982 Polk County Fair at St. Croix Falls.
The USDA Grain Market News reports weekly trading at Minneapolis. Corn gains amid strong river demand boost prices while wheat soybeans oats rye and other grains fall on the Minneapolis and Chicago exchanges. New crop sunflowers and flaxseed slide. crude sunflower oil trades slightly lower.
The report lists futures and cash prices for grains across markets, noting Wheat Minneapolis up 3.75 percent, Corn Chicago up 2.39 percent, and Soybeans Chicago up 5.77 percent. It provides grade specifics for spring and winter wheats, durum, rye, corn, oats, barley, and flax with No quotes or ranges where applicable.
Wisconsin market prices show butter steady at 1.49 for Grade AA and 1.47 to 1.49 for Grade A, with Grade B at 1.47 while cheese Cheddar barrels run 1.31 and 40 lb blocks at 1.35. Eggs hold steady with extra large 59 to 64, large 56 to 59, and medium 43 to 46. Governor Lee Dreyfus proclaims August as Veal Month following a July 30 proclamation. Veal producers say Wisconsin dairy byproducts sustain the industry with millions in skim milk purchases weekly and whey three times that amount. Dairy and veal groups note local bull calves remain a key customer base for dairymen.
Five American Feeder Pig Co-op members from district three attended the advisory board meeting of Wisconsin districts held here. District three members at the meeting were Ray Miller Chili Lewis Lausted Colfax Bob Sobotta Colfax James Lewis Muscoda and Gerhard Froemming Rice Lake. They represent co op member producers from Barron Buffalo Chippewa Clark Dunn Eau Claire Jackson Pepin Polk St Croix and Trempealeau counties.
Eight spot shipments of Wisconsin fluid milk were recorded for the week ending August 5, up from two tankers the prior week and five truckloads a year earlier. Seven shipments went to Illinois and one to Indiana. CME butter prices shifted: Grade B down one cent to 1.46, Grades AA and A steady at 1.49 and 1.47. July Minnesota Wisconsin butterfat price was 12.42 at 3.5 percent, unchanged from June and 11 cents below July 1981. CCC bought 3.5 million pounds butter, 4.8 million cheddar blocks, 7.2 million barrel cheese, 11.3 million nonfat dry milk, and 8.4 million fortified NDM powder. Milk equivalents of purchases 190.8 million pounds. Butter production April-June 333 million pounds, up 1 percent from 1981. American cheese production 741 million pounds, roughly unchanged from last year.
Feeder pigs shown by American Feeder Pig Co op with 45 lb pigs at 52.25 to 54.25 dollars. Midwest Livestock Producers advertises 40 to 50 lb premium grade detailed pigs 52 to 55 dollars picked up on farm.
Canadian hog farmers ship record pork volumes to the United States aided by a depreciated Canadian dollar and open trade. Ontario and Quebec lead output, with Ontario likely to outpace local demand in the 1980s. The ERS notes a potential cross border market of about 45 million people, while U S prices see little impact.
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