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Newspaper
Country Today
Location
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1979
Page
2
Ettrick cattle grades listed with ranges for cows bulls fed cattle and calves by class and quality. Hogs and feeder cattle priced by weight and grade. Replacement calves and fed cattle show steady trends with specific price bands for Holstein, beef, and utility categories across steers heifers bulls and veal.
South St. Paul Minnesota reports mixed gains across cattle hog and sheep categories in early volumes. Slaughter steers up two dollars, Holsteins rise up to one fifty, and slaughter cows advance one dollar to one fifty with steadier heifer and calf prices. Hog prices show softness with No 1 and 2 weights 200-240 pounds down around fifty cents to one dollar, while sheep and lambs gain about one dollar on light and feeder weights.
Historical market figures show wheat at 3.25 percent and corn at 2.16 percent a year ago on August 15 1978 with oats 1.28 and soybeans 6.38 while eggs and butter values are listed for various sizes and grades. A 1969 entry repeats grain and egg values with fuller livestock and dairy prices across cows, heifers, bulls and slaughter products.
Max Phillips and Sons announces scrap prices for complete automobiles market steady across large medium and compact categories. Ferrous cast iron sheet iron and appliances listed with weight based units. Non ferrous scrap rates given per cwt with newspaper corrugated boxes and dry news accepted.
The report shows Chicago butter and egg price changes with various grades and Wisconsin eggs steady. Grain prices on the Minneapolis Grain Exchange moved alongside mixed oat and barley futures as cash crops sold slowly due to elevator space, with rye and corn posting notable shifts and soybeans easing while meal prices declined.
Federal milk order prices show a $16 premium bringing a total of $198.40. Linseed meal drops $10 to $155 per ton bulk as demand lags supply. Wheat, corn, oats, soybeans and other feeds are listed with prices and futures for Minneapolis and Chicago markets including No. 1 and No. 2 grades and various feedstuffs such as soybean meal and bran.
South St. Paul livestock prices were mixed last week with steers steady to up 1, except Holsteins down 1 to 2. Heifers were mostly down 50 cents, cows down 1 to 2, bulls down 11.50, vealers steady. Steers topped 57.50 to 59, cows 43 to 46, bulls 56.50 to 60, vealers 83 to 96, Holstein calf prices 100 to 127, replacement heifers 125 to 162.50. Feeder steers 60 to 68.75, Holsteins 70 to 80, feeder heifers 57 to 63.60.
Last week prices show Wis feeder pig co op 45 lb at 19.75 to 20.75, Midwest 40 lb pigs at 18.50 to 28.50 for 40 to 50 lb ranges. Slaughter lambs down 1.50 to 2.00, 54 to 58. ewes steady 18 to 25. feeder lambs 60 to 70. Beef carcass value 600 to 700 pounds 95.85, down from 86.97 a year ago. hide and offal for 1,000-lb carcass valued at 83.30 versus 63.80 last year.
Madison reports continued light demand for Wisconsin potatoes while shipments climbed to 133 500 hundredweight last week, up 41 000 from the prior week. The season total reaches 302 300 hundredweight, 52.3 percent below last year. Round whites led at 45 percent, followed by round reds 28 percent, white chip stock 24 percent, and russets 3 percent. Prices show round whites at 3 dollars per 100 pounds, round reds around 4 dollars with some at 4.25 and a few as low as 3.75.
Wisconsin fluid milk shipments advanced to 12 loads last week up from two truckloads the prior week but down from 28 loads. Ten loads went to the South Atlantic region and two to the East North Central states. Shipments into Chicago regular accounts held steady at summer levels as production continues to slide seasonally in Wisconsin.
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