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Newspaper
Country Today
Location
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1983
Page
2
South St. Paul Minn August 15 exchange data shows steady to weak cattle prices across grades and weights. Slaughter steers 61-62 top, Holsteins 54-57, slaughter cows 30-42, hogs steady 50-51 for 200-240 lb No.1 and 2, sows 35-38, lambs 44-46 for 90-125 lb, feeders 38-42 with varied quotes, calves 30-60.
Holstein bull calves 110-135 lbs steady to 112 top. Heifer calves 50-75 lbs top. Fed cattle steady to strong at 52-58. Feeder pig auction Monday mornings bulk 40-60 lb pigs 23-30. Hogs strong 210-240 lb 49-49.5. Heavy butchers 45-49. Ltwt hvwt packers 32-44. Boars 29-31. Feeder cattle steady Holstein steers 41-47 Beef steers 50-56 Beef heifers 43-50 Utility standard 32-43.
Bradley Schulte of Durand pleaded guilty in Pepin County Circuit Court to four counts of cattle theft and received six months in county jail with sentence withheld and three years probation. He stole 25 head from Pepin and Buffalo counties, transported calves by pickup, and was arrested while trying to sell them at Equity Livestock Market in Eau Claire. Judge Gary B. Schlosstein ordered restitution of 5209.50 and apologies to victims amid rising rustling cases in the region.
Prices in grain wheat 3.73 corn 2.22 oats 1.4544 and soybeans 5.4644. Livestock ranges include cows 30-42.80 dollars and hogs 59-62 with various cattle, calf and lamb values. Eggs show no quote. large 79-42-81.
Prices for feeder pigs at the American Feeder Pig Co-op show last week’s range for 45 lb selections at 19.50 to 20.50 dollars per hundredweight. Midwest Livestock Producers lists this week's on farm pickup price at 23 dollars per cwt for premium grade detailed s pigs.
The Agriculture Department reports an August corn price of 3.34 per bushel, just above wheat at 3.33. If corn holds this edge for a week or two, it could top wheat for the first time since July 1971, when corn was 1.36 and wheat 1.34.
Wisconsin will deliver a September and October surplus food distribution for eligible households. The 2.6 million pound allocation valued at 3.2 million dollars includes dry goods for the first time, with butter, cheese and a choice of rice foods among corn meal rice flour dry milk and honey at over 510 sites. About 233,843 households or 744,000 individuals are expected to receive aid.
Wisconsin eggs show steady quotes with extra large 78 to 83 cents, large 75 to 78, and medium 62 to 65 cents. Butter remains steady to firm with Grade AA at 1.48, Grade A 1.46 and Grade B 1.44, while cheese unchanged with cheddar barrel 1.32 and 40 lb blocks 1.35.
Madison Spot shipments of Wisconsin fluid milk into Florida dropped to none this past week from 30 the prior week. Five tankers of Wisconsin skim milk were hauled into Indiana and at least 10 loads of milk came into Wisconsin plants from other states. Government purchases of surplus dairy products fell to 286.2 million pounds milk equivalent, including 4 million pounds butter, 20.4 million pounds cheese, and 22.7 million pounds nonfat dry milk. Weather in the South improved, leveling milk production and reducing Midwest imports. West output down slightly, East and Midwest trends lower but slower.
Futures show Sept Wheat 4.30 percent, Sept Corn 3.67 percent, Sept Oats 1.84 percent. Cash prices list Spring Wheat No 1 dark northern 13 percent 4.42, 14 percent 4.44, 15 percent 4.48. Winter Wheat No 1 dark hard red 12 percent 4.18, Durum 5.15, Rye No 2 2.50. Corn No 2 3.59, Oats No 1 1.82-1.85, Barley Larker No quote, Beacon No quote, Feed No 3 or better 2.58. Soybeans No 1 yellow 8.60, Flax No 1 6.00, Sunflower seeds 13.48. Feedstuffs Aug 9 prices Minneapolis per ton: Soybean meal 44% 224.20, 47% 237.20. Linseed meal 34% 148. Meat meal 50% 230.50. Brewers' dried grains 118. Wheat bran 73. Wheat middlings 73. Alfalfa meal dehydrated 110.
USDA projects Wisconsin corn output fall about one third to 247.2 million bushels due to reduced acreage and drought, with 103 bushels per acre yield. Soybean production may slide 14 percent to 11.78 million bushels while hay dips 4 percent to 12.9 million tons as southern Wisconsin endures drought and extra dry weather.
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