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Newspaper
Country Today
Location
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1985
Page
4
Livestock prices hold steady with cows and bulls near steady. Fed cattle show good to high choice gains, feeder cattle and veal calves range wide. Hogs steady with varied cuts and weights, Holstein calves and replacement stock also listed.
The market shows steady to strong demand across calves cattle and hogs with Holstein and beef categories posting varied but steady price ranges. Veal calves bring 35 to 66 dollars for standard to good. feeder cattle and fat cattle trade ranges in the 40s to 50s for steers and heifers. hogs mostly in the 43 to 50 range for mixed butchers and sows 32 to 37.
ZTARDS Milwaukee market reports August 19 and August 15 trade listings for cattle and calves. Prices given for beef steers and heifers, Holsteins, standard and feeder categories, dairy cows, veal, sows, lambs, ewes, bucks, bulls, calves, and replacement stock, with ranges and Nos. 1-2 quality notes.
Cull cow prices 78 Holstein steers Choice 76 Good 72 Bulls 83 Choice steers 83 Good steers 2 off Number fours 72 Choice heifers 81 Good heifers 2 off Number fours 70 Aug 12 trade date. For details call 4 336 3734.
Aug 16 exchange shows butter and cheese prices steady with small variations and specific cheese barrel and block prices. Aug 19 trade from Wisconsin indicates steady to weak movement on extra large to medium categories, plus Midwest Livestock Producers reports for pigs with farm pickup and on farm green tagged lots. Feeder pig sale data from Aug 14 lists weights and prices, with extreme tops and multiple lots traded, highlighting price ranges and head counts.
Weekly grain review shows higher prices amid farmer selling resistance and a softer dollar lifting export demand. Minneapolis spring wheat rose to 3.28, Chicago corn to 2.34, soybeans to 5.24. Western and national markets felt rain delays, strong processing demand, and improved pastures.
Midwest terminal points showed higher prices early last week, then slowing trading as packer inventories rose and a softer dressed beef outlook turned packers bearish. Slaughter cows firm to up $3 near week end, bulls steady to up $2, midweek gains for steers and heifers. Sioux Falls listed Choice and prime slaughter steers at 48. Holsteins 44 to 46. heifers 49 to 52.50. Hog markets fell early then recovered. barrows steady to up 1, sows mostly steady to down 1. Average weights 235 pounds across seven terminals, with Nos. 1-3 barrows at 45.50-46.50. Illinois direct Nos. 1-2 at 44.50-46. sows 33-38, some 37-38.
The GAO says federal honey supports are unnecessary for crop pollination and mainly aid a few producers. It notes surging imports, government stockpiles, and rising costs from 1980 to 1983, urging Congress to repeal the program and phase out gradually. The Reagan administration backs ending the subsidy, while beekeepers fear disruption.
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