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Newspaper
Country Today
Location
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1981
Page
2
Cattle volumes 2,800 to 3,000 head with feeders and hogs totaling around 4,000. Slaughter steers and heifers broadly steady with price ranges by weight. Holstein steers and cows detailed. Bears and lambs listed with weight bands. Eau Claire figures for cattle and calves with bulls and calves priced across standard ranges.
Steady utility cows range 44 to 49 with canners and cutters 44 to 48 light canners 40 to 44 bulls show steady to heavy dairy 53 to 56 good beef 53 to 56 light 48 to 53 this summary notes price bands and grade groupings for cattle on sale day.
Steady prices across replacement calves, fed cattle and hogs with a range of weights. Holstein cattle show modest gains in bull and heifer groups while hogs include top butchers and sows with consistent quotes. Springing Holstein heifers listed at 900 to 1200 dollars.
Mixed price week with steadier to lower trend across cattle and hogs. Slaughter steers and cows mostly drifted down, Holsteins steady, heifers soft, feeders up slightly, barrows and sows steady to higher, lambs mostly lower, with grain and feed values noted. Carcass and byproduct values listed, plus general market terms and price ranges for various categories.
Madison August 26 1971 Wisconsin potato shipments increased slightly last week amid slow trading. Total 313 400 hundredweight shipped versus 303 100 previous week. Season to date 1 109 100 cwt 7 percent below last season. Early russet varieties led with 44 percent, round whites 23 percent, round reds 17 percent, chipstock 15 percent. All prices lower.
Durum wheat prices slipped on the Minneapolis Grain Exchange while spring wheat held firm and rye weakened under harvest pressure. Spot No 1 plump and No 2 rye fluctuated around $3.30, corn and oats posted modest gains, and soy meal declined to $202.80 a ton with other feedstuffs largely steady.
A brief futures table shows Cattle, Feeder Cattle, Pork Bellies, Russet Potatoes and Oats trading on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and Board of Trade. The report lists Oct Dec Feb contract quotes, highs lows closes, and notes previous sales and open interest changes.
Five Wisconsin fluid milk shipments moved out of state for the week ending Aug 20, up from three the previous week but far below last year. On the Chicago Mercantile Exchange butter prices rose modestly with AA at 1.48, A at 1.47, and B at 1.47 per pound. National Cheese Exchange saw barrel cheese up to 1.31 while cheddar blocks stayed at 1.35. For the week ending Aug 13 butter production reached 18.9 million pounds, up 3 percent week over week and 14 percent year over year, while cheese production at 46.1 million pounds fell 1 percent from the prior week but rose 4 percent from a year earlier.
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