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Newspaper
Country Today
Location
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1979
Page
2
Bid tables show cattle prices by class. Cows and bulls range from weak to good, with feeders steady. Calves and calves veal list strong reproductions and springing Holstein figures. hogs market weak with top butchers at 38. Feeders feature beef and x bred steers 65 to 85 and Holstein offerings 60 to 115. Springing Holstein heifers listed 900 to 1300 dollars.
Market notes show ranges for cattle and hogs by class. Cows and bulls vary by type from utility to beef, with calves and replacement calves cited. Hogs include 1 and 2 butchers, heavy and lightweight packers, plus bears and Holstein steers.
Livestock Market News reports most classes in higher demand last week at South St. Paul. Slaughter steers and heifers rose, cows dipped, bulls firm, and heifer and steer prices listed with weight ranges and closing figures. Wealers, Holstein calves, feeders, replacement heifers, stock cows, pigs, lambs, and sheep also show varied gains or steady trends across categories.
Feeder pig prices at Wis Feeder Pig Co op and Midwest Livestock Producers show 40 lb pigs at 21 to 22.50 dollars picked up on farm in South St. Paul. Monday volume lists cattle 2,500 head, hogs 10,000, sheep 600 with steers and cows prices steady to lower.
Cool wet weather slowed corn and soybeans, with concern over unharvested small grains. Cash market shows spring wheat at 4.26, winter wheat 4.25, durum 5.05, amid rising export demand. prices include Minneapolis, Chicago, and market condition notes.
Madison Wisconsin area potato shipments increased last week as russet harvest grew. A total of 230,500 cwt shipped, up 22,000 cwt from the prior week, season total 741,600 cwt about 40 percent below last season. Russet Norgolds mostly \$33.25. round whites in 100 lb sacks \$2.25.
The ledger lists Chicago and New York grade egg prices with AA to B ratings, butter prices for A and B, and rising cheese barrel and block rates. Wisconsin eggs show steady ranges for extra large to medium sizes, reflecting regional pricing.
Butter and cheese prices showed mixed moves on major exchanges with grade AA butter steady A down fractions and B off a few cents. Wisconsin fluid milk spot shipments to out of state areas fell to 13 loads from 23 the prior week and 57 a year ago, distributed across three loads to the South Atlantic and 10 in the East North Central Region. The July weighted average price to producers in federal markets rose to 11.63 dollars per hundredweight, up 3 cents from June and 1.31 from July 1978.
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