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Newspaper
Country Today
Location
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1979
Page
2
Livestock prices shown by category include COWS and BULLS with ranges for utility, canners, light stock, and dairy or beef types. FED CATTLE display steady movement with steers and heifers across standard to good grades. Calves, hogs, feeder cattle, and springing Holstein heifers listed with price intervals and deltas.
The report lists price ranges for cattle categories including weak top 49.10 for general cattle, various dairy, utility, and beef classes, with bulls and replacements showing steady to top figures. Hog prices are strong for 1 and 2 butchers and heavy and lightweight packers, with Holstein steers and beef cattle priced within respective ranges.
Cattle numbers include 3,000 cattle 300 weaners 9,700 hogs 1,000 sheep as slaughter figures. Steers mostly 1,050 to 1,325 pounds fetch 65 to 66.4 for good and choice. Holstein steers steady with 59 to 60. slaughter heifers 850 to 1,100 pounds 64 to 65 for choice, 63 to 64 for good and choice. Cows weaken to 49 to 54 for young high yielding, utilities 43 to 47, a few 37 to 46 for canners and cutters. Bulls 54 to 59 for No. 1 and 2, 1,400 to 2,100 pounds. Weaners steady with choice and prime 75 to 90 for 140 to 250 pounds.
Max Phillips and Sons provide quoted prices for scrap material. The notice lists current rates and prevailing market terms as supplied by the firm. No further details are included in the readable excerpt.
Slaughter cattle prices mixed last week with steers and heifers mostly down while cows and bulls edged higher. Feeder cattle and hogs showed steady to higher demand, with Holstein replacements strong and lambs steady to weaker. overall activity remains robust across weights and grades.
A dated market page lists prices for grains, eggs, and livestock from December 5 1969. It covers wheat corn oats soybeans butter potatoes slaughter lambs and feeder cattle with ranges for various frame sizes and grades. Also includes odd line items for autos freezers and non ferrous scrap aluminum prices and miscellaneous items.
Butter grades and cheese prices hold steady with minor shifts. Wisconsin eggs show steady ranges for Extra large to Medium. livestock prices list equity ranges for cows, heifers, bulls, steers, veal, hogs, sows, boars, and lambs with percent figures.
Last week's feeder pig prices across Wisconsin and Minnesota show 45 lb pigs at 24.75 to 25.75 dollars from Wisconsin Feeder Pig Co op Select. Premium grades for pigs 40-50 lb range from 23 to 25.50 dollars picked up on farm from Midwest Livestock Producers. Cheese and dairy products prices listed include cheddar bricks and Swiss varieties with percent ranges. South St. Paul Minnesota reports 40-55 lb pigs at 20 to 26 dollars.
Grain Market News reports a largely lower week as prices drifted, with Russia facing a 179 million ton shortfall from last year’s 237 million ton record. Wheat and corn slipped in cash trading while oats and flaxseed held steady. Soybeans rose slightly, sunflowers gained, and barley showed mixed moves across varieties amid limited spot offerings.
The Country Today is a weekly rural oriented newspaper serving farm households and agribusinesses in western and northwestern Wisconsin. It lists mailing details, subscription rates, and staff roles including editors and advertising representatives.
The report lists cash grain figures with bids for Wheat and Corn across Minneapolis and Chicago, plus prices for Oats, Soybeans, and related products. It includes spring and winter wheat grade ranges, durum, rye, barley, flax, sunflowers, and various feedstuffs with per ton or per unit values.
Dairy Market News reports Wisconsin grade A fluid milk shipments to other states dropped to 22 loads last week from 41 loads the prior week and 53 loads year ago. Through 1979, out of state Wisconsin shipments total 1,487 tankers versus 2,388 loads in 1978, with 901 additional truckloads or 42.3 million more pounds shipped last year at this point. CCC bought 2.2 million pounds butter and 6.5 million pounds NDM and sold 1.6 million pounds of standard NDM powder for animal use at 49.52 to 50.52 cents per pound. They also accepted bids to deliver 4.3 million pounds of 6 5 pound process American cheese loaves at 1.2825 per pound in January.
Chicago Mercantile Exchange futures show live cattle hogs and pork bellies activity. Dec beef 68.52, Jan 71.50, Feb 73.22, Apr 74.65, Jun 75.50, Oct 73.15, Dec 74.60. Hogs Feb 30,000 at 41.00, Jun 43.95, Dec 44.25. Open interest up or down across contracts. est sales noted for cattle hogs and potatoes.
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