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Newspaper
Country Today
Location
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1984
Page
4
Listing of Dec 3 exchange data across cattle categories including cows bulls fed cattle calves hogs and feeder cattle with price ranges for weak to steady markets and specific figures for each category and product such as Good to choice steers and springing Holstein heifers along with price spreads for veal and replacement stock.
Prices show cattle weak with dairy, utility, and beef categories ranging 32 to 62. Hogs are strong with butchers at 48 to 49 for 210-230 lbs and lighter packers 35 to 42. Feeder pigs 38 to 45 for 40 to 60 lb, feeder cattle steady with steers 32 to 62 and heifers 25 to 52.
Soybean futures fell while grain contracts showed mixed movement on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat closed slightly higher at 3.52 per bushel for December delivery, corn ranged around 2.61, oats near 1.88, and soybeans at 6.07 per bushel for January.
The market report lists futures for Wheat, Corn, Oats and Soybeans with percentage changes. It then provides cash prices for Spring and Winter Wheat, Durum, Rye, Corn, Oats, Barley, Feed, Soybeans, Flax, and Sunflower Seeds, plus feedstuffs prices for Minneapolis per ton including soybean meal, linseed meal, meat meal, brewer’s dried grains, wheat bran and middlings and alfalfa meal.
Market notes show eggs and produce with butter and cheese prices. Unchanged dairy quotes list Grade AA 1.59 percent Grade A 1.57 percent Grade B 1.56 percent Cheddar barrel 1.30 percent 40 lb blocks 1.34 percent Wisconsin price steadies for extra large eggs at 9 to 70 cents and 61 to 63 cents respectively.
A historical price list compares grain, eggs, livestock, butter, and potatoes from December 5 1974 with ranges for wheat corn oats eggs butter potatoes and various live stock categories. Notable items include wheat around 5.17 to 5.49 and corn near 3.44 to 3.48 percent.
Midwest livestock bulletin lists price for 40-50 lb premium grade feeder pigs with on farm pickup in South St Paul Minnesota. Dec 3 trade shows volume 1,743 with a $2-$3 higher trend. Pigs in 36-44 lb range noted.
National price slate as of Dec 3 shows varying values across cattle hogs and sheep. Steers and heifers range from 0.50 to 1.00 per pound with several weight brackets listed and notes on utility canner and cutter categories. Hog prices dip to 49-50 cents with sows and boars noted. Sheep and lamb values hover around 60s for feeders and higher for prime grades. Further line items include Holstein steers and general price references in a statewide slaughter cattle report and contact at 414-336-3734.
Dairy data show Wisconsin shipments to states beyond its borders surged to 100,303,000 pounds this week, the third time in a decade above 100 million. USDA notes 66 spot loads and weekly totals include nine loads to Illinois, four to Indiana, two to Florida, with six destinations unspecified.
Last week at Minneapolis markets grain prices finished mixed as export trading stayed light due to the St Lawrence Seaway blockage from a bridge collapse. Cash spring wheat and rye rose or fell, oats were steady to lower, malting barley remained in demand, and soybean prices declined while meal and linseed meal held gains or steady.
Slaughter steers mostly steady to higher despite Joliet declines, fed heifers up, cull cows under pressure. Hogs weak nationally with slight gains in Indiana, South St. Paul, and Holstein activity varied. Slaughter lambs lower, veal calves modest, cattle slaughter under federal inspection at 712000 head, up from 701000 prior week.
Dr. Lou Arrington and Elmer Alexander explained egg development, freshness signs, and grading standards. They described shell color as breed dependent, chalazae function, freshness indicators like cloudy whites and air cells, and Wisconsin grade AA to B rules with size classifications.
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