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Newspaper

Country Today

Location

Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America

Date

Dec 06, 1978

Page

2

Ettrick Livestock Prices Reported by Category

Cows fully steady with utility 41-45, canner 40-44, light canners 37-40. Bulls steady to heavy dairy 47-51, beef 46-50, light 42-46. Fed cattle strong with steers 51-53, standard to good 48-51, good choice heifers 49-51, standard good heifers 46-49. Holstein steers 46-48. Calves steady with replacements Holstein heifers 80-110, replacements beef 65-75, Holstein bulls 70-80, choice veal 75-82, good-choice veal 65-75. Hogs strong with top butchers 48-49, sows 37-40, boars 30-32. Feeder cattle steady including beef and crossbred steers 55-70, beef-bred heifers 48-60, Holstein steers 47-55, open Holstein heifers 55-75, springing Holstein heifers 750-950 dollars.

Cattle Sale Price Ranges Across Classes and Hides

Market notes list steady bids for top quality dairy and beef cattle. Utility cows bring 40 to 43 with good cutters at 35 to 40. dairy heifers 40 to 45. commercial bulls 46 to 49. common utility bulls 38 to 44. beef bulls 44 to 47.

Replacement and Fed Cattle Market Snapshot

Calf quality ranges listed from 70 to 84 for top replacements, with 60 to 70 for good to fair calves and 45 to 60 for standard. Steady fed cattle at 48 to 52, hogs steady with no. 1 and 2 butchers 210 to 230 lbs at 40 to 48. Holstein and beef cattle prices span 28 to 60 across weights and grades, including heavy and lightweight packers, steers, and heifers.

Packers Bears

Cattle Markets Mixed At South St. Paul Stockyards

Last week at South St. Paul stockyards cattle trading was mixed with slaughter steers steady to $1 lower and slaughter heifers 50 cents to $1 lower while cows rose 50 cents to $1. Bulls stayed steady to firm with some $0.50 to $1 gains. Vealers held firm with small gains for top weight classes and Holstein replacements strong. Feeder cattle were active with gains up to $3, steer and heifer calves up to $45 higher. Slaughter lambs and feeder lambs posted gains, with 600-700 pound carcass value estimated at $90.31 per hundredweight for the week.

South St. Paul

Livestock prices and potato shipments update

South St. Paul Minn livestock market reports mixed cattle hog and sheep ranges with steers heifers cows and bulls showing varied prices by grade and weight. Wisconsin potato shipments rose to 232000 hundredweight season total 5.7 million hundredweight with russet burbanks leading and prices steady for several pack sizes.

Wisconsin

Weekly grain and scrap market rounds and prices

The report lists scrap values for ferrous and nonferrous metals with NT weights and prices, notes market conditions for stainless and paper, and summarizes grain futures on Minneapolis and Chicago exchanges. Wheat, corn, oats, and barley prices are provided with brief trend notes and protein levels.

Wisconsin markets report mixed prices across eggs and grain

Wisconsin eggs hold steady with extra large 73 78 and large 71 76 centring on Dec 1 exchange. Chicago and New York markets show steady to higher quotes for dairy and cheese with Swiss varied. Feed prices mix with soybeans down and linseed up while grains in Minneapolis futures shift modestly.

Chicago Wisconsin Minneapolis

Markets Report Dec 6 1977 Grain and Livestock Prices

Grain Wheat 2.71% corn 2.21% oats 1.38% soybeans 5.74% Eggs extra large 54-60 large 53-58 medium 47-52. Livestock Equity cows 20-25 dairy heifers 25-28 bulls 22-30 calves 22-50 fed cattle 33-38 slaughter hogs 41-44 sows 35-42-36% boars 26-30 beef feeder heifers 26-31 beef feeder steers 32-36 Holstein feeders 28-32 slaughter lambs 53-55. Butter Grade AA 1.0075-1.0350. Potatoes Wisconsin round reds 4.00.

Agricultural price table from December 6 1968 summary

A 1968 price snapshot lists grain prices for Wheat 1.37, corn 1.14, oats 68, soybeans 2.53, eggs at 44 and 40 for extra large and medium. Livestock ranges include cows 14-19, heifers 17-21, bulls 17-23, fed cattle 17-28.30, veal calves 14-42, hogs 17-18, hog boars 10-11, lambs 25. Butter 67 cents. Cheddar 48-57, brick 53-60, single daisies 54-58, Swiss Grade A 63-66, Swiss Grade B 61-65.

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