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Newspaper
Country Today
Location
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1983
Page
2
Exchange data lists cattle, calves, hogs and feeder cattle with price ranges and trends. Utilities, canners, heavy dairies, beef types, Holsteins and veal values shown. springing Holstein heifers offered at 700 to 800 dollars. Prices reflect steady to weak for cattle and steady for calves and feeder cattle.
Weak market across cattle with top at 33.30 for cattle. Utility cows range 28-32 and canners 24-28. Dairy heifers 30-36. Bulls show weakness with top 41.80 and ranges: commercial 36-40, common utility 28-34, beef bulls 34-40.
Calves range from weak to choice with bids 25 to 60 and up. Holstein calves steady to 135 pounds bring 60 to 84, heifer calves 40 to 55, feeder pig auction notes Monday mornings with bulk 40 to 60 pound pigs at 22 to 28, heavier beef and Holstein stock priced 28 to 55 across categories.
South St. Paul Minnesota cattle and hogs on Monday sale show weaker to modestly lower prices across classes. Slaughter steers, heifers and cows mostly steady to down. Holstein steers and hogs hit varying ranges with feeders and lambs exhibiting activity and notable price spreads.
Prices quoted for aluminum cans 35 to 46 cents per pound, steel aluminum cans five cents per pound, scrap aluminum 15 cents per pound, batteries two cents per pound, sheet copper 25 cents per pound, radiators 25 cents per pound, catalytic converters 1.50 dollars each. Newspaper accepted for Sundowners Drum Corps donation. Prices change with markets.
Extension agents report Jackson County has 270500 acres in farms across 1130 farms averaging 239.4 acres per farm. Last year farm marketings totaled about 53.3 million dollars with 30.3 million from dairy receipts. Dairy cows number 19200 with average production 12300 pounds per cow totaling 234.24 million pounds. DHIA has 50 official test herds. Nyla Musser notes 557 women in the homemakers program with 33 clubs and 60 individuals. three new groups formed in 1983. Dick Pederson highlights a conservation slide show for 550 students across 26 clubs with 198 adult and 261 youth leaders.
Prices for feeder pigs shown by American Feeder Pig Co-op and Midwest Livestock Producers. Last week's Select 45 lb pigs bring 21 to 22 dollars per head. This week's 40-50 lb premium pigs fetch 21 to 24 dollars on farm pickup, while 40-50 lb detailed pigs run 23 to 27 dollars.
Futures prices fell for all major grains on Monday at the Chicago Board of Trade with December wheat at 3.42 a bushel, December corn 3.30, December oats 1.76, and January soybeans 7.67 per bushel, reflecting broad weakness in the market.
A compact price snapshot lists grains eggs and livestock values for December 8 1982 with figures for wheat corn oats soybeans eggs cattle hogs and butter plus a decade earlier December 7 1973 price table showing commodities and livestock values.
The State agriculture department reports little change in prices for Wisconsin potatoes last week. Russet burbanks in 100 pound sacks sold at 7 dollars, with too few sales of round whites and round reds to set a trend. Table stock shipments reach 3.7 million hundredweight this year while potatoes for chips total 710 thousand cwt.
Last week in the Midwest, livestock prices firmed as a storm shortened receipts and higher boxed and carcass beef prices supported gains. Slaughter hogs rose up to 1.75 in direct trade and 50 cents to 2 in terminals, with record slaughter rates midweek. Barrows and gilts ranged 39 to 42 percent, sows up to a dollar, and boats around 30 to 34 percent. average weight at seven terminals was 242 pounds. Slaughter lambs stayed steady to 2 higher, with shorn lambs 58-65 cents and wooled 56-62 cents.
Wisconsin eggs and butter prices show steady Extra large 95-96 cents per dozen and Large 93-94, Medium 90-92. Butter remains 1.41 for Grade AA, 1.38 for Grade A and B. Cheddar barrel 1.27, 40-pound blocks 1.31.
Oil seed prices jumped while wheat and feed grains were mixed as wintry weather boosted domestic feeding and soy demand. Mexico and China supported demand. flour grind picked up with cooler temps. Minneapolis cash markets showed mixed moves with some gains and some weakness amid tight exports and firm soybean meal and by product prices.
Under a new dairy bill the official support price for milk set at 12.60 for 3.67 butterfat and 12.31 for 3.5 test milk. Butter drops to 1.4325 in Chicago and 1.4625 in New York, cheese to 1.3475 blocks and 1.3175 for barrels, and nonfat dry milk to 92.2 and 91 cents. Government purchases fall. Green Bay prices decline. 170.4 million pounds of fluid milk bought last week.
The list shows futures for Dee Wheat on Minneapolis up 3.93 percent, Mar Corn on Chicago up 3.41 percent, Mar Oats Chicago up 1.79 percent, May Soybeans Chicago up 7.89 percent and Dec. 5 cash prices for Spring and Winter wheat quality grades, rye, corn, oats, barley, flax and sunflowers. It also lists feedstuffs prices for Minneapolis per ton including soybean meal linseed meal meat meal gluten feed and meal, wheat bran and middlings and alfalfa meal dehydrated.
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