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Newspaper
Country Today
Location
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1981
Page
2
South St. Paul weekly cattle hog sheep market report lists prices by grade and weight bands for slaughter steers heifers cows bulls hogs and lambs. Notable ranges include slaughter steer good and choice 57 to 58 per 100 pounds and hogs No 1 and 2 200 to 240 pounds at 40 to 40 1 2 cents per pound.
Market notes show weak cattle demand with varied prices across classes. Utility cows 33-36, dairy heifers 35-40, commercial bulls 41-45, calves 25-60, replacement calves steady with Holstein calves 65-85 for bull calves and 50-150 for heifers. Fed cattle weak at 52-56. Monday feeder pig auction notes bulk pig prices 28-39 with light/heavy cuts. Feeder cattle ranges list Holstein steers 42-48 and beef cattle 42-56 with 30-42 for utilities.
Livestock prices show steady to weak trends across cattle categories. Utility cows fetch 38-40, heavy dairy 44-48, good beef 44-48, steers 56-58 on good to choice, heifers 54-56, Holstein steers 53-55, calves repl. beef 40-60, Holstein bulls 80-105, veal 40-70, hogs 39-40 top butcher, sows 32-34, boars 29-31, feeder cattle 52-57 for steers, 45-50 for heifers, Holstein steers 46-49, open Hol. heifers 55-75, and springing Hol. heifers 900-1200 dollars.
Last week prices for feeder pigs show a range across firms. American Feeder Pig Co op lists 45 lb pigs at 28.75 to 29.75 dollars. Midwest Livestock Producers quotes 40-50 lb pigs from 27.50 to 30 dollars for farm pickup, with largely 31 to 33 dollars in the 40-50 lb bracket.
Market steady prices quoted for complete automobiles large medium small and compact at 35 to 45 dollars per unit with various scrap categories listed including non ferrous metals aluminum batteries radiators steel and cast iron values per hundred pounds and ton equivalents. Conditions note market conditions date of sale and acceptance of dry news paper only for boxes and paper goods.
Prices show quiet, mixed movement across grains and livestock with Decem ber wheat at 4.15 on futures, corn steady near 2.84, soybeans up 15 percent cents to 6.56. Spot rye steady at 3.80, oats 2.28 to 2.32, barley mixed around 2.90 to 3.20, flaxseed 7.65, sunflowers down 0.30.
Wisconsin eggs steady with extra large 74 76 and large 72 73. butter unchanged Chicago grades. cheese cheddar blocks down 1 percent. Spot crude sunflower oil at 23.5 cents per pound, soybean meal futures up. Wisconsin potato shipments fell last week to 182,000 hundredweight, season total 5,704,300 cwt, russets 76 percent of movement.
Eight loads of Wisconsin grade A bulk fluid milk moved out of state last week, up from three loads the prior week and none a year ago. Prices on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and National Cheese Exchange were unchanged. CCC bought and sold large quantities of dairy products, including butter, cheddar, block cheese, and non-fat dry milk, with milk equivalents totaling 76.8 million pounds. For the week ending Nov 26, butter output fell 3 percent from the prior week yet remained 12 percent above a year ago, while cheese production stayed flat week to week but was 11 percent higher year over year.
Cattle prices were steady to lower hogs fell and sheep rose at South St. Paul stockyards. Slaughter steers and heifers finished steady with select steers 58 to 60.50 dollars and select heifers 56 to 58.60, holstein figures mostly 54.50 to 56. Bulls and cows showed modest declines while feeder cattle varied. Lambs rose four dollars, ewes held, and feeder lambs climbed as carcass and hide values edged lower year over year.
Futures data shows cattle hogs and pork bellies with quotes in cents per pound. Highlights include Cattle Aug Oct Dec at around 60.40 to 61.00 cents, hogs Feb Apr Jan at about 44.15 to 44.40, pork bellies around 44.45, plus prior sales and open interest figures for each contract.
The cash grain section lists prices for rye No 2 at 3.80, corn No 2 at 2.35, oats No 1 at 2.23 to 2.32, barley ranges 2.90 to 3.15 for Larker and 2.70 to 2.90 for Beacon, and soybeans No 1 yellow at 6.12 with flax No 1 at 7.70. Feedstuffs show per ton prices for soybean meal 44% at 191.10, 48% at 207.10, linseed meal 34% at 150, meat meal 50% at 210, Brewers’ dried grains 116, wheat bran 80, wheat middlings 78, and alfalfa meal dehydrated 102.
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