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Newspaper
Country Today
Location
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1985
Page
4
December market report lists veal calves by quality from good to lightweights, with Holstein bulls and heifers and beef calves priced. Fat cattle and cows show lower values, while feeders, hogs, sheep, and replacement calves have steady to lower spreads. December 3 and 4 trade figures vary by weight class and category.
This week's on farm pickup offer for 40 to 50 pound premium grade feeder pigs shows a green tagged lot from 25 to 28 on the farm. Prices trend weak to two dollars lower for 40 to 50 pound pigs, with a 28 to 35 dollar range noted. address listed at 25 28 South St Paul Minnesota.
The market lists steer and heifer price ranges for various cattle categories. Equit calves steady to top, beef calves 45 to 70, sows 35 to 37, boars 33 to 35, fed cattle lower ends 57 to 61.80, Holstein steers top 55, cutter utility 28 to 34, canners 25 to 28, bulls 35 to 42 overall.
MilwTaubee reports steady CASH prices across cattle, hogs, calves, and veal with receipts around 600 cattle and 400 calves and no lambs. Futures show modest movement. feedstuffs and grain prices posted for Minneapolis and Chicago markets.
National Farmers Organization report shows Holstein steers steady to good values with Choice at 95 and Good at 89 per hundredweight, bulls at 78, fat cattle and heifers trading with modest premiums and discounts. Forward contracts lock Holstein steers at 56.52 for February 56.50 for April and 54.42 for June with daily price fluctuation possible. For details call 715-985-2345 or 1-800-247-2554.
Market notes show 694 head sold with prices listed for replacement calves Holstein steers and heifers, slaughter cattle, lower bulls, and packer sows. Belmont December 5 trade tallies beef steers and heifers with Holstein steer and butcher cow ranges. Three percent shrinkage applies to morning fat cattle deliveries.
Price listings show unchanged Butter fractions at 1.43 1.39 and 1.37 percent. Cheddar cheese barrels and 40 lb blocks rise to 1.17 and 1.21 percent. Egg values for Wisconsin on December 9 indicate extra large 72 to 75 cents, large 70 to 73 cents, and medium 64 to 67 cents.
Six lots of hay sold at the Equity Livestock building on Thursday for an average of 110 per ton. A crowd attended with a spokesman noting more hay would have boosted the sale. The top lot brought 137 per ton with a relative feed value of 124 percent, while the first lot sold at 127.50 per ton with a 153 percent relative feed value.
Marketing news notes price ranges for Russet and round red potatoes across Wisconsin Idaho Colorado Minnesota and North Dakota markets. It lists counts sizes and per hundredweight or per carton figures for 50 and 100 pound lots and for various shipping point markets including Chicago and St Louis.
Soybean markets rose as rain sleet and snow covered most unharvested acreage during the week ending Dec. 5. Harvest advanced 2 percent, farmers held grain tight while selling corn and sorghum moderately as animal feed demand rose. Prices firmed for wheat and oats amid tight holdings, with oilseed exports slowing yet strong processor demand lifting soybeans 10 to 12 cents.
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