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Newspaper
Country Today
Location
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1987
Page
4
Futures trading on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange opened sharply higher as traders assessed overnight gains. Strong demand for commodity contracts and financial products boosted activity across pork futures and equity indexes with brisk trading volumes recorded.
The notice lists futures prices for Wheat Ming, Corn, Oats and Soybeans on Chicago and Minneapolis exchanges with percent changes. It also provides ranges for Winter Wheat and Spring Wheat grades, plus prices for Durum Rye Corn Oats Barley and feedstuffs including soybean meals Linseed meal meat meal wheat bran and alfalfa meal.
Exchange dated December 14 lists complete automobiles and various scrap commodities. Prices cover large and small market segments for steel, non ferrous metals, aluminum, brass, copper, radiators, and batteries with CWT and NT terms and unit references.
South St. Paul Minnesota prices dated December 7 show slaughter steers at 61.50 to 63.50 with higher gains for Holsteins and heifers, cows up to 2 higher, and feeders steady to up. Zumbrota trade date December 14 lists feeder cattle 400-1000 lb ranges and fat cattle steady with holstein steers and slaughter cows at varying price bands.
Milwaukee and Belmont market notes list bid ranges for beef steers and heifers, Holsteins, cows, bulls, calves, sows, boars, and lambs with late December receipts. Prices shown per hundredweight, plus a Tuesday forecast of 700 cattle, 300 calves, 50 hogs, and 10 sheep.
On December 4 exchange date butter prices hold steady with Grade AA at 1.3575 to 1.39, Grade A 1.3475 to 1.36, Grade B 1.27. Cheddar barrel and 40 lb blocks quoted at 1.10 and 1.19 respectively. Wisconsin eggs reported adequate demand with Extra large 0.49 to 0.54, Large 0.47 to 0.52, Medium 0.34 to 0.41.
Prices from EQUITY livestock and market reports show cattle and hogs mostly steady to higher across cattle categories with top cows around 49.75 and beef bulls 50-54. Feeders hold steady or weaker with plain steers 55-65 and hot steers 47-55. Calves vary, with fancy top beef calves 81 and Holstein calves 1.10-1.48 replacement calves 1.10-1.48. Potatoes and grain prices appear for Wisconsin Idaho Colorado and Minnesota markets with russets 3.75-4.00 per 100 lb and grain bids by district at 1.62-1.74 per bushel for No. 2 yellow corn.
Dec 9 market notes steady to mixed cattle values across cattle groups with fed steers and heifers in the 50s to 60s, Holstein and replacement calves quoted 0.80 to 1.40 per pound, hogs steady with butchers around 40 dollars, veal generally 60 to 90, and feeder pigs fluctuating 34 to 43 for various weights.
The Country Today is a rural oriented independent Wisconsin newspaper mailed Wednesdays to farm households in Wisconsin Illinois Iowa and Minnesota. It lists postal and phone contacts with Eau Claire addresses for subscriptions and address changes and notes publishing facilities and ownership by Eau Claire Press Co. ISN 0192 9658.
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