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Newspaper
Country Today
Location
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1980
Page
2
Cattle sections show steady to weak trends with medians across dairy and beef categories. Cows steady, bulls steady to heavy, Holstein and feeder cattle quoted from 53 to 90 dollars, calves 70 to 175 dollars, veal 60 to 85 dollars, hogs strong with top butcher prices at 44 dollars and feeder ranges 53 to 90 dollars for Holstein and open heifers. Springing Holstein heifers listed 900 to 1400 dollars.
Market listing shows cattle categories with price ranges for weak to top in each class. Cattle includes utility cows 43-46, dairy heifers 44-48, commercial bulls 45-50, beef bulls 42-48, and various utility, cull, and common bull categories. calves at 65-75 for select, 50-65 good to choice, down to 35 for standard. replacement calves show Holstein bulls 70-95, top 106, Holstein heifers 100-175, top 217. fed cattle steady with weights and classes given 210-240 lbs 43-44, heavy 39-43, lightweight 35-36, heavyweight 34-35, holstein steers 42-50, beef steers 52-62, beef heifers 42-55, utility/standard 32-42.
USDA market news shows a slight rise in fed cattle and slaughter cow prices at South St. Paul last week with calves and hogs up modestly, bison sales totaling 246 head, cows averaging 465 dollars and bulls 432.50. Slaughter steers peaked at 63.75 per 1050 to 1300 pounds while veal calves and lambs moved modestly, with hides and offal valued at 73 cents per pound versus 62 cents a year ago.
The Country Today lists roles including General Manager Editor and various editors and representatives. It mentions Madison Bureau care and North Western representation, with advertising and circulation details and a Wisconsin Newspaper Association affiliation. The text is fragmented and contains OCR gaps but conveys staff structure and regional offices.
The South St. Paul market lists cattle, hogs, sheep, and calves with varied price ranges. Steers, heifers, cows, and bulls show price shifts across weight classes and grades, alongside grain, eggs, butter, and nonferrous scrap quotes and automobile listings.
Wisconsin eggs show steady ranges with extra large 75 to 79 cents, large 73 to 77, and medium 68 to 73. Butter prices ease slightly in Chicago with Grade AA at 1.46, Grade A at 1.45, Grade B at 1.38. Cheddar cheese unchanged with barrel at 1.31 and 40 lb blocks at 1.36.
Live Hogs futures show mixed values across contracts with Jan Feb Apri1.20 Jun Oct and others trading near in and out of the 68 to 73 range. Coe Est sales total open interest and daily changes are listed with figures for Fri and Thur across multiple months.
A compact futures table shows prices for July and August contracts with various commodities including Russet-Burbank potatoes pork bellies and soybeans. It lists est. sales sales Friday total open interest and daily changes, noting a general mix of gains and declines and indicating close as the average of the last two trades.
Minneapolis March wheat up 26. cents to 4.62, January sunflower 77 cents to 12.52 per cwt, Chicago March corn up 19 cents to 3.78, January soybeans up 39 cents to 7.71. Cash wheat mixed with spring wheat at 4.81 per bushel and winter wheat at 4.59. Durum mostly lower. spot hard amber durum 6.75, milling 6.50-6.60. Rye down 5-10 cents. oats steady near 2.07-2.10. Rail corn up 26 cents to 3.20. Barley fell on weak maltster demand. several lots quoted, No. 3 up 10 cents to 2.70. Oilseeds mixed. soybeans up 66 cents to 7.39, flaxseed down 25 to 7.75, sunflowers at 11.60, crude sunflower oil at 27 cents per lb.
Wisconsin potato shipments increased last week with strong demand for non sized russets and moderate interest in others. A total of 227 000 hundredweight were shipped, up 20 800 cwt from the prior week, bringing season total to 5 902 600 cwt, 5.2 percent above last season at this point. Russets nearly all Burbanks made up 76 percent of movement, followed by round whites 15 percent, round reds 7 percent, and round white chip stock 2 percent.
The report lists cash grain quotes for Wheat 4.58, Corn 3.79, Oats 2.23 and Soybeans 7.93 in Chicago and Minneapolis, with Spring Wheat values for No 1 U S dark northern at 4.68 to 5.09 and Rye and Barley figures. It also covers Feedstuffs price per ton for Minneapolis including soybean meal, linseed meal, meat meal, brewers dried grains, and alfalfa meal among others.
Spot Wisconsin fluid milk shipments rose to five tankers last week from one the prior week, and 1979 levels. Butter on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange fell with Grade AA at 146.0 cents, Grade A at 1.45 dollars, and Grade B at 1.38 dollars. National Cheese Exchange prices were unchanged. CCC bought 3.4 million pounds butter, 2 million pounds black cheese, 1.5 million barrels, and 7.4 million pounds nonfat dry milk. Fortified NDM purchases end this year. 573,000 pounds standard NDM sold back for animal feed. Bids and offers details noted. Week ending Dec 11 shows butter up 20.8 million pounds production, down 9 percent from prior week, but 22 percent above last year. cheese production 43.2 million pounds, down 3 percent week over week, up 19 percent year over year.
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