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Newspaper
Country Today
Location
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1978
Page
2
Market report shows cattle and hog pricing by class. Canner and cutter, light canners, bulls, fed cattle, calves, hogs, and feeder cattle listed with price ranges and steady or fluctuating notes. Includes Holstein and veal figures and springing Holstein heifers priced between 750 and 1000 dollars.
The market shows steady trends across cattle categories. Top utility cows bring 45 to 48, bulls reach 55.90 with commercial bulls 48 to 52, replacement calves steady with Holstein bull calves 70 to 135 pounds at 95, and fed cattle listing several weight bands with no sharp shifts.
Livestock Market News reports prices mixed as slaughter steers and heifers mostly declined by 50 to 100 cents, with Holstein steers steady to 50 cents higher. Cows gained 1.50 to 2.50, bulls steady to firm, feeders and lighter calves showing steady to higher bids. Holstein replacements and feeder classes varied, with bulls and sows offering uneven demand and barrow activity centered on lighter weights.
Live market report from South St. Paul Minnesota shows cattle 3 200 head hogs 6 500 sheep 600 slaughter steers and heifers with fully steady demand. Prices listed by weight and grade include Holstein steers and heifers and various slaughter cows bulls hogs sows boars and sheep and lambs with steadiness across classes. strong entities include South St Paul Minnesota slaughter ring with specific weight ranges and percentage yields.
Wisconsin eggs hold steady with cautious movement across sizes from extra large to medium. Butter and cheese prices shift slightly with Grade AA butter at 1.10 percent and cheddar barrel at 1.09 percent. Chicago market remains steady as New York prices show modest gains for Swiss and cheese blocks.
Market data shows grain prices for wheat corn oats and soybeans, egg prices by size, livestock quotes for cows heifers bulls calves fed cattle hogs sows boars feeder pigs slaughter lambs, butter and cheese grades, and Wisconsin red potatoes with ranges for two dates Dec 27 1977 and Dec 27 1968. Names of commodities, units, and price ranges are listed in sequence.
The notice lists weight categories 6 000 Ibs and over 4 000 6 000 Ibs 2 000 4 000 Ibs and under 2 000 Ibs with nominal denial of paper acceptance due to market conditions. Prices subject to market condition date of sale. The fragment mentions steel and unclear wording.
The Country Today lists key staff including General Manager Editor and department heads. It names regional representatives for Central Southwestern Eastern Northwestern Western and national advertising offices in Minneapolis Chicago Omaha Kansas City Atlanta Dallas.
Across the Minneapolis Grain Exchange last week soybeans jumped sharply while other grains mixed as holidays slowed overseas business. Wheat closed up 2 cents at 3.13, corn down a quarter at 2.30, soybeans up 11 at 6.95 on the board. Cash buyers were scarce as inventories year end trimmed activity and prices for most grains eased. Rye steady to up, oats down, malting barley firm or softer by name, oilseeds firm with sunflowers rising, flax flat.
Futures quotes from Minneapolis and Chicago show Wheat up 3.13 percent and Soybeans up 6.93 percent with Corn up 2.31 percent. No. 1 Spring Wheat dark northern ranges from 3.24 to 3.27 percent protein. Prices listed for Rye Corn Oats Soybeans Flax Sunflower seeds bran and various meals per ton.
Butter prices fell 10 to 12 cents across all grades in Chicago and New York while cheese prices held steady. Week ending Dec 14 saw butter output at 15.8 million pounds, down 2 percent from the prior week and 16 percent from a year ago, with cheese at 35.5 million pounds, down 1 percent week to week but up 3 percent year over year. The November weighted uniform price across 46 federal markets was 11.52 per hundredweight, up 28 cents from October and 1.35 above last November. CCC offered 1.9 million pounds of frozen part skim mozzarella from nonfat dry milk, purchased 963,920 pounds of fortified nonfat dry milk, and sold 132.89 pounds of bulk butter. Total butter sellback reached 10.2 million pounds since Oct 1.
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