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Newspaper
Country Today
Location
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1982
Page
2
Market report lists Cows 32 to 49, Bulls up to 49, Fed cattle up to 57, Calves 55 to 90, Hogs 38 to 55 percent, feeder cattle 45 to 63 with Holstein and springing heifers valued 900 to 1,000 dollars. Includes beef, dairy, and veal categories with varying quality classifications.
A dense market listing shows ranges for EQUITY CATTLE including strong top cows and various classes, CALVES with steady prices across select to standard, and FED CATTLE with feeder pig auction Monday mornings. Holstein calves and feeder offerings are itemized with weights and price bands, plus packer and boar values.
Daily market notes show Madison fluid milk supply redirected last week toward manufactured products. Details on quantities, destinations, and market impact are not provided in the fragment.
Butter unchanged at 1.47 for Grade AA and 1.45 for Grade A while Grade B stays at 1.42. Cheddar cheese barrels at 1.33 with 40 lb blocks at 1.37. Wisconsin eggs hold steady for extra large 73 to 78 and large 70 to 73 with mid ranges for medium. USDA analysts note surplus milk arriving earlier but not heavy in all regions. No Wisconsin milk shipments moved out of state last week. spot loads were 2 a year ago and 4 the prior week. Southern and eastern milk shipments expected to Midwest plants over Christmas with first arrivals late weekend.
South St. Paul Minnesota market report shows slaughter steers up to 50 cents higher with good and choice weights at 56.50 to 57.50 and 57 to 58.60 for higher grades. Holstein steers steady with choice 51 to 52, cows steady to strong at 35 to 38 for utilities, hogs up 50 cents to 1 dollar with No 1 and 2 at 56 to 57 for 200 to 240 pounds, sows 45.50 to 47, and boars 41 to 41.50. Sheep and lambs higher with feeders 48 to 53 for 60 to 90 pounds and wooled 50 to 52 for 90 to 125 pounds.
Grain and livestock quotes from the prior year include Wheat at 4.10, Corn 2.75, Oats 2.01, Soybeans 6.22. Egg prices range from Extra large 74 to Large 71. Calves and cattle values run from 32 to 85 with slaughter hogs at 39 to 42. Butter Grade A at 1.46. Chicago AA at 1.47.
The page lists prices for scrap aluminum copper glass and other materials, batteries radiators and cans with per pound rates, plus grain and livestock quotes, butter and potatoes, and a note about a donation to Sundowners Drum Corps. It notes price changes with markets and is dated December 28, 1972.
Light country grain selling during the Christmas week left cash prices mostly steady to weak. Minneapolis March wheat closed up 1% at 3.77, Chicago March corn rose to 2.41, and Chicago January soybeans fell to 5.64. Cash spring wheat eased to 3.95, winter wheat to 3.86, durum steady at 4.35, with rye down to 3.55. Oats unchanged at 1.64, specialty race oats 1.66–1.69, malting barley 2.30–2.40, six row barley malt weaker. Feed barley 1.56 in Minneapolis, 1.75 at Oilseed prices mostly lower. soybeans 5.50, flaxseed 5.40, sunflowers 9.10. Meal and byproducts mixed. meat meal 305, wheat bran down to 73, middlings 71, sacked bran 106, brewers’ dried grain 120, alfalfa meal 110.
The U S Senate adopted a resolution introduced by Senator Rudy Boschwitz urging the Secretary of Agriculture to use his existing authority to export CCC owned dairy products. The measure cites authorities to move surplus butter cheese and nonfat dried milk into international markets.
Futures shows wheat up 3.77 percent and corn up 2.44 percent with oats rising 1.68 percent and soybeans up 5.64 percent. Monday cash prices list No 1 U S dark northern spring wheat around 3 87 to 4 02 per bushel and No 1 dark hard red winter wheat near 3 84 to 4 35 for durum. Other grains show rye 2 50 corn No 2 2 26-2 28 and soybeans No 1 yellow 5 52 percent with various feedstuffs priced per ton.
Ames Iowa A ISU Extension economist Gene Futrell projects higher fed cattle prices this winter with choice steers possibly reaching the mid 60s per hundredweight. He notes more cattle on feed than a year ago and expects second quarter 1983 slaughter and prices to reflect moderating beef and pork supplies, cooling demand, and tighter farm to retail margins.
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