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Newspaper
Country Today
Location
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1981
Page
2
In South St. Paul Minnesota this Monday, cattle receipts 2,900 with hogs 6,000 and sheep 600. Slaughter steers steady with weights 1,050 to 1,300 pounds at 57 to 58.30, Holsteins steady to higher with 1,200 to 1,600 pounds at 53 to 53.90, slaughter heifers 56.40 to 58, cows 31 to 39, and hogs 39 to 40 for 200 to 240 pounds. Lambs 90 to 115 pounds 44 to 46 for wool, 46 to 48 for shorn, feeders 38 to 48.
Equit cattle report shows steady market across categories. Utility cows top 41.60, dairy heifers 37-43, commercial bulls 38-45, beef bulls 35-42, calves 25-60 with select 50-60 and culls 25 and down.
Local market notes show steady to weak demand. Cows range utility 37 to 41, canners 37 to 40, light canners 32 to 37. Bulls steady to weak with heavy dairy 43 to 46, good beef 43 to 46, light 38 to 43. Market conditions reflect cautious bidding and stable weights across categories.
Prices from Max Phillips and Sons show steady cattle, calves, hogs, and feeder items with ranges for Holstein and beef cattle. Nonferrous scrap and appliances values given, plus grain market notes from Minneapolis and Chicago futures and cash price updates.
Market report lists Minneapolis and Chicago price moves for wheat corn oats and soybeans with No 1 and No 2 grades. Durum rye barley flax sunflowers and various feedstuffs show varied changes. soymeal and byproducts shift while prices remain firm for several items.
Slaughter steers and heifers up 50 cents to $1, Holstein steers weak. Choice slaughter steers 57 to 58.90, Holsteins 52.50 to 54, heifers 56 to 57.70. Cows steady to weak 36 to 39, bulls 43 to 48 at 1 to 2 yield grades. Wealers 65 to 80, some 81 to 119. Calves to 90, replacement heifers 60 to 83.50. Feeder steers 50.75 to 56, Holstein 42 to 49.80 large frame 2, 38 to 42.70 mixed. Feeder heifers 45 to 52.50, 45.75 to 46.60, 39 to 44.75. Barrows and gilts up to 1.50, 200 to 260 lb at 40 to 41.50. Sows under 500 lb down 1 to 2, over 500 lb down 50 cents to 3. 300 to 650 lb 30 to 31.50. Boars 27 to 29. Slaughter lambs active, 46 to 48.50 for shorn prime, 44 to 46 for wooled. Ewes steady 10 to 15. Feeder lambs 38 to 48, mainly 44 to 46.
Grain wheat 4.15 corn 3.64 percent oats 2.22 soybeans 7.73 percent eggs extra large 75 79 large 73 77 medium 68 73. Livestock cows 35 46 dairy heifers 44 48 bulls 40 50 calves 35 75 fed cattle 54 60 slaughter hogs 43 44 sows 38 39 boars 28 32 beef feeder heifers 42 55 beef feeder steers 52 62 Holstein feeders 42 50 slaughter lambs 53 55 Butter Grade AA 1.46 4 1.49. Wisconsin russets potatoes 8 25 9 25.
Wisconsin eggs and produce show Dec 30 1971 readings with grains Wheat 1.67 corn 1.22 oats 7.54 soybeans 3.09 percent eggs large 44 45 percent medium 37 38 butter Grade B down six cents Chicago Grade A 1.47 Grade A 1.46 Grade B 1.39 and Dec 18 data. Livestock prices vary with cows 18 24 percent heifers 21 25 bulls 23 28 44 fed steers and heifers 24 34 veal calves 24 55 slaughter hogs 22 44 23 sows 15 17 boars 12 14 slaughter lambs 24 44 25 44 butter AA 3 35 cheddar unchanged 1 31 blocks 1 35 Wisconsin eggs steady extra large 74 79 large 71 74 medium 67 70.
Last week's feeder pig prices show select 45 lb pigs at 23.75 to 24.75 dollars per head from American Feeder Pig Co op. Midwest Livestock Producers lists 40 to 50 lb pigs at 22.50 to 25 dollars for picked up on farm, and 40 to 50 lb pigs at 27 to 32 dollars.
Two spot shipments of Wisconsin fluid milk went to Indiana during the week, six loads the prior week, none a year earlier. Butter prices on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange were unchanged for AA and A grades while B butter fell 6 cents to 1.39. No National Cheese Exchange trading occurred. CCC net purchases totaled 4.2 million pounds bulk butter 4.7 million pounds block and barrel cheese and 11.5 million pounds nonfat dry milk with milk equivalent at 133.2 million pounds. Fortified NDM purchases end December 31. CCC plans conversion of 14.7 million pounds of barrel and black cheese to 5-pound processed leaf cheese. CCC sold 1.2 million pounds standard grade NDM for animal feed at .55 to .59 per pound. For the week ending December 17 U.S. butter production estimated 23 million pounds unchanged from prior week but 6 percent higher than a year ago. Cheese production 47.2 million pounds up 2 percent week over week and 5 percent from a year ago.
Soybean futures rose on the Chicago Board of Trade as the market rebounded from the Poland martial law imposition. Oats hit the daily 6 cent limit with gains across wheat and corn, while wheat and corn advanced up to 15 and 8 percent, respectively.
Chicago Board of Trade futures rise with January corn quoted at 6.21. Trading data show day high and low unspecified, with past sales around 144,547 and 19,122 and open interest climbing by 773 and 835 respectively from the previous day.
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