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Newspaper
Country Today
Location
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1987
Page
4
Futures trading on the Chicago Board of Trade resumes Monday with activity noted and Mercantile Exchange Tuesday outlined for potential shifts in prices.
The report lists futures for Wheat Corn and Oats with percentage changes and prices for Spring and Winter WHEAT, Durum Rye and Corn. It also provides No 1 yellow Soybeans prices, Sunflower seed, and feedstuffs per ton for Minneapolis. Prices include soybean meal figures and other meal products with per ton values.
Market soft for autos with large medium small compact and pickup categories priced at 15 to 32 dollars per unit. Stripped automobiles listed at 16 to 24 dollars with other lots 20 to 32 dollars, all cited from South St. Paul Minnesota on December 28. Cattle, vealers, hogs, and sheep market figures show mixed moves and feeder pigs volume noted. Slaughter steers ranged from 60 to mid 60s with higher bids on choice and good categories.
Trade data show choice and good cattle, Holsteins and steers at 58-68 with feeders 63-85. slaughter cows 46-55. hogs 41-42 for Nos.1-2 220-260 Ibs. feeder pigs 22-47. lambs steady 55-62. calves 35-60. Dec 28 report from Zumbrota Minnesota noting 1067 head traded and receipts estimated 700 cattle, 300 calves, 50 hogs, 10 sheep.
Equity livestock markets list feeder bulls and heifers by weight and grade, with beef and veal categories. Includes Holstein and dairy cattle values, cattle, bulls, sows, boars, and feeder pigs with price ranges per weight class.
This week at Marion and Lancaster the feeder pig market shows 1102 head traded with a trend steady to 1 higher for 40 to 70 pound pigs. Extreme top lots include 40 head at 43 pounds for 38.50 and 23 head at 86 pounds for 51, with other performances across weights and categories from Midwest Livestock Producers and Dale graded feeders. A dairy steer workshop was postponed by a snowstorm and reset for January 7 at the Eagles in Chilton per Matt Glewen.
Market report from Bonduel showing steady cattle and dairy items. Holstein and beef calves, cows, and bulls priced with ranges for feeders, replacement calves, and fed cattle. Also includes butter cheese and Wisconsin egg quotes with Dec 23 exchange date noted.
Dec 29 livestock prices across cattle calves hogs and dairy items show steady to weak trends. Utility and commercial cattle steady with varied ranges for cows calves and replacement stock. Holstein and beef calves fetch 1 to 1.40 per pound for replacements and veal. hogs softer with butchers near 38 to 40.25 per hundredweight. dairy cattle and heifers priced across multiple weight classes with mixed gains and declines.
The Country Today is a rural oriented independent Wisconsin newspaper mailed each Wednesday to farms and agribusinesses in Wisconsin Illinois Iowa and Minnesota. It provides subscription rates and mailing addresses including 611 S Farwell St Eau Claire WI 54702 and publishing facility 701 S Farwell St. The paper is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Eau Claire Press Co.
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