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Newspaper
Country Today
Location
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1987
Page
6
The report notes futures activity at the Chicago Board of Trade with mixed highs and lows and closing figures for Monday. It lists several price points and percentage changes across multiple contracts, then references Mercantile Exchange trading on Tuesday.
The report lists futures prices for Wheat Corn Oats and Soybeans from Minneapolis and Chicago, detailing prices for Spring and Winter Wheat, Durum, Rye, Corn, Oats, Barley, Milo, Azure, and Soybean meal and other feeds. Prices are given per unit or cwt with percent grading differences and per ton values for Minneapolis.
The Dec 28 exchange lists prices for complete automobiles and scrap metal, then cattle and hog market figures from South St. Paul Minnesota and Stevens Point Wisconsin. It covers steers, heifers, cows, bulls, hogs, sheep, feeder pigs, calves, and fat cattle with price ranges and trade volumes, plus potato market notes for Wisconsin and Idaho.
A line listing various cattle categories with weights and price ranges. Includes Holstein feeder bulls 90-130 pounds at 90-1.35, tops at 1.40, Hols heifers 90-125 pounds 70-1.25, beef type 95-130 pounds 75-1.30, vealers 70-80, dairy and butcher classifications, cannercows, and feeder pigs 32-38. Prices quoted per hundredweight.
Trade across multiple species shows feeder pigs 40-60 pounds selling mostly steady to slightly higher with top lots at 41 to 48 per head. Cattle and calves balance cattle market activity with beef and Holstein classes steady to higher. dairy prices hold, with cheese, butter, and egg markets showing stable to firm tones through Dec 28. A post snowstorm dairy workshop in Chilton postponed to Jan 7 at the Eagles hall in Chilton.
The Ettrick livestock report lists cattle and dairy prices by category including cows heavy dairy and beef, steers and heifers from utility through prime, fed cattle and replacements, calves, hogs with butcher and sow ranges, veal calves, fat cattle and Holstein figures, plus feeder pigs and sheep. Prices cover weights from light to heavy with dec 29 and dec 23 trade notes.
The Country Today lists second class postage paid at Eau Claire Wisconsin with a post master address for changes at 611 S Farwell St P O Box 570 Eau Claire WI 54702. Subscription rates are thirteen dollars per year and twenty three dollars for two years.
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