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Newspaper
Country Today
Location
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1980
Page
2
Market report lists cattle prices by class with steady to light trends. Cows steady to 48 for utility and 43 for cutter, bulls 50 to 54, fed cattle steady with steers 59 to 62 and heifers 55 to 61, Holstein prices 54 to 58, calves 70 to 175 depending on class, hogs lower with top butcher 42 and sows 36 to 38, feeder cattle steady with steers 58 to 70 and springing Holstein heifers 900 to 1400.
A market summary shows weak to steady demand across cattle and hog categories. Utility cows bring 35 to 46, dairy calves 65 to 75, and beef bulls 42 to 48 while Holstein calves move 70 to 136 and hogs vary from 28 to 42 for different classes.
Last week at South St. Paul stockyards saw cattle mostly lower and hogs higher while sheep and lambs held steady. Slaughter steers and Holstein steers eased, cows and bulls mostly off, feeders declined, and feeder lambs and replacement calves traded at varied levels amid mixed demand.
Market summary listing cattle hogs sheep and dairy prices with steady to lower trends. Includes weights grades and bid ranges for slaughter steers heifers cows bulls and lambs plus grain eggs butter cheese and potato quotations from Dec 31 1979 and Dec 31 1970.
The market shows a steady trend with ferrous scrap prices ranging from 8 to 60 per ton for appliances and deep freezers, non ferrous scrap figures for aluminum cans and batteries, and newspaper and corrugated box weights listed. Prices are subject to market conditions on sale day.
Butter prices show Grade B down 2 cents while Grade AA stands at 1.46 percent and Grade A at 1.454 with Grade B at 1.36 percent. Cheese remains steady with Cheddar barrel at 1.31 and 40 lb blocks at 1.36. Wisconsin eggs are barely steady with extra large 75-79, large 73-77, and medium 68-73.
Monday year ago price list shows Flour at 10.35 per cwt and 10.50 for futures, Coffee at 1.25 per lb and 2.00 for futures, Beet sugar at 4190 per hundredweight, Broilers at .5025 per lb, Pork loins at .97 per lb and .80 for futures.
In the four day period ending December 24 on the Minneapolis Grain Exchange, futures were mixed with Chicago and Minneapolis contracts moving within narrow ranges. Cash grains posted scattered gains and losses, with spot spring wheat and winter wheat both down a few cents, durum steady, rye steady to up, and oats and barley finishing mostly lower amid light maltster demand.
Larker traded within 3.55 to 3.90 and Morex within 3.55 to 3.85 while Beacon closed at 3.45 to 3.75 and Glenn at 3.60 to 4. Barley No 3 or better stayed at 2.70. Oilseeds closed mixed with soybeans up 18 cents at 7.57, flaxseed steady at 7.75, and sunflower oil type unchanged at 11.60. Spot crude sunflower oil rose 1 cent to 28 cents per pound.
Prices list for wheat, corn, oats, soybeans and other grains with quality classes. Spring and winter wheat values, durum, rye, barley, flax and sunflower seeds shown. Feedstuffs per ton include soybean meal, linseed meal, meat meal, brewers dried grains and alfalfa meal with listed prices.
Chicago futures table shows live cattle feeder cattle and pork belly prices in cents per pound with bid and ask ranges for Jan through Dec, plus estimates of sales and open interest figures. Notes include Wed sales, total open interest changes from Tuesday, and miscellaneous commodity rows such as russet-burbank potatoes and corn with partial figures and notations on close values.
Dairy Market News notes no spot shipments of Wisconsin fluid milk out of state for Dec 19 to 24, versus five loads the prior week and two loads the year-ago week. Butter prices held at Chicago Mercantile Exchange, cheese prices steady, CCC bought and sold bulk dairy products, and weekly production rose modestly year over year.
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