This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 9 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Country Today
Location
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1981
Page
2
Market report for South St. PaulMinn listing cattle hogs sheep and slaughter figures. Prices shown for steers cows bulls heifers and lambs with ranges and movement. Includes weights from 140 to 2 100 pounds and feeder categories.
Market report notes steady cattle values across categories. Utility cows 42-46, dairy heifers 43-48, common utility bulls 40-45, beef bulls 42-48, replacement calves Holstein bull calves 60-80 with tops 91, Holstein heifer calves 100-175 with top 220, fed cattle 53-57. Hog section shows varied ranges with strong 1 and 2 butchers 40-40, heavy 38-40, light 35-36, heavyweights 35-36, bears 28-30. Feeder cattle weak with Holstein steers 42-55, beef steers 52-62, beef heifers 42-55, utility 32-42. Monday feeder pig auction notes bulk weights 40-60 lbs 31-34 percent and 50-60 lbs 34-38 percent.
South St Paul stockyards saw higher prices for some livestock while slaughter steers and cows fell. Slaughter steers 58 to 61.20. Holstein steers mostly 56.50 to 58.60. slaughter heifers 57.59 to 59.90. cows 40 to 44. bulls 49 to 55. heifers and steers show varied feeder prices. Feeder lambs steady. hogs and sows mixed. carcass value for a 600-700 lb beef carcass about 102.98.
A dense listing from the Wisconsin market shows bids for cattle including steers and heifers. prices for beef, Holstein stock, and veal, plus ferrous and non ferrous scrap values. Butter, cheese, eggs, and packaging material prices are also noted, with exchange dates and weight class guides.
Market summary shows last year and last week prices for grain and livestock items including wheat soybeans corn oats and cattle hogs and cheese. Curtailed grain futures with Chicago and Minneapolis contracts down and rye and rail corn also easing amid higher interest rates and low water on the Mississippi River.
Milk order prices saw minor gains with Larker, Morex, Beacon rising five cents to ranges around 3.65 to 3.90, 3.65 to 3.85, and 3.60 to 3.75 respectively while Glenn held at 3.60 to 4. Feed barley closed flat at 2.85. Oilseed markets slid as soybeans fell 13 cents to 6.75, sunflowers dropped 55 cents to 11 per cwt, and spot crude sunflower seed oil slipped slightly to 24% cents per pound.
A compact price rundown shows cash grain bids for Wheat Corn Oats and Soybeans from Minneapolis and Chicago markets with spring and winter wheat ranges. It includes No 1 dark northern spring and durum values, rye corn oats barley feed names, and feedstuffs prices per ton for January 20.
No spot shipments of Wisconsin grade A fluid milk last week down from four truckloads the prior week and 13 a year ago. Butter prices held steady on Chicago exchanges with AA 1.46 A 1.45 and B 1.364 dollars. Green Bay cheese barrels 1.31 and blocks 1.35 unchanged. CCC bought 11.5 million pounds bulk butter 1.2 million pounds black cheese 2.4 million barrels 11.8 million pounds nonfat dry milk during Jan 20 30. sold 447000 pounds nonfat dry milk for animal feed and rejected 1.2 million pounds. Bids delivered 14.2 million pounds five pound loaves from gov barrels and blocks at 12 and 13 cents. Week ending Jan 22 butter output 26.5 million pounds up 3 percent from prior week and 15 percent from a year ago. cheese output 46.9 million pounds up 2 percent from prior week and 14 percent from a year ago.
Summary of futures activity across cattle hogs and pork bellies with daily closes openings and total open interest. Reports include live beef cattle prices cents per pound and pork belly futures with multiple delivery months and daily sales figures.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.