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Newspaper
Country Today
Location
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1978
Page
2
Eau Claire market report shows steady tone across cattle categories. Utility cows run 30 to 34, canners and cutters 27 to 30, dairy heifers 30 to 35, bulls steady to 38, cutter and utility bulls 30 to 35, beef bulls 33 to 37 across graded lots.
Cows steady with utility 31-34.50, light canners 25-28, heavy dairy 35-39, good beef 34-38. Fed cattle show steady, steers 38-43, heifers 38-41, Holstein steers 36-39. Calves steady with repl Hol. heifers 35-50, repl beef 30-40, veal 55-65. Hog market steady, top butchers 47-47.50, sows 38-42, boars 34-37. Feeder cattle strong with beef and x bred steers 38-47, heifers 36-41, open Holstein heifers 40-50, springing Hol. heifers 500-750.
Livestock buyers report Monday totals with cattle hogs and sheep in St Paul Minnesota. Slaughter steers and heifers steady with price ranges for various weights. Hogs and hog products show higher bids for certain weights and categories.
Cold snowy weather across central and southern Wisconsin reduces truck availability for potato shipments as reported by the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service.
The report shows steady activity in butter with Chicago Grade AA 99 Grade A 99 and Grade B 93, New York Grade AA 1.01% Grade A 1.01% Grade B 98. Cheese features Cheddar barrel and 40 lb blocks at 95 and 98% Swiss Grade A 1.29 Grade B 1.27 Grade C 1.22%. Wisconsin eggs steady with extra large 63-69 Large 62-67 Medium 58-63. Chicago market steady with weight class No 1 51 No 3 46 No 4 36. New York market likewise steady.
A snapshot lists flour at 6.65 dollars per hundredweight, coffee at 2.07 dollars per pound, cocoa not quoted, beet sugar at 0.1865 dollars per pound, broilers 0.4163 per pound, pork loins 0.92 per pound, hams 0.87 per pound, cattle hides 0.50 per pound.
A Wis feeder pig and potato market update reports 218,700 hundredweight of potatoes shipped last week, 43,300 hundredweight less than the prior week, with grain prices steady amid tight Midwest storage. For the week ending Feb 4, spring wheat rose to 2.93, winter wheat at 2.83, durum 3.60, rye 2.80, corn 2.07, oats 1.35-1.36, and feed barley 1.60-1.70 as market activity continues amid demand.
Grain values show Wheat 2.74 percent gain Corn 2.60 Oats 1.91 Soybeans 7.15. Eggs Extra large 77-84 Large 76-81 Medium 72-76. Cattle and hogs mixed with cows 24-27 dairy heifers 24-28 bulls 25-32 calves 42-52 fed cattle 28-33 slaughter hogs 38-38 sows 35-36 boars 16-20. Butter Grade AA 91 cents. Cheese Barrel 82 percent 40 lb block 89. Potatoes Minnesota round reds 4.75-5.25 Select 40 lb 35 Choice 40 lb 33.50. Season total 7.4 million hundredweight 740 million pounds. Russet burbanks 64 Pct tablestock 40 whites 21 reds 10 round white chip stock 5. U S One Size A washed russets 4.50-4.75 round reds 3.50-4 round whites 2.75-3 50-pound cartons 80-90 count 10-11. 40 lb prem grade pigs 34.50-35 on farm. Feb 8 1968 price notes: Wheat 1.59 Corn 1.16 Oats 82 Soybeans 2.73 So St Paul 40-50 lbs 33-37.
Prices quoted from Max Phillips and Sons cover scrap iron at 30 to 40 dollars per net ton and scrap sheet at 12 to 17 dollars. Old batteries 1.50 to 1.90 each, scrap aluminum 15 to 17 cents per pound. Newspaper 15 to 20 dollars per ton by weight brackets, eggs and cheese and poultry prices listed. Oilseeds finish mixed with soybeans up to 5.45, flax at 4.55, sunflowers up to 10.20, and market notes on Midwest feedstuffs and meal prices as of late January.
February 1 quotations show futures gains for Wheat Corn and Soybeans with winter and spring wheat mixes. Prices span No 1 Dark Northern spring varieties and durum while commodities like rye oats barley flax and sunflowers list typical trading ranges. Feed and meal products including bran sesame seed meal soybean meal brewers grains and alfalfa pellets are priced per ton for Minneapolis.
The USDA Livestock Market News says slaughter steers hit a high not seen since April 1976 with 1,170 pound steers at 44.75. Slaughter heifers sold to 43.25 for 850 to 1,125 pounds. cows to 32.50. bulls to 42 at 1,400 pounds. Calves up to 89, most at 40 to Beef feeder steers 37.50 to 47.25. Holstein feeders 33 to 39.50. beef feeder heifers 33 to 43. Holstein replacement heifers averaged 359 pounds at 49.25. Barrows and gilts down a half, sows up 2.50. Slaughter lambs 90 to 120 pounds 61 to 65, shorn lambs 67, ewes 8 to 20.
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