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Newspaper
Country Today
Location
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1981
Page
2
The market shows higher prices in several categories with large cattle, hogs, sheep and vealers traded. Slaughter steers and heifers move $1 to $3 higher, Holstein steers rise $1 to $2, cows improve $1, and feeders and lambs post gains or steady figures. Notable lots include Choice steers around 1050 to 1250 pounds and shipments of 1,393 pound Holsteins.
Strong Utility 45-50 for canner and cutter 44-50. Light canners 40-44. Calves steady. Replacement beef 75-90. Replacement Holstein bulls 75-90. Replacement Holstein heifers 125-175. Choice veal 75-90. Good-choice veal 60-75.
Market notes list cattle categories with price ranges for utility cows bulls calves and feeders. Includes complete automobile and appliance listings with steady pricing and specific item notes. Also covers replacement calves hogs feed cattle and springing holstein heifers with dollar figures and weights.
Slaughter cattle prices mixed to lower with steers 56.50 to 58.90 for choice and Holstein and heifers 55.90 to 58.20. Feeder prices steady to weak, hogs mostly steady, sheep steady, vealers firm with top 96 to 114 for best choices. Bull and gilt prices varied, Monday feeder pig auction notes detailed weight bands and price ranges.
Spot grain prices were mixed last week as farm selling stayed light. Futures closed higher with Minneapolis March wheat at 4.56, sunflowers at 11.85 per hundredweight, Chicago March corn at 3.64, and soybeans at 7.54. Eggs for sizes extra large to medium ranged by weight.
The listing covers prices for milk orders including 2000 pounds and larger, dairy products like Butter Grade A prices, and livestock categories with ranges for cows dairy heifers bulls calves fed cattle slaughter hogs sows boars feeder cattle and lambs. It notes changes in slaughter lamb and ewe values and provides recent carcass and hide value data.
The report lists egg and cheese prices including large and extra large eggs, cheddar and Swiss grades, and livestock price ranges for cows, heifers, bulls, fed cattle, veal, hogs, lambs, and sows. It also covers rye, corn, oats, barley, soybeans, flax, sunflower seed, and crude sunflower oil with spot and delivery figures and recent moves.
Wisconsin shipped 134,000 hundredweight of potatoes last week, 22,900 cwt less than the prior week, with the season total reaching 7.4 million cwt including seed. Russets made up 84 percent of table stock, prices mainly $14 per 10 pound sack film sacks and up to $19 for 80s and 90s.
The report lists cash prices for Wheat, Corn, Oats and Soybeans from Minneapolis and Chicago, and futures ranges for Spring Wheat No 1 dark northern, Winter Wheat No 1 dark hard red, Durum, Rye, Corn No 2, Oats No 1, Barley varieties, Feed, Soybeans No 1 yellow, Flax No 1 and Sunflower Seeds by cent per bushel or cwt with percentage tables showing 4.46 to 7.37 percent figures where applicable.
Wisconsin market news reports six loads of fluid milk shipped for the week ending Feb 5, up from none the prior week but far below 18 tankers shipped the same week in 1980. Prices held on CME and NCE, CCC purchases totaled 12.6 million pounds butter and several cheese and milk powders. Butter production rose to 27.9 million pounds the week ending Jan 29, up 5 percent week over week and 18 percent year over year. cheese output reached 48.3 million pounds, up 3 percent from the prior week and 14 percent from the previous year.
Market briefing shows open interest and sales across futures, including Pork Bellies Wheat Corn and Potatoes. Notable figures include Fri open interests of 10 637 21 237 15 645 and 238 514 with gains and losses from the prior day, plus Fri sales totals across contracts.
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