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Newspaper
Country Today
Location
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1981
Page
2
A compact dairy beef and feeder cattle market roundup lists price ranges for Cows Bulls Fed Cattle Calves Hogs and Feeder Cattle. It shows weak to steady demand across categories with specific price bands for light canners heavy dairy good beef and Holstein steers alongside springing Holstein heifers and high value replacement veal and springing stock.
CATTLE steady with top 46 percent for utility cows 43 to 46 and cannners 35 to 43. dairy heifers 44 to 48. BULLS steady with commercial bulls 45 to 50 and beef bulls 42 to 48. Replacent calves steady with Holstein pull calves 110 to 135 pounds at 70 to 95, top 108. Fed cattle steady 54 to 60. HOGS steady with 210 to 240 pound butchers 40, heavy butchers 37 to 40, lightweight packers 35 to 36, heavyweights 35 to 36. Bears 30 to 32, Holstein steers 42 to 50, beef steers 52 to 62, beef heifers 42 to 55, utility and standard 32 to 42.
Cattle prices moved higher last week while sheep were steady and hogs declined. Slaughter steers and heifers finished steady to 50 cents higher with choice steers at 61.50 to 63, Holsteins 58 to 59, and heifers 60 to 62.25. Cows 41 to 45, bulls 52 to 55. Feeder cattle up 25. Holsteins 46 to 62.50. Lambs and ewes steady. feeder lambs weak to 2 lower. Country Today, Wisconsin rural weekly.
The report shows cattle volumes and price ranges for Monday with steer and heifer values. Slaughter steers steady to down 50c to $1, hogs steady to up 50c, cows and bulls steady, sheep and lambs 1 dollar lower, feeders and weaners listed with weights and bid ranges.
A compact market roundup listing prices as of January 7 for grains, eggs, livestock categories, butter, potatoes, and cheese. Separate figures for 1980 and 1971 show daily ranges for Wheat Corn Oats Soybeans Eggs Cows Heifers Bulls Hogs Lambs Butter Cheese and regional potato varieties.
Market data shows weak demand for autos with price ranges across several sizes and models. Scrap metal and non ferrous prices move firm in futures and cash markets on the Minneapolis Grain Exchange, with wheat, corn and soy futures reporting small gains.
Wisconsin eggs hold steady with grades B up 1 cent and exchange dates Dec 31 and Jan 2 noted. Cheese prices unchanged with Cheddar barrel at 1.31 and 40 lb blocks at 1.36, while eggs show extra large 75-79, large 73-77, medium 68-73 and AA 1.46% at Chicago.
The report lists last Monday's prices for flour coffee sugar and meat products with changes in many items. It covers cattle hides rye spot rail corn oats malting barley and oilseeds including soybeans flaxseed sunflowers and crude sunflower oil with noted gains and stability across categories.
Madison Wisconsin potato shipments increased last week as demand stayed strong. Total shipped 157,200 cwt, up 6,700 cwt from the prior week, with season total 6,250,300 cwt, 4.2 percent above last season at this date.
The report lists cash grain prices for Wheat Corn and Soybeans from Minneapolis and Chicago, with Spring and Winter Wheat, Durum, Rye, Oats, Barley, and Sunflower Seeds quotes. It also provides Minneapolis per ton prices for various feedstuffs including soybean meal linseed meal meat meal brewers dried grains and alfalfa meal.
Spot shipments of Wisconsin fluid milk were steady with no shipments for the week of December 25 31 and none the prior week or a year ago. On the Chicago Mercantile Exchange butter prices rose one cent for grade B while AA and A stayed put. National Cheese Exchange prices were unchanged. CCC activity comprised 6.5 million pounds bulk butter 1.6 million pounds blocks and barrels and 11.1 million pounds nonfat dry milk with some sales and rejections. Butter production for the week ending December 25 fell 2 percent from the prior week and 3 percent from a year ago while cheese output rose 5 percent from both prior week and year ago.
Trading data shows live cattle pork hogs feeder cattle and corn futures with bid, ask, and close prices. Open interest figures indicate gains and losses across contracts, plus Friday sales and Wednesday totals for each commodity.
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