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Newspaper
Country Today
Location
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1979
Page
2
Market rundown lists Cows strong utility 52 55, light canners 45 50, Bulls heavy dairy 56 60, calves steady 80 110 for Holstein and beef types. Feeder cattle firm 55 80, open Hol. heifers 55 80, springing Hol. heifers 750 1000. Sows 42 44, bears 33 35, top hogs 49 49.5.
The daily market sheet lists steady to firm prices across cattle hogs and sheep. Cattle bids cover utility cows 47-53, bulls 52-58, replacement calves 75-135, and feeder cattle 32-68 with Holsteins emphasized. Slaughter steers and heifers show higher prices for Choice and Good categories, while cows and bulls range 41-59 with steady to higher trends. hogs and lambs show mixed shifts with price ranges across weight classes.
Historical price columns show grain, eggs, livestock, dairy and potato values for January 10 1978 and January 10 1969. Wheat corn oats soybeans eggs butter cheese potatoes listed with ranges, grades, and regional identifiers. Includes grain and livestock categories across multiple years for comparison.
Market for non ferrous scrap shows varied quotations from Max Phillips and Sons including complete automobiles, sheet from, appliances, aluminum, batteries, radiators and paper. Quotes list price ranges per hundredweight and note market conditions date of sale and nominally unable to accept paper now.
Market News notes thin activity in grain trading for the week ending January 4. Minneapolis wheat futures slipped to 3.07, Chicago corn to 2.28, and soybeans to 6.70. Wheat values closed mixed with spring wheat down, durum steady, and rye easing while oats held firm. Malting barley distribution showed firming demand for Larker, with various barley prices listed and flaxseed up on higher crushing demand.
Wisconsin eggs and produce show mixed movement with weak to unsettled prices for extra large to large eggs and steady to higher feedstuff values. Chicago and New York markets quote grain and oilseed bids, with soybean meal, sunflowers, and alfalfa meal cited amid tight supply and rising animal protein feeds.
Wall Street to Monday reports show futures gains in Wheat Corn and Soybeans with specific price ranges for Spring and Winter Wheat Durum Rye Corn Oats Barley and various byproducts. The bulletin lists prices per unit for Bran Linseed Meal Soybean Meal Brewers Grains Alfalfa Pellets and Molasses and notes new crop Sunflower Seeds and Flax with unit prices.
Last week at South St. Paul stockyards slaughter and feeder animals gained. Slaughter steers and heifers up 1.5 to 2.5 while cows rose 1.5 to 3, with bulls scarce. Feeder weights and Holsteins showed higher returns, and lambs plus sows moved up, as the estimated carcass value and hide/offal figures contrasted with a year ago.
Madison Credit Commodity Corp purchases nonfat dry milk while buying 220000 pounds of butter from western markets. Butter production nationwide down 20 percent year over year and cheese output at 43 million pounds last week, up 8 percent from a year earlier. Out of state milk shipments rise to 33 loads last week from 25 last year. Fluid production grows in Wisconsin, the Deep South and the East, but remains low in the West.
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