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Newspaper
Country Today
Location
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1982
Page
2
South St. Paul Minnesota Tuesday livestock report shows cattle and hog volumes with prices: slaughter steers up 1 to 2 dollars. Holstein steers steady. slaughter heifers up 1 to 2 dollars. cows strong to higher. bulls steady. calves weak. replacement calves steady. feeder cattle and hogs listed with weight bands and bid ranges. Eau Claire and Monday feed pig auction noted.
Feeder cattle steady with beef and cross bred steers priced 50 to 54 dollars per hundredweight. Beef bred heifers 45 to 50, Holstein steers 44 to 48, open Holstein heifers 55 to 75, springing Holstein heifers 1000 to 1300 dollars. Also herd categories include utility cows 38 to 42 percent, canner and cutter 38 to 41, light canners 33 to 38, replacement beef 40 to 60, replacement Holstein bulls 70 to 85, replacement Holstein heifers 75 to 125, choice veal 50 to 70, good choice veal 40 to 50, top butchers 43, sows 35 to 37, boars 32 to 34.
Wisconsin eggs and produce prices show steady to unchanged levels. Butter grades A and B lower Chicago Grade AA 1.47, Grade A 1.46, Grade B 1.40. Cheese unchanged with Cheddar barrel 1.31 and 40 lb blocks 1.35. Wisconsin eggs steady with extra large 70-75, large 67-70, medium 63-66.
The listing shows complete automobiles by size with prices 22 to 60 dollars, steel and sheet iron values, appliances and deep freezers, non ferrous scrap including aluminum and cans, batteries, radiators and stainless items, with CWT and NT units. Also notes newsprint and corrugated boxes accepted by weight, subject to market conditions at sale.
Markets a year ago show futures and cash grain prices moving higher amid weak farm selling and stronger export and domestic demand. Minneapolis March wheat gains 6 percent to $4.10, Chicago March corn up 6 to $2.76, and Chicago March soybeans up 14 to $6.40. Spot spring wheat rises, winter wheat firm, durum milling mostly steady, rye edges higher, spot corn at $2.38.
The market roundup shows federal milk order prices unchanged with minor advances of 10-18 cents and close ranges around 2.13 to 2.23. Barley prices steady while other grains rise 10-15 cents. soybeans jump 18 cents to 6.00. flaxseed slips 5 cents to 7.50. sunflowers oil type up 35 cents to 11.65 per cwt and crude oil near 24.5 cents per pound.
Prices for futures in Wheat Corn and Oats at Minneapolis and Chicago, with spring and winter wheat bids, durum rye and barley ranges, corn and oat classifications, soybeans and flax figures. Includes feedstuff per ton prices for Minneapolis dated Dec 29 and various meal and grain products with prices.
A former Bloomer resident has been named manager of the Mid erica plant in Fergus Falls, effective January 1. The notice also lists grain prices for wheat corn oats and soybeans along with egg price ranges.
Feeder pig prices show American Feeder Pig Co op select 45 lb pigs at 29.25 to 30.25 and Midwest Livestock 40 to 50 lb premium pigs 29 to 31.50 picked up on farm. Equity livestock ranges include cows 39 to 42, dairy heifers 44 to 48, slaughter hogs 40 to 41, sows 37 to 44, and other beef and veal figures. butter surges 1.46 to 1.49. Potatoes Wisconsin russets fetch 11.00 to 11.50. Grain and eggs markets listed with wheat 1.69, corn 1.21, oats 0.76, soybeans 3.02, large eggs 0.35 to 0.36, medium 0.30 to 0.31. Keith Murfield, former Bloomer Mid-Am plant superintendent in 1977 and later Fergus Falls production supervisor, named to new post in December. he is 28 and a South Dakota State graduate in dairy manufacturing.
In the first seven days of 1982 eight spot shipments of Wisconsin fluid milk moved to Indiana, while the first and last weeks of 1981 had no loads. Butter at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange fell to 1.46 dollars for grade A and 1.40 for grade B, with grade AA at 1.47. Cheese prices unchanged on the National Cheese Exchange. Commodity Credit Corp net dairy purchases surged last week with 11.7 million pounds of butter bought. Futures trading on the Chicago Board of Trade showed movement in wheat contracts with March to December prices and earlier sales recorded.
Trading data report futures prices for dairy products and related commodities, noting weekly milk and cheese production rises. U.S. butter output up 5 percent week over week, cheese production up 6 percent, with significant cheese and dry milk powder sales and high open interest figures.
Last week at South St. Paul stockyards shows higher bids across cattle hogs and sheep. Slaughter steers and heifers up 11.50 with choice steers 57.30 to 59.60 and heifers 56.10 to 57.80 while Holstein steers stay mostly steady 52.25 to 53.50. Slaughter cows rise 1 to 2 while bulls stay steady 43 to 48. Feeder cattle up 1 to 3 with steers 52 to 58.75. Barrows and gilts higher, boars above 300 pounds 36 to 37. Lambs steady to up 1 with shorn higher. Feeder lambs steady 38 to 48. Estimated carcass value 98.73 for 600–700 pounds. hide value 5.61 per hundredweight.
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