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Newspaper
Country Today
Location
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1979
Page
2
Livestock prices for Ettrick show steady to strong demand across cows, bulls, calves, hogs and feeder cattle. Utility cows bring 46-52 with higher ranges for canners, while heavy dairy bulls fetch 56-60 and Holstein steers 55-57. Calves quoted 75-90 for beef and Holstein, veal 65-90, and springing Holsteins 750-1,100. Feeder cattle demand holds, with steers 58-85 and open heifers 60-90.
Steady to mixed livestock prices listed for cattle, replacement calves, feedlot cattle, and slaughter categories. Items include Holstein calf values, dairy and beef cattle ranges, butcher and packer classes, hogs and sows quotes, and sheep and lambs bids. Market totals show Monday volume: cattle 3800, hogs 6000, sheep 400.
Wisconsin market summaries dated January 24 1978 and January 19 1969 list Grain Wheat Corn and Oats values with soybeans at varied percentages Eggs by size with price ranges Livestock including cows dairy heifers bulls calves and various meat stocks Butter Cheese and Potatoes show grade specific prices and regional modifiers for Wisconsin Minnesota and New York markets, reflecting exchange dates and product types.
Prices quoted from Max Phillips and Sons list Wisconsin eggs with extra large 76 to 81 cents and large 74 to 79 cents and medium 71 to 76 cents. The complete automobiles market remains strong according to the report.
Cash grain prices rose last week on the Minneapolis Grain Exchange led by soybeans as strong crusher and export demand amid Brazil’s drought. Soybeans delivered for January gained 17 cents to $6.63, flaxseed up a nickel to $6.20, sunflower seed steady at $11.95 and 15 cent advance at Duluth to $12.55 as navigation opened. New crop.
Grain and feed markets show mixed moves with spring and winter wheat around 3.33 to 3.40 per bushel. Corn near 2.14 to 2.33, oats about 1.49 to 1.54, soybeans around 6.74. Ferrous and non ferrous scrap values listed. Wisconsin potato shipments rise to 7.4 million cwt season total.
Last week at South St Paul stockyards livestock prices mostly surged led by higher slaughter steer and heifer quotes. Slaughter steers 1,050 to 1,325 pounds and 875 to 1,100 pounds traded mainly in the 59 to 62 and 58 to 61 ranges with several records in light weight veal and feeder categories.
The Country Today reports on rural community events and concerns. Local notes cover farm updates, county meetings, and public notices shaping daily life for residents and farmers across the region.
Prices on cheese exchanges edged down 2 cents for barrels while other cheese prices held steady. Butter on New York and Chicago markets showed grade AA unchanged with grade A down 0.5 cent and grade B off 0.41 cent. U S milk output in December reached 9.76 billion pounds, up 3.8 percent from November and flat versus a year earlier. The weighted uniform price paid to producers for milk deliveries in 46 milk order areas averaged 11.61 dollars per hundredweight on a 3.5 percent test, up 9 cents from November and 1.52 higher than a year ago.
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