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Newspaper
Country Today
Location
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1982
Page
2
In South St. Paul Minnesota on Monday cattle volumes reached 2,200 head with 200 vealers 5,000 hogs and 300 sheep. Slaughter steers advanced by 50 cents to mostly a dollar with choice weights 1050 to 1300 pounds at 62 to 62.80. Holstein steers rose to 50 cents higher for 1200 to 1600 pounds with choice 53 to 54 shipment 55 and good to choice 52 to 53%.
The weekly grain review lists slaughter heifers at 50 cents to Choice 925-1,100 lbs and 60 percent 461.70 Good and choice 58-60 percent. Slaughter cows are up $1, with various classes and weight ranges. Hogs rise $2-3, with No 1 and 2 200-260 lbs at 50-51 percent and sows 41-46. Lambs steady with slaughter lambs 90-115 lbs at 48-50 wooled and 50-52 shorn. Cattle strong top. dairy heifers 36-42 and bulls 38-45. Calves steady 40-50 for select, 30-40 good to choice, 15-30 standard to good.
Replacement calves and fed cattle listings from Ettrick show steady Holstein calves 110-135 lb with top 98 for heifers 40-80 lb up to 125. Cattle and hogs demand remains strong with 50-57 head counts and 210-240 lb butchers at 48-48.5. Feeder pigs available Monday mornings, mostly 40-60 lb ranges. buyers seek bulk supplies 40-60 lb and 50-60 lb. Feeder cattle mix includes Holstein steers 35-43 and beef classes 42-52 with utility stock 25-35. Strong activity across all grades.
For the week ended Jan 21, nineteen truckloads of Wisconsin fluid milk moved out of state, down from 25 the prior week but above last year. Thirteen tankers went to Indiana and six to Illinois. In 1982, 52 loads have been moved interstate, up from four a year ago, with a rise in milk pounds. Spot dairy sales reached one sixth of 1981 totals in the first three weeks. On the CME, grade B butter fell 1 cent to 1.36 . AA and A were unchanged. CCC net purchases totaled 364.8 million pounds milk equivalents, including butter cheddar blocks cheese and nonfat dry milk powder. Butter production for the week ending Jan 14 was 28.5 million pounds, down 4 percent from the prior week but up 8 percent from a year ago. Cheese production at 49.2 million pounds fell 4 percent week over week but rose 7 percent versus a year earlier. Cattle prices and dairy classes show steady to strong ranges across various categories.
Feeder pig details show American Feeder Pig Co-op Select 45 lb at 30.25 to 31.25 dollars and Midwest 40-50 lb premium pigs at 29 to 31.50 picked up on farm. Grain market notes spot prices mostly higher. Minneapolis March wheat 4.03, Chicago corn 2.72, soybeans 6.42. spot spring wheat 4.28, winter wheat 4.26, durum 4.75, rye around 4.10 to 4.00, corn 4.24, oats 2.17-2.36, barley prices firm. Also lists protein meals, fats, and feed ingredients with price changes and tonnage.
Commodity prices for Wheat Corn Oats Soybeans and other grains from Minneapolis and Chicago markets with daily percent changes and classified feedstuffs prices for January 19. Highlights include Spring Wheat No 1 at 4.25 14 4.25 15 percent and Durum at 4.75. Also listed are Feedstuffs per ton prices for soybean meal linseed meal meat meal and other feeds.
Grain and soybean futures fell on the Chicago Board of Trade as money supply concerns raised fears of higher interest rates hurting demand. Corn closed 1% to 3% lower around 2.70 a bushel, oats near 2.06, and soybeans down 2% to 3% with March near 6.40 a bushel. CME also listed Monday trading.
The report shows open interest and price moves across corn soybeans and sunflowers. Corn trading around 2.70 to 2.94 per bushel with various nearby contracts and paired changes, soybeans around 6.40 to 6.67 cents per lb, sunflowers quoted at about 12.68 dollars per 100 lbs. Open interest figures indicate day to day changes across multiple contracts.
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