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Newspaper
Country Today
Location
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1981
Page
2
Monday volume includes cattle 2500 calves 300 hogs 5000 sheep 600 with slaughter steers uneven or mostly lower. Heifer and cow prices vary by weight and grade with Holsteins, hogs and lambs showing steady to strong trends and ranges listed for each class.
CATTLE section shows varying prices by class from weak dairy to steady beef. BULLS and CALVES ranges with Holstein replacements cited. FED CATTLE weak at 54-60. MONDAY FEEDER PIG AUCTION listed pig price bands. HOGS hold steady with ranges for 210-240 and 34-40 for various packers and bears. FEEDER CATTLE steady with Holstein and beef steer and heifer price bands.
The report lists prices by category for cows bulls feeders and calves including utility cans heavy dairy beef light and Holstein categories. It also notes sows bears and open Holstein heifers with ranges and a spread for springing Holstein heifers from 900 to 1400 dollars.
Prices from Max Phillips and Sons Sheet iron and non ferrous scrap are listed with per hundred weight ranges and notes on material quality. Deep freezers and foreign materials are discouraged. various categories show NT and CWT pricing with tonnage and weight conversions.
For the week ending Jan 22 Minneapolis March wheat futures fell 15 cents to 4.60 while sunflower seed futures dropped 73 cents to 12.04 per hundredweight. Chicago March corn eased 4 percent to 3.68 and March soybeans dropped 75 cents to 6.88. Cash wheat closed mixed with spot spring wheat down 13 to 15 cents and 14 percent protein spring wheat at 4.73. winter wheat declined 15 cents.
Madison Wisconsin potato shipments fell last week as demand declined with 207,600 hundredweight shipped, 33,600 cwt less than the prior week. Season total to date including seed is 7,040,200 cwt, about 3 percent above last season at 6,818,400 cwt. Prices and other grain and oilseed quotes follow with mixed changes across commodities including durum, rye, corn, oats, malting barley, feed barley, soybeans, flax seed, sunflower seed, and crude sunflower oil.
Slaughter cattle mostly lower while feeders rise and hogs drop. Slaughter steers and heifers mostly down. choice steers 60 to 63.50, late 60.40 to 61.50, choice heifers 58.50 to 61.60. Holstein steers down 50 cents to 1 dollar. cows and bulls vary with totals: utilities 39 to 45, late 41 to 45, bulls 48 to 54. Lambs up 25, ewes steady. feeder lambs 55 to 60. Cut-out value for a 600-700 lb beef carcass about 106 dollars. hide/offal around 62 dollars.
Unchanged Butter prices for Chicago Grade AA 1.46 percent Grade A 1.45 percent Grade B 1.364. Cheddar barrel 1.31 40 lb blocks 1.35 percent. Wisconsin eggs steady with extra large 78-82 Large 76-80 Medium 71-76. Egg Market Evaluation Committee weights No 1 65 No 2 62 No 3 60 No 4 50 Breaking Stock 43 Checks 38. American Feeder Pig Co-op.
Midwest Livestock Producers list the 45 pound Select class at 28.75 to 29.75 dollars with noted price range for market reporting. The entry reflects current grade pricing for light-weight cattle within the region.
An Rural Life focused notice from Country Today lists premium 40-50 lb pigs at 27.50 to 30 and 40-50 lb pigs at 35 to 41, with distribution by Branham Inc. National Advertising Representatives in major cities and offices across the U S. The ad notes association with the Wisconsin Newspaper Association and cites South St. Paul Minnesota as a contact point.
Grain and livestock price quotes show wheat at 1.68 percent and corn at 1.56 with oats near 8 and soybeans at 3.04. Livestock equity lists cows and heifers in the 16 to 28 percent range, hogs at 17 to 17 percent, and slaughter lamb values from 23 to 24. Dairy cheese prices show cheddar loaf around 58 to 67 cents per pound and Swiss grades at 69 to 75 cents.
CME futures data shows total open interest rising to 46 758 for hogs and 24 082 for another contract, with Fri sales totals and bid prices across multiple months. The report lists Live Hogs Feeder Cattle Potatoes and Pork Bellies with specific price points, sales figures, and open interest changes.
Futures data shows July prices at 59.07 56.10 59.07 60.70 57.80 60.65 59.75 56.85 59.25 with est sales 9,804 and Fri sales 10,331. Total open interest Fri. 247,148, down 1,294 from Thu after Friday trading. Corn and soybeans totals: open interest Fri. 136,828, down 3,463 from Thu.
The page lists cash grain prices for Wheat Corn Oats and Soybeans from Chicago and Minneapolis plus spring wheat and corn oats barley and flax bids. It also shows Jan 20 price quotes for various feedstuffs including soybean meal linseed meal meat meal brewers dried grains and alfalfa meal.
Out of state shipments of Wisconsin fluid Grade A milk last week totaled four truckloads, up from none the prior week and 15 a year ago. Three added loads went to an East North Central state and one to the South Atlantic. Land O Lakes Spencer plant won an ASCS contract for 907,200 pounds of pasteurized process American cheese in 5-pound loaves priced at 1.48 per pound. Butter support price in Chicago is 1.49, 1.52 in New York, cheddar 1.39 40‑pound blocks and 1.36 500-pound barrels, fortified nonfat dry milk at 95.2 cents.
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