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Newspaper
Country Today
Location
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1986
Page
4
Livestock prices list exchange figures for cattle hogs and calves. Includes categories Cows Bulls Fed Cattle Calves Hogs and Feeder Cattle with price ranges for strong weak steady and various grades and breeds. Notable figures include Holstein steers veal beef prices and springing heifers with values from 28 to 800 dollars per head.
Prices quoted for complete automobiles and non ferrous scrap items. Market rates cover steel autos priced by weight sections from 20 to 50 dollars per ton and motors and appliances with per item or per ton figures. Aluminum cans and batteries listed with per hundred weight or per item amounts, radiators and stainless steel priced per hundred weight. Net ton equals 2 000 pounds.
January price sheet from South St Paul Minnesota shows cattle quotes with cows and calves, bull prices, and steer and Holstein ranges. Slaughter steer values run around 58 to 59 for 1100 to 1300 pound animals, Holstein steers 52 to 54, with feeders and hogs showing firm demand and higher bids for several classes. Volume lists indicate about 1,000 cattle and 2,000 hogs with 300 sheep reported.
One year ago Wheat closed at 3.82 percent gains, Corn 2.70 percent, Oats 1.72 percent, Soybeans 6.08 percent. Eggs list price ranges for extra large to medium. Livestock prices for cows, dairy heifers, bulls, calves, fed cattle, slaughter hogs, sows, beef feeder cattle, and lambs shown with ranges or quotes. Butter noted as 1.30 to 1.41 percent. Potatoes not quoted. Ten years prior noted January 29 1976.
Market notes show cattle, hogs, sheep, and feeder pigs with varying price moves. Slaughter cattle and hogs edged up modestly, while feeder pigs and sheep demand held steady. potato price ranges listed for Wisconsin and Idaho with size grades and counts.
Ocean of figures shows feeder pigs priced by Midwest Livestock Producers with 40 to 50 pound premium pigs and 30 to 33 major potato markets for shipping points. Futures for Wheat Corn Oats and Soybeans listed with cash prices at Minneapolis Grain Exchange and feed stuffs per ton and per cwt across Wisconsin Washington Colorado Idaho and Minnesota. Also includes cattle prices state wide from National Farmers Organization with forward Holstein steer contracts and contact numbers for daily price updates.
Wisconsin eggs and produce exchange dated January 24 shows butter unchanged with Grade AA 1.38 percent Grade A 1.37 percent Grade B 1.29 percent. Cheese up half a cent with Cheddar barrel 1.18 percent 40-lb blocks 1.22 percent. Eggs steady with extra large 70-73 large 68-71 medium 64-67.
A Pepin County session on conservation tillage is scheduled 1 to 3 30 p.m. February 5 at Durand City Hall. The program covers weed control rotation and yield data plus production costs for 1986 and includes discussion of no tillage cost sharing programs in Pepin County.
Wheat and feed grains traded with mixed moves the week ending January 23 as domestic demand remained slow amid mild, low-snow conditions. Export demand expanded slightly while large world stocks kept trade restrained, with specific gains and losses across corn soybeans flaxseed sunflowers oats and barley in major markets including Omaha, Minneapolis, Duluth and Kansas City.
Slaughter steers and heifers held steady to down one dollar at Midwest terminals as wholesale beef and stout slaughter rates pressed demand. Cows and bulls posted small gains, vealers in Minnesota ranged 50 to 90 dollars, and pork values fell despite lower marketings. Lambs rose one to two dollars at Midwest terminals with pelts fetching 67 to 69 dollars in late sales.
Madison Manufacturing milk interest remains about steady with ample cream for churning. Milk supplies are generally adequate and production grows slower than normal. Week ending Jan 23 saw no interstate loads of Wisconsin whole fluid milk vs 28 last week and 20 in 1985. Butter prices steady at CME. cheese blocks and barrels up at Green Bay. CCC bought 15.6 million lb butter, 10.3 million lb cheese, 15.2 million lb non fat dry milk for week Jan 2024. For first four weeks of 1986 CCC purchases total nearly 1.7 billion lb, up 32 percent from last year.
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