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Newspaper
Country Today
Location
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1982
Page
2
Cows steady to weak utility 43-48, canner and cutter 42-46, light canners 38-42. Bulls steady with heavy dairy 48-52, good beef 48-52, light 43-48. Feeder cattle steady to weak with beef and x bred steers 56-64, beef bred heifers 53-58, Holstein steers 53-62, open Holstein heifers 55-75, springing Holstein heifers 900-1200 dollars.
South St Paul Minnesota livestock prices show steers heifers and cows steady to mixed with varying weights. Slaughter cattle hogs sheep and lambs listed with weight ranges and price bands. Feeder pig auction notes bulk 40 to 60 pounders with price spans. Complete automobiles and appliances section notes market softness and various castings and freezers prices.
Wheat harvest delays in the western region and poorer hard red winter quality push wheat futures higher at Minneapolis Grain Exchange. A strong dollar curbs gains as foreigners face lower buying power. July wheat up 0.70, July corn down 0.06, August soybeans down 0.17. Rye slips to 4.00 and 3.85, corn 3.57, oats 1.97 to 3.22, barley declines 2.65 to 2.90. Feed barley at Minneapolis 2.01, Duluth 2.20. rail barley arrivals drop from 714 to lower figures. Oilseeds continue downward with ample world supplies.
Feeder pigs listed by American Feeder Pig Co op select at 45 lb. run $52.25 to $53.25 with market conditions noted. Midwest Livestock Producers quote 40 to 50 lb. premium pigs $51 to $54, picked up on farm in South St. Paul Minnesota. Grain prices show last week soybeans down a dime to $6.17 with a 2 cent premium for truck deliveries. Seed prices edged lower on flax at $6.65, sunflowers down 40 cents to $10.50, meal prices weak and linseed meal stable at $160 a ton, with sunflower meal at $110. Jack Rand named manager of the Granton Wisconsin market, July 1 start. Dick Klas moved to Fenimore Wisconsin.
Daily market notes show Madison Grade A butter rising to 1.46 a pound on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange while barrel and cheddar prices hold steady in Green Bay. June yields average 12.42 for Minnesota Wisconsin 3.5 test milk, down from May and 17 cents below June 1981, with nationwide all milk at 13.05 for 3.5 test, down a cent from May. USDA reports expanded whey use in meat products, effective Aug. 17, as CCC buys 291.7 million pounds of fluid milk and dairy products last week. Milk output eases in the South. Florida imports 15 loads to meet demand amid cool, rainy East weather. Wisconsin spot milk up six shipments. early July heat relief steady production.
July 7 1981 market sheet lists grain prices for wheat corn oats and soybeans, varied livestock quotes for cows bulls fed cattle and slaughter hogs, butter grades and California potatoes. Also provides cheese eggs waxes, futures for wheat corn oats soybeans, and feedstuffs prices for Minneapolis per ton with meal and by products.
South St. Paul weeks trading saw most livestock prices fall with only feeder cattle and certain sheep, pigs, and veal calves holding. Slaughter steers and heifers, fed Holstein steers, and slaughter hogs declined while feeder cattle and lambs stayed steady or firm. Top prices reached $67.20 for select steers and $57-65.50 for heifers with varied results across cattle, hogs, and calves, and overall feeder cattle demand remained good.
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