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Newspaper
Country Today
Location
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1981
Page
2
South St Paul Minnesota Monday livestock summary shows cattle volumes 2000 head, hogs 4000, sheep 500 with steers and heifers listed at steady to higher and cows and bulls mixed. Weaner and hog prices vary by weight with hogs up to 2 higher for No 1 and 2 at 200-240 pounds and spring lambs noted lower under 120 pounds.
Market notes show steady to strong in various categories. Cattle ranges include dairy and beef segments with quotes for calves replacements fed cattle sows and bears, plus Holstein figures and springing heifers. hogs and veal values listed with weights and terms.
Wheat 4.05 percent and corn 2.92 percent led grain values, with oats at 1.90 and soybeans 6.96 percent. Egg prices ranged from 58 to 65 for extra large, 56 to 60 for large, and 44 to 49 for medium eggs.
Prices from Max Phillips and Sons list complete automobiles scrap by category and per ton figures. Ferrous scrap covers motors sheet iron appliances deep freezers and net ton weights while non ferrous includes aluminum cans batteries radiators stainless steel and other alloys with cwt and NT units. Livestock dairy and beef prices, butter, potatoes and grain quotes accompany the market data along with a note on market conditions and date of sale.
Last week's feeder pig price ranges show American Feeder Pig Co-op at 45 lb pigs 36.25 to 37.25 dollars. Midwest Livestock Producers quotes 40-50 lb pigs at 35 to 37.50 dollars for detailed pigs picked up on farm 40-50 lbs mostly 37 to 39 dollars.
Minneapolis cash grain prices list Wheat at 4.31, Corn 3.55, Oats 1.99, Soybeans 7.37 with spring and winter wheat and durum ranges, rye, barley, and flax noted. Feedstuff prices for June 30 per ton include soybean meal 202.90 and 220.90, linseed meal 145, meat meal 240, brewers dried grains 94, wheat bran 85, middlings 82, alfalfa meal 110.
The report shows Grade A butter at 1.47 a pound on the CME up a quarter cent, Grade B at 1.28 and Grade AA unchanged at 1.47. On the NCE barrels fell to 1.28 while cheddar blocks held at 1.35. Manufacturing grade milk paid 12.59 a cwt in MN and WI in June. USDA bought 31.3 million pounds of NFD milk butter and cheese last week.
Government purchases rely heavily on fat dry milk accounting for about 60 percent of total poundage. Butter production is up 4 percent from a year ago while cheese output rises 7 percent versus 1980. Wisconsin eggs and produce report notes Butter Grade A and B prices up, Chicago Grade AA at 1.47 percent, Cheddar barrel down a cent, 40 lb blocks at 1.35. Egg prices show steady ranges across sizes with Extra large 68 to 75 and Large 66 to 70, Medium 51 to 56.
Export grain markets remained quiet last week with prices supported by limited country selling. Futures closed higher as cash market activity centered on spring deliveries and price signals.
Federal milk order prices and crop markets reflect varied moves. Winter wheat rose with spring grain strength, durum held, rye fell amid new crop near, corn edged up to 3.17, oats down, malting barley weak, feed barley easing to 1.98, soybeans up to 7.04, sunflower bids higher for new crop near 12.25.
On the South St. Paul market last week livestock prices fell across boards after a week of gains. Slaughter steer and heifer prices declined 50 cents to 1.50, Holstein steers were steady to 50 cents lower, cows down about a dollar, bulls weaker, feeder cattle 0 to 2 dollars lower, hogs up to 2 dollars lower, and sheep and lambs 12 dollars lower. Top slaughter steers sold at 70.50 with heifers up to 67.40. Holstein mixed steers reached 60. Lower ends ranged from 35 to 43 for cows and 47 to 54.50 for bulls. Feeder steers and Holsteins showed varied gains and declines, with Holstein replacements around 75 per hundred and veal calves steady at 90 to 156 per hundred.
Chicago grains and soybeans closed sharply higher on Monday as soybeans jumped up to 30 cents a bushel and oats hit the daily limit in some months. Wheat and corn also posted gains with July soybeans at 7.27 and July wheat near 3.91.
Market data shows mixed futures with July, September, December and March corn contracts trading around 3.3 to 3.9 dollars per bushel. Previous sales and open interest figures cited include 30,451 and 116,110 respectively, while later data lists 47,134 and 99,889.
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