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Newspaper
Country Today
Location
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1978
Page
2
Cattle hold steady across categories with dairy heifers 40 to 45, top steer calves 60 to 66, and replacement calves weak with Holstein calves 70 to 85. Fed cattle quoted 48 to 54, hogs steady with heavy packers 35 to 37 and bears 27 to 29.
The tender outlines key cattle classes with percentage ranges for utility strong dairy and various beef veal categories. It covers canners cutters light and heavy dairy, replacement heifers and bulls, and veal quality from good to choice, indicating market grading and price signals.
Livestock market data from St Paul Minnesota on Monday shows cattle 3,300 head hogs 6,000 sheep 400 and wealers 300. Slaughter steers and heifers slow with various weight ranges and percentages. Holstein cattle steady to weak with several price bands. hogs lower top at 45-45 percent. feeders steady with beef and x bred categories and springing Holstein heifers priced between 700 and 900 dollars.
Slaughter steers and heifers finish about $2 higher, Holstein fed steers up $2, and veal calves $3-5 higher. Slaughter cows firm to $1 higher, bulls $1 higher, and feeder steers and heifers up $1-3 as demand remains good. Holstein replacements 489-624 lb at $53, heavier at $48.50. choice slaughter steers $56 for 1050-1300 lb. slaughter heifers $54 top. cows $33.50 in Wisconsin. Feeder pigs and hogs mixed, sows about 9% of run with prices $41 for sows and $32.50 for boars. Est value of choice 600-700 lb pigs $42, beef carcasses $92.89, vs $88.81 prior week. a year ago $71.55. Continuous notes on feeder and barrow prices included.
One year back market snapshot shows unchanged butter across Chicago and New York grades, cheese prices for cheddar, Swiss varieties, Wisconsin eggs steady with size ranges, and grain, livestock, and potatoes pricing in Chicago markets. Notable figures include butter Grade AA at 1.06 in Chicago and 1.08 in New York, and California russet potatoes at 5.00.
Max Phillips and Sons provide price quotes for scrap materials. The notice lists current rates and terms for buyers and sellers, reflecting market mood and regional demand.
A dense commodity listing shows old prices for automobiles grain eggs livestock and metals. Items include complete automobiles 25 to 62 dollars, grain quotes for wheat corn oats and soybeans, eggs by size, cattle hogs and lambs pricing, steel and appliances, butter cheese potatoes non ferrous scrap and paper weights, with notes on market conditions and dated references.
Export demand kept cash grain prices mostly higher for the week ending July 8 amid firmer futures. Soybeans led gains with futures turning strong midweek. Wheat firmed on mill demand, spring wheat up to 3.20, winter wheat near 3.15, corn up to 2.30 and oats steady to 1.30 with firming mill demand.
Washington DC lawmakers endorse a referendum based beef promotion plan. A House Senate conference panel approved amending the 1976 Beef Research and Information Act to allow producer financed checks by simple majority, replacing the prior two thirds threshold.
Prices for wheat corn and soybeans show futures at Minneapolis Chicago and Chicago values. Grain grades range with spring wheat at 3.15 to 3.20 per bushel and durum around 3.56 to 3.58. rye at 2.85. oats at 1.29 to 1.30. flax 5.25. sunflower old 10.10 new 10.00. meals and feed prices listed per ton.
USDA Dairy Market News reports Minnesota and Wisconsin manufacturing grade milk averaged 9.26 per cwt for June, up a cent from May and 66 cents above June 1977. All milk prelim prices ran about 10 per cwt, unchanged from May, while butter and cheese exchanges showed no change. Credit Commodity Corp bought substantial butter, cheddar blocks, barrels and nonfat dry milk, with butter production down 1 percent and cheese up 4 percent from a week earlier.
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