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Newspaper
Country Today
Location
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1983
Page
2
Livestock prices range across cattle and hog categories with steady to higher bids on many grades. Holstein and beef feeders show mixed values, while fed cattle trend weak. grain and egg quotes provided for context amid July 1973 and 1982 figures.
Market report lists prices from Max Phillips and Sons for complete automobiles and scrap items. Items include whole motors sheet iron appliances freezers and net ton aluminum car batteries with prices ranging from 18 to 33 dollars. Notes mention steel, cast iron and non ferrous markets and indicate a steady firm market.
Futures for July Wheat 4.03 percent gain, July Corn 3.10 percent, July Oats 1.52 percent, July Soybeans 6.43 percent. Cash prices Rye No 2 2.25-2.30, Corn No 2 3.24, Oats No 1 1.58-1.63, Soybeans No 1 yellow 6.36, Flax No 1 5.55, Sunflower seeds 10.15 per cwt. Feedstuffs for Minneapolis per ton: Soybean meal 44% 188.80, 47% 202.80. Linseed meal 34% 144. Meat meal 50% 190. Brewers' dried grains 110. Wheat bran 73. Wheat middlings 70. Alfalfa meal dehydrated 105.
Wisconsin market results show Cull cows higher, slaughter cows up 1 to 2 per hundred, hogs 50 cents to 1 dollar higher, veal calves mainly 5 dollars lower. Full cows 38 to 47 cents, fed beef-type steers 58 to 63 cents, slaughter heifers 57 to 62 cents, fed Holstein steers 52 to 57 cents, Holstein feeder steers 47 to 58 cents. Veal calves 30 to 50 cents, replacement Holstein calf prices 0.85 to 1.22 per pound, Holstein heifer calves 0.70 to 1.00. Feeder pigs 20 to 39 dollars, slaughter hogs 43 to 45 cents, sows 30 to 34 cents.
Last week prices for Select feeder pigs at 45 lb range from $21.50 to $22.50 per head. This week Midwest Livestock Producers list 40-50 lb premium grade detailed pigs at $20 to $23 picked up on farm. South St. Paul Minnesota shows 40-50 lb pigs at $24 to $28 per head.
The July 8 exchange shows butter unchanged with Grade AA 1.47-1.49 and Grade A at 1.45 to 1.49 involving a 4-1.49 spread. Cheddar barrel 1.32 and 40 lb blocks 1.35. Wisconsin eggs steady with extra large 67-72, large 64-67, medium 52-55.
Fluid milk production across the country remained about steady with a slow drift lower in most areas. Demand for most dairy products was lackluster while fluid cream and ice cream output stayed seasonally heavy. Government purchases during the Fourth of July week totaled 5.8 million pounds of butter, 18 million pounds of cheese and 25 million pounds of nonfat dry milk, plus smaller CCC buys of instant nonfat dry milk and American process cheese loaves. Two spot loads of Wisconsin fluid milk entered Indiana, the first out of state since May.
Hot weather last week lifted Chicago September corn to 3.0414 per bushel up 7 cents, and August soybeans to 6.26 per bushel up 13 cents, with Minneapolis July wheat at 4.09 after an 8 cent rise supported by a federal loan program. Corn rose to 3.19, oats fell, and specialty oats traded at 1.64 to 1.72. Barley held steady to up a nickel at 2.60, feed barley 1.90 in Minneapolis and 2.05 in Duluth, soybeans to 6.18, flaxseed down 0.10, and sunflowers up 0.20. Meal prices mixed with soybean meal at 188.80, linseed meal 144.50, sunflower meal 95. Feed and by products mixed as animal protein demand stayed light to moderate. cattle kill up.
Feeder steers missed upward movement while fed steers and heifers gained 50 cents to a dollar. Holstein fed steers firm to a dollar higher. slaughter cows and bulls up a dollar. Hog and lamb prices rose, veal calves steady. Slaughter totals: 591,000 cattle 41,000 calves 1,337,000 hogs 114,000 sheep. Feeder cattle market slim with 1,300 head sold. Prices varied across classes with Holstein feeders 44-60 cents and feeder steers 56-67 cents per pound.
The Minnesota Wisconsin Boundary Area Commission will hold its next regular meeting at the Phipps Center for the Arts Hudson on Thursday July 21 at 9 30 a m The public meeting will feature discussions and recommendations on issues concerning the St Croix and Mississippi Rivers An open forum will begin at noon The 10 member commission studies and makes recommendations on river issues and coordinates federal state management of the St Croix National Riverways under an agreement with governors and the U S Department of the Interior
A pre fair kickoff occurs at Polk County Fair on July 27 at 7 p.m. A three wheel recreational vehicle derby is planned on the race track before the grandstand. Rick Van Blaricom handles entry details at 268 2264. A special five dollar ticket covers all rides from 6 to 10 p.m. No gate admission or parking charges that evening. Exhibits arrive July 28 and stay until 4 30 p.m. July 31.
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