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Newspaper
Country Today
Location
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1982
Page
2
South St. Paul Montana market offers cattle prices by weight and grade for slaughter steers heifers and cows with steadiness and small gains. Hogs sheep and feeder cattle listed with weights and price ranges alongside butter cheese and Wisconsin egg quotes.
Market excerpts list COMPLETE AUTOMOBILES and various scrap items with price ranges for metals and non ferrous materials. Entries cover aluminum, cans, batteries, brass, steel, cast iron, sheet iron, deep freezers, motors, and newspaper stock with tonnage brackets and price per ton or per hundredweight.
Prices for feeder pigs listed by American Feeder Pig Co-op and Midwest Livestock Producers show 45 lb pigs at 51.25 to 52.25, 40-50 lb pigs at 50 to 53 on farm, and 40-50 lb pigs at 56 to 60.
South St. Paul livestock prices mostly declined with exceptions. Slaughter steers fell 50 cents while slaughter heifers dropped 1.50 to 2 dollars and cows edged down. Hogs weakened 1.50 to 2.50, lambs firm to 2 dollars higher, calves steady. Holstein steers and bulls varied. Choice slaughter steers 60.50 to 66.70. top Holstein 61.50. heifers 54 to 64. cows to 45 with wider range down to 31.
Grain futures closed lower on the Minneapolis exchange with the July wheat at 3.88, Chicago corn at 2.62, and Chicago soybeans at 6.16. Rye fell 35 to 40 cents as new crop nears harvest while oats slipped to 1.90 2.05. Corn at Minneapolis rose to 2.58 but farmer selling remained light. Barley moved 2.40 to 2.90 with feed barley at 1.91. Oilseed prices firmed as country selling waned, with Minneapolis soybeans at 6.22 and flaxseed at 6.85. soymeal rose 3.40 to 185 and nearby demand kept prices firm.
Market data lists commodity prices on July 14 1981 and July 14 1972. Grain and eggs futures show wheat at 3.50 percent and 1.51 percent respectively, corn around 3.51 and 1.30, oats about 2.224 and .77, soybeans 7.45 and 3.47. Livestock and butter prices also appear for each date, with calves, hogs, cattle, sows and veal figures, plus Grade AA butter at 1.47 4-1.49 and 67.25 on the earlier date.
Cash grain and feedstuffs prices listed for Minneapolis on July 7. Rye No 2 at 3.55, Corn No 2 at 2.58, Oats No 1 at 1.89, Barley 2.40 to 2.85, Linseed meal 34 percent at 160, Soybeans No 1 yellow 6.24, Sunflower seeds 10.90 per cwt, other feeds range 69 to 219 for various meals and byproducts.
A senior USDA official told lawmakers that meat prices have not fallen sharply since the National Academy of Sciences linked diet to cancer. Assistant Secretary Mary Jarratt said prices were down modestly before the report and that the department will wait for its review before commenting further while noting nutrition is a young science.
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