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Newspaper
Country Today
Location
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1983
Page
2
Slaughter steers 1,100-1,300 lbs steady with 62.0-62.75 top 62.75 for choice. Good and choice 60-62. For heifers steady 140-250 lbs 70-90 with some 91-111. Hogs fully steady No 1 and 2 200-240 lbs 46-46.50. Sows 300-650 lbs 34.50-35. Boars over 300 lbs 32.
Bulls steady across categories with top cows and calves listed. Calves include Holstein bulls 70-135 pounds at 70-107, heifer calves 60-65 pounds up to 107. Fed cattle steady 54-60. Feeder pig auction Monday mornings 40-60 pound pigs 24-28 and 50-60 pound pigs 28-33. Hogs steady with various weight ranges and prices. Feeder cattle weak for Holstein and beef categories with stated price ranges.
Steady to weak quotes across cattle categories with dairy cows and beef bulls showing midrange gains. Feeders hold at 54 to 62 for steers and 48 to 54 for heifers, with springing Holstein heifers listed at 800 to 950 dollars.
Market data from July 21 1982 shows grain futures in mixed moves with Minneapolis wheat at 3.97, corn at 3.06, soybeans 6.36, and cash grains ranging with spring wheat near 4.46 and durum 4.55. Livestock quotes include cows 32-44.80, bulls 43-52, fed cattle 57-64, hogs 54-58, and lambs 32-36, with eggs steady at Wisconsin levels.
Butter markets stay generally steady across the U S as cream shifts to ice cream and warm weather products. Cheese production dips slightly in the Midwest amid seasonal milk declines. government purchases include 370.4 million pounds of fluid milk and millions of pounds of butter cheese and nonfat dry milk. Oats barley soybeans and meal prices shift on demand and supply, with livestock feeds and mill feeds showing gains amid tight supplies and reduced bean movement.
Minneapolis futures show Sept Wheat at 3.96, Sept Corn 3.09, Sept Oats 1.57, Sept Soybeans 6.51 with July 18 cash prices for various wheat grades and corn oat barley rye flax and sunflowers. Feedstuff prices include soybean meal 195.80 to 209.80 per ton and other byproducts ranging from 74 to 190 per ton.
Wisconsin livestock markets show slaughter cow prices 1 2 dollars lower while real calf prices weaken up to 5 dollars. Slaughter hog prices move steady to half a dollar higher with fed steers 46 62 cents. Cull cows 35 46 percent, fed Holstein steers 48 57 percent, slaughter heifers 56 61 cents, bulls 46 56 cents. Veal calves 30 50 cents, Holstein replacement calves 60 cents to 1.20, replacement heifers 70 90 cents. Feeder pigs 15 to 31.50 per head. slaughter hogs 44 45 cents. sows 30 34 cents.
Last week the American Feeder Pig Co-op quoted Select 45 lb pigs at 20.50 to 21.50 per head. This week Midwest Livestock Producers lists premium grade pigs at 18 to 21 per pound, with on farm pickup available.
Agriculture Department analysts cut their forecast for average farm prices next year citing strong crops and weak export demand. The PIK program aims to idle 83 million acres to reduce surpluses, while wheat stocks rise to a record 1.6 billion bushels. Corn and other grains also see higher carry, with prices possibly dipping toward 3.50 a bushel.
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