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Newspaper
Country Today
Location
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1985
Page
4
The report lists July 22 trade results for calves, cattle, and hogs. Prices span calves from 45 to 108, beef calves 60 to 106, cows 28 to 38, holstein steers 39 to 43, feeders 52 to 56 for small steers, and various feeder pig ranges 31 to 38 per head. Sows and boars show broad declines, while dairy heifers and replacement calves fetch mixed values.
Report of cattle, calves, hogs, sheep, and feeders with price ranges by category. Includes dairy and Holstein cattle, replacement calves, fat cattle, veal, feed cattle, and market notes from Milwaukee yards and regional listings. Multiple entities: July sale dates, price bands, and stock types.
The Beetown market lists 817 head sold across calf categories including replacement calves 45 to 90, slaughter calves 20 to 50, culls lower grades, and feeder stock. Prices and grades show ranges for Holstein and common beef classifications with bulls reported 42 to 75.
Market report lists 40-50 lb feeder pigs at 29-34 for Lancaster and 40-50 lb 29-34 for Midwest sale with 1,068 head on week trend weak to 2 dollars lower. Includes grain, eggs, cattle and hog prices, and a July 18 sale with 1,398 head traded, plus year-ago figures and contact number.
Cash and futures quotes cover Wheat, Corn, Oats, Soybeans, and related feedstuffs with prices for No 1 dark northern spring wheat and No 2 corn, rye and barley ranges. Also lists feedstuff prices including soybean meal and linseed meal for June 16 in Minneapolis per ton.
Butter rates rise to 1.45 percent for higher grade AA and grade A with grade B at 1.44 percent. Cheese shows no change with barrel cheddar at 1.8444 and 40-lb blocks at 1.21 percent. Wisconsin eggs hold steady with extra large 58-61, large 59, medium 47-56. Exchange dates July 18 and July 22.
Wholesale beef values drove a broad price drop in slaughter cattle amid mixed results across regions. Slaughter steers and heifers fell 50 cents to 3 dollars, cows down 2 to 4 dollars, with local prices at their lowest since November 1978. Feeder cattle and hogs also eased, lambs showed modest gains at some markets. Top barrows and gilts traded 46.50 to 48 at Western Cornbelt terminals with country points near 46 to 47. Sows mostly 35 to 38, and pork values declined sharply late in the week.
Weekly review shows wheat oat and barley harvest expanding into northern zones while corn and sorghum advance slowly in early areas. Prices ease on lower export tenders and large global stocks, with drought conditions and a strong dollar weighing on soybeans and oil.
Daily market news reports milk output climbing across the country with Wisconsin and California each up over 6 percent year over year, New York up 4.3 percent, Minnesota 7 percent, and Pennsylvania 6.3 percent. The CCC bought 3.9 million pounds of butter last week, the smallest since January, while Midwest butter intake was 265,380 pounds, the lowest since the 1984 holiday week. The bulk butter market remains firm with tight stocks and steady, fairly good commercial buying.
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