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Newspaper
Country Today
Location
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1987
Page
4
Futures trading on the Chicago Board of Trade and Mercantile Exchange show varied results with Wheat futures closing at multiple points. Prices range around 2.70 to 2.90 with small percentages, reflecting cautious trading on Tuesday amid market volatility.
June 2 exchange date lists scrap values by category. Metals include steel sheet iron and nonferrous such as aluminum, brass, copper, radiators, stainless, and car batteries with per hundredweight ranges. Paper and corrugated boxes shown by weight bands. No value stated for some items.
MARKE South St. Paul Minnesota prices list cattle vealers hogs sheep feeder pigs and slaughter categories with price ranges and movements. Steady to higher trends noted for certain slaughter steers cows and hogs with varying weights and classes across Holstein steers heifers lambs and feeder pigs.
Markets report shows Chicago major potato hubs with FOB ship points and 100 lb sacks. Idaho russets 7.50 to 8.00 per 50 lb carton, Washington and Colorado price ranges cited. Butter steady at Grade AA 1.3914, cheese steady with cheddar barrel at 1.16, blocks 1.20. Wisconsin eggs listed by size with steady ranges.
Midwest Livestock Producers announce inter state shipment eligibility to Illinois for feeder pigs. May 25 sale features 40-pounders at 47 to 50 dollars. May 27 Lancaster sale reports 1331 head traded, 163 more than prior week, prices 46.50 to 58 for various weight bands with several extreme lots noted.
Milwaukee traders on June 1 quote fed cattle with Choice steers 64 to 67, Choice heifers 62 to 65, Holsteins 53 to 60, standard steers 48 to 52, dairy heifers 47 to 51. Slaughter cows 37 to 46, calves 60 to 90, hogs with sows 350 to 450 pounds 45 to 47, 450 to 500 pounds 44 to 46, over 500 pounds 42 to 44, butchers 220 to 250 pounds 53 to 54, bears 43 and down, lambs good to choice 85, ewes and bucks 10 to 14.
June 1 market report shows cattle and hogs largely steady or strong. Cattle top 45.75 with utilities 40-44 and dairies 40-51. bulls 55.75 top, feeders 38-58 for steers and 32-45 for utility. Fed cattle weak 56-65. hogs strong 56-56 for No 1 and 2 butchers 210-230 lb, with heavier packers 39.2-44 and bears 42-44. Replacement calves steady with Holstein bulls 1.10-1.50 top 1.59. Hol heifers weak 75-90 top 1.02.
Beef steers 69 to 72.75, heifers 66 to 70, Holstein steers 59 to 64.75, butcher cows 39 to 51, bulls 54 to 58, veal calves 70 to 153, feeder steers 70 to 97, feeder heifers 66 to 90.
Madison market prices show cattle and calf sales steady to higher with Holstein replacements and beef calves leading gains. Slaughter calves and feeder cattle list higher values, while cows and bulls hold mid ranges. grain and soybean quotes mixed by region with corn at 2.39 per bushel and soybeans around 5.25 percent.
A Rice Lake collection center for Farmers Union Beef Marketing Program began May 20 at the Farmers Livestock Yard near Highway SS and 48. Open Wednesdays 8 am to 5 pm, the yard serves FUMMC and Wisconsin Farmers Union members with new marketing options for adult cattle. Don Uelmen notes that new members may join and pay no dues, with the program already running since April 12 in Wisconsin and also including Campbellsport yard and 10 Packerland Packing Co. yards in Green Bay.
Futures quotes for Wheat Corn Oats and Soybeans across Minneapolis and Chicago markets with percentages. Spring and Winter Wheat grades listed along with Durum and Corn Oats prices. Feedstuffs per ton for Minneapolis May 27 include soybean meal linseed meal meat meal wheat bran and middlings and alfalfa meal dehydrated at specified prices.
Grain and livestock auction summary for Zumbrota Minnesota listing feeder cattle by weight and breed plus fat cattle slaughter cows and bulls prices. Trade totals include May 12 May 13 and May 14 with hundreds of head traded and prices per hundredweight or per head for calves and bulls.
The Country Today lists postage paid at Eau Claire Wisconsin with a mailing address and box number. It provides subscription rates of 13 dollars per year and 23 dollars for two years. It notes publishing facilities at 701 S Farwell and ownership by the Eau Claire Press Co.
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