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Newspaper
Country Today
Location
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1982
Page
2
South St Paul Minnesota Monday market headlines cattle 2000 hogs 4000 sheep 200. Slaughter steers steady 72 to 73.50 for 1100 to 1300 pounds. Holstein steers strong 62.20 to 65.40 for 1200 to 1600 pounds. Slaughter cows 34 to 45. Hogs steady 200 to 260 pounds 60. Sows 52. Lambs 60 to 64 for spring 62 to 64 for 85 to 115 pounds. Feeder lambs 60 to 58 for 60 to 90 pounds.
The report lists prices across cattle categories: utility cows 40-44, dairy heifers 42-50, commercial bulls 45-50, common utility bulls 35-45, beef bulls 43-48, calves 40 and down. Replacement calves show Holstein bull calves 70-100 up to 115 top, heifer calves 65-110. Feeder cattle and hogs price ranges follow, with specifications for weights and classes. Monday feeder pig auction notes supplies mainly 40-60 lb pigs priced 40-57.
Utility cows steady to weak at 43 to 47.50 with canners and cutters at 42 to 46 and light canners 37 to 42, reflecting market tone in Ettrick livestock market reports.
Prices from Max Phillips and Sons Heavy dairy to open with cattle quotes and calf values. Grain futures at Minneapolis mixed after Austria war effects and demand outlook for 1982 crop. Cash grain bids show spring wheat 4.13, winter 4.09, durum 4.10 to 4.75. soybeans 6.09. flax 7.25. sunflowers around 11.60 to 11.70. soybean meal 183.90 at docks. mixed seed meal values.
Wisconsin eggs and produce pricing shows steady butter with Grade AA 1.47 to 1.49 and Grade A 1.45 to 1.49 for May 28 exchange. Cheddar barrel at 1.31, 40 lb blocks at 135. Wisconsin egg grades list extra large 59 to 64, large 56 to 59, medium 44 to 47. Egg market eval committee lists weight class values and breaking stock checks among market indicators.
The May final Class II milk price across 29 federal orders averaged 12.57 per hundredweight, per USDA Dairy Market News from Madison. May Minnesota Wisconsin manufacturing milk averaged 12.43 per cwt, down from April and year-ago levels, while butter and cheese prices showed minor changes at markets in Chicago and Green Bay. Current support prices stand at 1.49 per pound butter, 1.50 per cheddar in 500 lb barrels, 1.53 per pound for cheese blocks and 1.03 per pound fortified nonfat dry milk. The USDA also forecast June Class II at 12.48 and May Minnesota Wisconsin manufacturing milk at 12.40. Milk production is peaking in the East and declining in the hot South, with California remaining heavy. Wisconsin spot fluid milk shipments fell to seven loads last week.
Grain prices point to Wheat at 3.59 percent, corn 3.39, oats 2.30, soybeans 7.13. Egg sizes listed with price ranges. Livestock values shown for cows, dairy heifers, bulls, calves, fed cattle, hogs, sows, boars, and various feeders. Butter Grade AA priced at 1.47 to 1.49. California long whites potatoes listed at 11.00.
Reading of farm market data shows grain prices for wheat at 1.47, corn 1.26 percent, oats 76, soybeans 3.50 percent. Egg prices list large 34-354 and medium 29-30. Livestock values include cows 20-29 percent, heifers 25-30, bulls 24-33, fed cattle 25-38, veal calves 30-65, slaughter hogs 25-25, sows 22-23, boars 18-20, slaughter lambs 334-34. Butter Grade AA at 67.708.
Minneapolis futures show Wheat at 3.88 percent, Corn 3.74 percent, Oats 1.83 percent, Soybeans 6.35 percent. Rye No 2 at 4.05, Corn No 2 2.65, Oats No 1 2.15 2.25, Barley Larker 3.10 3.15, Beacon 2.95 3.00, Feed No 3 or better 2.11, Soybeans No 1 yellow 6.24, Flax No 1 7.25, Sunflower seeds at 11.50. May 25 prices for Minneapolis feedstuffs list soybean meal 183.90, linseed meal 160, meat meal 202.50, brewers' dried grains 100, wheat bran 74, wheat middlings 72, alfalfa meal dehydrated 110 per ton.
Wisconsin public TV WHA TV and the Wisconsin Educational Television Network will start Infotext on June 18. The 16 hour daily teletext service on line 21 will deliver weather pest reports USDA state market data UW Extension farm news and upcoming events with updates every 15 to 20 minutes. Extension specialists call it a breakthrough for farm information communications. Weather data will aid planting harvesting and insecticide decisions. Viewers can also access state and national news and other programs via the same channel with a telecaption decoder about 300 dollars. some shops loan decoders for demonstrations. County agents will distribute fliers and arrange displays in banks courts or shopping centers.
Higher prices appeared in most livestock classes with several declines. Slaughter steers and heifers and Holstein steers fell $1, slaughter cows $1.00–$3.00 lower, and slaughter bulls $1.00–$2.00 lower. Feeder cattle steady to $2 higher while hogs and lambs posted gains. veal steady to weak. Slaughter lambs rose $2–$3, with choice-prime veal at 75.00–85.00 per hundredweight.
American Feeder Pig Co-op lists 45 lb pigs at 52.25 to 53.25 dollars per head, while Midwest Livestock Producers offers 40 to 50 lb premium grade pigs at 51 to 53.50 dollars picked up on farm. South Saint Paul Minnesota cites 40 to 50 lb pigs priced 52 to 58 dollars.
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