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Newspaper
Country Today
Location
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1983
Page
2
South St Paul Minnesota cattle hogs sheep and related livestock prices and quotes from the June 13 exchange. Notes show steers heifers cows bulls and feeder markets with price ranges for each category and weight class.
Equities note steady movements across cattle categories with top cows 47% and feeders varying by weight. Holstein calves show 75-100 lb range at 55-75, replacement calves 75-142% tops, fed cattle steady 55-62, hogs steady with 210-240 lb butchers at 45, feeder cattle strong, Holstein and replacement beef, veal prices at 60-86 for select quality arms, springing Holsteins listed at 900-1050 dollars.
Wisconsin Eggs and Produce reports June 10 exchange data with butter unchanged at Grade AA 1.47, Grade A 1.45, Grade B 1.41. Cheese cheddar barrel 1.32, 40-lb blocks 1.35. Egg sizes steady: Extra large 71-76, Large 68-71, Medium 57-60.
Prices quoted for complete automobiles, ferrous and non ferrous scrap, and related items from Max Phillips and Sons. Notes include motor prices, ton conversions, and occasional donations to Sundowners Drum Corps with market driven changes.
Fluid milk shipments from other states filled Wisconsin plants with 35 loads of milk and condensed skim milk received by state facilities. No Wisconsin whole milk left the state and only one load of Wisconsin skim milk went to Indiana. With schools out, demand for dried products wanes while CCC purchases set records for cheese and nonfat dried milk. Butter purchases reached 9.5 million pounds amid a weak market.
A weaker beef market and large terminal receipts last week pushed fed cattle prices lower at all Midwest reporting points. Slaughter steers 60-66.9 cents, Holstein steers 49-60, heifers mostly down a dollar, cows up a dollar, bulls up a dollar, feeders up a dollar, hogs 50 cents to a dollar higher, lambs down about two dollars, veal calves steady. Sows 16 percent of hog run at South St Paul as NFO promotes an 8 percent sow selloff.
Prices show feeder pigs steady to two dollars lower with top bids up to forty nine dollars for a lot averaging ninety pounds. Slaughter hogs sold sixty six to sixty seven cents, sows near thirty six to thirty seven cents, and boars around thirty seven cents. Lambs and feeder lambs fell, veal calves ranged thirty five to ninety cents, Holstein calves eighty cents to $1.15, and replacement heifers eighty cents to $1.20 a pound.
Brian Toft of Rice Lake won the FFA District 1 Section safe tractor operator’s contest held by Amery FFA. He earned a trophy and will represent District 1 in the state tractor driving contest at Madison in September. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Paul Taft Rt 3 Rice Lake and a student of Don Triebensee at Rice Lake High School. Brian posted a low score of 973 points, edging Stuart Bents of Turtle Lake who scored 1 523 points for sec
A Minneapolis cash grain table lists July futures for Wheat Corn Oats and Soybeans with small percentage changes along with June 7 feedstuffs prices for several meals and grains. The passage also details a state FFA contest in Amery Bruce Phillips and other towns with Brent Bergland Amy Hopkins and Gwen Betzold in charge.
Wheat 3.88, corn 2.744 percent, oats 1.86, soybeans 6.29. Eggs by size Extra large 60-65, large 57-60, medium 46-49. Cattle and hogs spread across dairy heifers, bulls, calves and fed cattle with varied price ranges. Butter Grade A 1,421.49.
A strong U S dollar pressures grain shipments as it strengthens over 40 percent since 1980, limiting foreign buyers. Despite this, futures held due to light farmer selling with Minneapolis July wheat at 3.94 and Chicago July corn at 3.09, soybeans around 6.12, rye steady at 2.47, oats 1.60 to 1.65, and specialty oats 1.68 to 1.73. Oilseed oils steady to lower with beans near 6.10 6.13 at Minneapolis, flax 5.60, sunflower 10.10. Demand for sunflower oil rising in Egypt and South Africa. feed prices stable amid production cuts.
Madison area auction markets report a 1 to 2 cent rise in Cull cow prices, Holstein slaughter steers 52 to 60 cents, beef steers 60 to 66 cents, slaughter heifers 59 to 63 cents, and Holstein feeder steers 48 to 61 cents. Slaughter hogs steady to 46 cents, sows 33 to 37 cents, veal calves steady, replacement Holstein bull calves up to 1.30 with bronzing calves 55 to 70 cents.
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