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Newspaper
Country Today
Location
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1982
Page
2
South St. Paul Minnesota reports a steady cattle market with steers and heifers at broad price ranges. Slaughter cows and bulls show mixed values while hogs, sows, and boars hold steady to thinly ranged quotes. Sheep and lambs list feeding and slaughter figures with variable weights and prices.
CATTLE steady with top 48.20 for utility cows 40-45 and dairy heifers 42-50. bulls steady with top 50 for commercial bulls 45-50 and beef bulls 43-48. calves steady with select 60-70 and good to choice 50-60. replacement calves mixed Holstein weights 70-135 lbs at 70-100, top 118. Feeder pig auction Monday morning prices 40-58 per hundredweight across weight classes. feeder cattle steady with Holstein and beef grades 45-64 for steers and 45-54 for heifers.
Ettrick cattle price ranges for cows, steers and heifers listed with feeder, replacement, and veal categories. Market notes track weak automobile demand, scrap values, and grain futures with fluctuations in corn, soybeans, and meal prices amid a firmer dollar and limited export activity.
Minneapolis and Chicago cash grain quotes show Wheat at 3.88, Corn 2.74, Oats 1.86, Soybeans 6.29, Rye 3.90 with No 2 Corn 2.65 and No 1 Oats 2.05-2.25. Feedstuffs prices for June 8 list soybean meal 186.20, linseed meal 160, meat meal 210, brewers dried grains 98, wheat bran 78, wheat middlings 75, alfalfa meal 108 per ton.
Grade B butter gained 3 percent to 1.42 per pound on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Milk production shifts show South declines due to heat, East at peak, Midwest past peak, and West easing. Wisconsin Minnesota buyers tote nearly 1.1 million pounds of nonfat dry milk for feed. Land O Lakes buys 240k and Real Veal 350k pounds. Cheese prices hold, surges from promotions. Spot Wisconsin milk shipments to Illinois fall as schools close. Whipping cream demand rises with strawberry season.
Wisconsin eggs and produce numbers show Butter steady Grade AA 1.47 to 1.49, Grade A 1.45 to 1.49, Grade B 1.42. Cheese unchanged Cheddar barrel 1.31, 40 lb blocks 135%. Eggs steady by size with Extra large 60-65, Large 57-60, Medium 46-49. Grain Wheat 3.67, corn 3.52, oats 2.37, soybeans 7.28. June 11 and June 16 exchange dates noted.
Federal milk order prices and grain and livestock quotes listed for June 16 1972 show ranges for eggs cattle hogs and butter. Notable items include eggs extra large 64-70 large 62-66 medium 51-56, cows 35-46 in equity, butter Grade AA 1.47 to 1.49, California potatoes 10 to 11, wheat 1.48, corn 1.23, oats 0.76, soybeans 3.49.
Prices fluctuated across cattle hogs and lambs with steers steady to down, heifers up to 50 cents, cows up to 3 dollars higher, bulls steady, feeders uneven, hogs steady to 50 cents lower, feeder pigs down, slaughter lambs down, and dealers steady to firm. Demand for fed steers remained strong with top movement near 74 for large steers. Holstein and cow prices ranged with notable gains in cows and high bulls.
Price list shows American Feeder Pig Co op selecting 45 lb pigs at 49.25 to 50.25 per head. Midwest Livestock Producers offers 40 to 50 lb premium grade pigs at 48 to 51 per head picked up on farm. 40 to 50 lb pigs range 49 to 54 per head.
Economists forecast the 1982 winter wheat harvest will again set a record. Wheat prices have fallen for six months, but bread costs stay high due to packaging and other costs. Farmers face debt as per bushel costs run about $6.32 while cash prices hover near $4. Government programs offer loans and payments to lift income but require acreage reductions of 15 percent, with limited participation.
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