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Newspaper
Country Today
Location
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1977
Page
2
The Wisconsin Feeder Pig Co op lists select 40 lb pigs at 32 dollars each and choice at 30.50. Midwest Livestock Producers quotes 40 lb feeders at 31.50 to 32 dollars each. Steady to strong utility buyers pay 25 to 28 for larger canners and cutters 23 to 27 light canners 20 to 23.
Monday volume reports cattle 2,400 hogs 4,500 sheep 300 with choice to prime dairy animals priced 45 to 55 and fresh calves 40 to 60. Federal cattle steady at 33 to 38 while hogs show strength with No 1 and 2 butchers 210 to 240 and heavy packers 33 to 35. bears 25 to 30.
Active cattle and hog markets show strength with steers and heifers up to 50 higher. Slaughter cows remain scarce and steady to firm, with utility and commercial classes at 24 to 26 and cutter 22 to 24.50. Hogs range 44 to 45 for No 1 to 3 200-260 pounds, with sows and boars reported. Sheep and lambs steady with choice and prime 90 to 105 wooled at 53 to 54.50.
Chicago and New York markets quote steady to higher prices for butter eggs and cheese with grain and livestock quotes. Wheat corn oats and soybeans move with no major shifts while butter lingers near one percent changes and eggs show mixed shifts across sizes.
USDA report shows overall softer week with steers and heifers steady to 50 cents lower, cows down 1 to 2.50, bulls 1 to 2 lower, feeder cattle steady to weak, hogs mixed with fat hogs around 43.50 and sows 35 to 36, lambs steady. fat steers 38 to 39.50, heifers 37 to 38.50, Holstein steers 36 to 38, cows 25 to 25.50, veal 52 to 56, beef feeders 30 to 39.50, lambs 53 to 56, hide and offal value 43.60.
Dairy market news shows CCC uncommitted butter and natural cheese stocks up 91 percent from early April while nonfat dry milk rises 12 percent. Whey prices edge up and sweet buttermilk powder holds steady as June 9 output falls 2 percent from last week but remains 10 percent above last year.
Winter wheat at 2.50 is up a cent, rye steady, corn down 10 to 11 cents near 2.18, oats 1.36 to 1.38, malting barley near 2.30 to 2.60, feed barley 1.65 to 1.75, soybeans drop to 7.83 per bushel on moisture and South American competition. Old crop sunflowers at 11 and new crop at 11.40 amid soybean price pressure.
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