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Newspaper
Country Today
Location
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1978
Page
2
Steady cattle and hog prices across categories. Top Holstein and dairy calves ranged 70 to 135 pounds, with feeder cattle steady for Holstein steers at 43 to 47 and beef steers 52 to 58. Hog values held firm with No 1 and 2 butchers at 210 to 230 and heavy packers 36 to 44.
Livestock volumes for Monday show cattle 2 300, hogs 4 000, sheep 300, weaners 300 in St Paul Minnesota. Slaughter steers and heifers are moderately active with prices 51 53 for 1 050 1 300 lb. Holstein stock mixed good and choice 46 47 percent. Slaughter heifers fully steady 49 50 for 900 1 125 lb. Slaughter cows weak to boning 37 42 39 canner and cutter 35 38. Slaughter bulls No 1 2 1 400 2 100 lb 44 47. Weaners steady to firm 150 250 lb 68 78. Hogs active No 1 2 190 240 lb 48 48 1 Sows No 1 3 300 650 lb 40 41 percent. Boars 32 33. Sheep and lambs steady to weak 90 105 wool 56 58. Ettrick.
Cows steady to weak with canner and cutter classes 34 to 39 cents. Steers and heifers show ranges from 43 to 52 for good to choice beef, standard to good, Holstein varieties listed with replacement values. Hogs strong to top butcher weight 46 to 47 percent cut, sows 37 to 40, beef and x bred cattle 48 to 60, springing Holstein heifers 600 to 900 dollars.
Grain wheat 2.44 corn 2.20 oats 1.46 soybeans 7.72. Eggs extra large 65 72 large 64 69 medium 51 56. Livestock equity cows 24 30 dairy heifers 28 32 bulls 26 35 calves 27 55 fed cattle 33 38 slaughter hogs 44 42 sows 39 39 boars 25 30 beef feeder heifers 30 35 beef feeder steers 34 38 Holstein feeders 30 34 slaughter lambs 51 52. Butter grade AA 1.00 71. Cheese cheddar barrels 90. Potatoes California round reds 5.00.
A historical price listing from June 28 1968 shows grain Wheat at 1.31 percent, corn 1.12 percent, oats 75, soybeans 2.68. Eggs list extra large 30 and medium 25. Butter 66 cents. Cheese varieties include Cheddar loaf 49 56 percent, Swiss grades A and B 59 63 and 55 60. Potatoes California long whites 5.10 5.25.
USDA Grain Market News reports week ending June 24 with gains across grains. Cash spring wheat $3.21 to $3.21% area. winter wheat $3.19% in Minneapolis. durum $3.61-3.68. rye $2.80-2.85. corn $2.41% Minneapolis and $2.53 Duluth. oats $1.34-1.37. soybeans $6.71% Minneapolis and $6.79% Duluth with crushing plants at $6.61-6.64. flax unchanged. sunflowers up to $11.20 old crop Duluth and $10.40-10.50 new crop. soybean meal $176.30.
Wisconsin eggs list firm extra large 54 to 59, large 52 to 57, medium 43 to 48, 40 to 50 pounds 43 to 47. Butter up one cent with Chicago and New York price notes. Cheese cheddar unchanged, Swiss grades A B C quoted. feeder pig co op prices for 40 pound pigs listed. Chicago market data show steady to firm bulk price at 135 per ton, feedstuffs prices cited with modest changes and ongoing shortages in brewers dried grains.
A total of 231 entries have been received for the district Holstein breeders show at Mondovi on July 6. The show begins at 10 a.m. and entries will be housed and shown at the Buffalo County fair ground. Dr Dave Dickson UW Extension dairyman will judge.
Price table lists futures for Wheat Corn and Soybeans across Chicago and Minneapolis with percentages. It also shows grain quality grades for Spring and Winter Wheat, Durum, Rye, Oats, Barley, Flax, Sunflower seeds, and feed ingredients with unit prices per ton. Includes Bran Sinsseed Meal Soybean Meal Brewers Grains Alfalfa Pellets Molasses values.
A fragment notes movements in various commodities as reported in Wall Street Journal This Week. The brief mentions selling, buying, and general market activity without detail on specific items or figures.
Prices fell across cattle hogs and lambs with steers and heifers down up to 2.50, hogs 3 to 4 lower, and veal calves 3 lower. Slaughter steers to 56 with most 51 to 55, Holsteins 48 to 49.50, cows 38 to 40, bulls 44 to 47, veal steady but down from prior week. Replacement calves and Holstein stock show strong prices for young stock. feeder steers and beef feeders weakened though select Holsteins remained in demand.
Prices quoted include large and small autos with price ranges from 25 to 60 dollars per unit. Hog markets show a mix of 220 to 260 pound barrows, sows 10 percent, and slaughter hogs $46.50 to $47, with sows $39 and boars $34. Slaughter lambs top at $59, feeder lambs $60 to $64. Beef carcasses drop about 7 to 87.50 from 94.44. year-ago carcass $69.64 per hundred. Ferrous scrap values listed for various forms from $40 to $75 NT. Non-ferrous scrap aluminum $20 to $26 per cwt, batteries $1.25 to $1.65 each, copper $24 to $40 cwt, brass $35 to $48 cwt, stainless $10 to $16 cwt. Newspaper 6,000+ lbs $15 NT, other weights $8-$10 NT. Market conditions noted as current with price volatility.
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