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Newspaper
Country Today
Location
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1977
Page
2
Ettrick market shows cattle steady with utility cows 27-30 and canner and cutter 26-30. Light canners 23-26. Bulls steady with heavy dairy 31-34 and beef 31-34. Hogs strong with top butchers 45-45.50, sows 35-37, boars 27-31.
In St Paul Minnesota on Monday livestock numbers were 3200 cattle 4500 hogs and 400 sheep. Slaughter heifers gained 50 cents with choice 850 to 1000 pounds at 37 to 39.50. Slaughter cows steady to 50 higher with utility 27 to 29 and cutters 24.50 to 27.50. Slaughter bulls steady to firm 1400 to 2000 pounds 28 to 37. Weaners steady with choice and prime 150 to 250 pounds 50 to 55. Hogs 50 cents to 1 higher No 1 to 3 200 to 260 pounds 46 to 46.50 sows 300 to 600 pounds 38.50 to 39.50. Sheep and lambs fully 1 lower. choice and prime 90 to 105 wooled 49 to 52.
Steady to mixed quotes across cattle groups with detailed ranges for cows calves dairy heifers bulls and feeders. Quotations cover fed cattle bulk prices per hundredweight and a note of the next lamb pool scheduled for July 11.
The report shows Federal milk orders with unchanged prices in Chicago and New York across grades AA A and B for milk. Cheese prices remain steady with cheddar barrel and 40 lb blocks at 86 percent and Swiss at 1.24 for Grade A and 1.21 for Grade B. Wisconsin eggs hold steady by size with ranges for extra large large and medium. Chicago market remains steady but cautious for Select and Choice 40 lb lots with price points listed. Midwest Livestock Producers and Wis. Feeder Pig Co-op provide 40 lb pricing observations.
A market snapshot lists grain and eggs prices for June 29 1976 and June 29 1967. It covers wheat corn oats soybeans and potatoes with potage prices, plus livestock ranges for cows bulls fed cattle veal calves hogs sows boars lambs and cheeses cheddar brick swiss with units and percentages.
The Country Today reports mixed grain prices with spring and winter wheats steady, soybeans at 7.69 and various feed staples listed. Southern Minnesota market data show higher prices for slaughter cattle and hogs, steadier or slightly higher feeder cattle, with veal calves and sheep weaker. Slaughter lambs softened while light lambs remained in demand.
USDA Grain Market News shows cash and futures losses for the week ending June 25. Winter wheat 12 percent, rye 30 to 33 cents, corn seven cents lower, oats down four to eight cents, soybeans off about 42 cents, flaxseed down a dime. Malting barley and feed barley mostly steady. old crop bids withdrawn as demand shifts.
The listing shows current and year ago figures for various commodities including flour at 6.05 per cwt and 9.05 a year ago, sugar beet at .1400 per lb, cocoa and coffee not quoted, and livestock prices for broilers pork hams cattle hides with per pound amounts.
Prices held steady on national butter and cheese exchanges as peak production waned across major areas. CCC bought 5 million pounds butter and 2 million pounds cheddar blocks while nonfat dry milk demand remained light at 21.2 million pounds moved. May 3.5 mil 42 comprise $9.41 cwt. Butter up 19 percent year over year, cheese down 3 percent. Regional milk output eased in the South East and New England. Casein movement limited to contractual sales, casemates steady, European prices firm but no increases. Australia’s milk output fell to a decade low amid drought.
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