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Newspaper
Country Today
Location
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1983
Page
2
Regional cattle and hog prices listed for South St. Paul Minnesota with steers heifers cows and calves by weight, grade and condition. Also includes Eau Claire cattle calves feeders hogs and feeder cattle price ranges and auction notes for Monday sales.
Market listings show cattle and hog prices from Ettrick with steady to weak cattle ranges and heavy dairy and beef grades. Also included are grain figures for wheat corn oats and soybeans, plus eggs and live stock equity ranges with dated notes from 1982 and 1973.
Prices for complete automobiles, parts, and scrap listed by Max Phillips and Sons. Includes ferrous and nonferrous scrap rates, whole motors, sheet iron, appliances, deep freezers, and net ton definitions. Also notes Sundowners Drum Corps donation and motor oil acceptance. Futures quoted for Mar Wheat, Mar Corn, Mar Oats, May Soybeans.
Madison demand for Wisconsin potatoes remains light with Now Size A bags priced at 4 for Russet burbanks, 4 to 4.75 for Round Reds, and 3 for Round Whites. Spring wheat No 1 dark northern ranges from 3.62 to 3.91 percent, while winter wheat No 1 dark hard red sits around 3.79 percent. Wisconsin has shipped 7.7 million hundredweight of table stock and 664,400 hundredweight of potato chip stock.
Feeder pigs and various feed commodities listed with price ranges from Midwest coops and suppliers. Select feeder pigs at 45 lb and 40-50 lb prices cited, along with per ton feedstuffs for soymeal, linseed meal, meat meal and other feed components.
Last week in the Midwest fed cattle and dressed beef prices climbed to near post‑September highs. Slaughter totals were down across cattle calves hogs and sheep with wary buyers on muddy cattle. At South St Paul steers and heifers rose while hogs fell. Holsteins and feeder cattle were firm to higher and feeder lambs strong.
Wisconsin prices hold steady on February 25 exchange for butter grade AA 1.47 grade A 1.45 grade B 1.39 Cheddar barrel 1.33 40 lb blocks 1.35% eggs steady February 28 exchange Extra large 67-72 Large 64-67 Medium 54-57 in Wisconsin markets.
The market shows mixed to lower grain and feed prices as precious metal declines influence futures. Minneapolis March wheat slips to $3.75 while Chicago March corn rises to $2.79 and soybean futures fall to $5.81. Cash grain at Minneapolis weakens with spring and winter wheat down a penny and durum up a nickel, rye steady to down, oats softer, and barley mostly weaker. Soybean meal drops to $177.60 per bulk ton with southern Minnesota crushing plants at $174.60, as oilseed prices trend steady to lower.
State monitored auctions in Wisconsin reported calves and cattle firming prices with cows at 41-42 cents and a few to 46. Beef steers 56-62 cents, fed heifers 54-59, Holstein steers 48-56, bulls 45-54. Holstein feeder steers up to 54, veal calves 43-62, Holstein replacements 0.70-1.30 per pound. Feeder pigs 54-61, slaughter pigs 51-53, sows 47-50. Totals: 8,250 cattle, 10,100 calves, 2,500 hogs, 2,950 feeder pigs.
Dairy Market News reports seasonally higher fluid milk production across all regions with ample to plentiful supplies for current trade. Surplus milk edging upward and more diversions to manufacturing plants expected in 3 to 4 months due to favorable weather, feed, and replacement heifer availability. CCC bought dairy products equivalent to 419.6 million pounds of milk last week. no spot Wisconsin shipments moved out of state.
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