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Newspaper
Country Today
Location
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1983
Page
2
South St. Paul Minnesota reports Monday cattle vealers hogs and sheep volumes with price ranges for slaughter steers holsteins heifers cows bulls and feeders. Hog prices show No 1 and 2 weights 200-240 pounds at 47 to 47.25. Sheep and lambs list choice and prime weights 90-125 pounds wool fed and shorn values.
Steady to mixed livestock quotes across categories. Cattle include utility cows 42-46, bulls 45-51, calves 35-65 depending on type. Holstein calves 75-112 for bulls and 70-130 for heifers. Fed cattle 57-65. Feeder pigs 40-60 lb 36-50 and 50-60 lb 39-42. Hogs steady 34-45 with weight-based spreads. Feeder cattle soft in Holstein and beef segments.
Dressed beef declines kept pressure on fed cattle prices last week with modest receipts and steady packer inventories. Fed steers 61 to 67 cents, Holstein steers 51 to 62. slaughter cattle varied. Slaughter lambs up a dollar, ewes weak to three dollars lower. calves and replacements varied in price across categories.
The daily market page lists cattle classes with steady to good conditions and price ranges for Ettrick cows and bulls, feeder cattle, and replacement stock. It also shows futures for May wheat and corn, cash prices for spring wheat, rye, corn, oats, barley, soybeans, flax, sunflowers, and various feedstuffs with per ton quotations for Minneapolis.
Wisconsin eggs and produce report shows butter unchanged at Grade AA 1.47, Grade A 1.45, Grade B 1.39. Cheese Cheddar barrel 1.33, 40-lb blocks 1.35. Eggs steady with extra large 73 78, large 70 73, medium 64 67.
Last week the American Feeder Pig Co op quoted 45 lb pigs at 38 to 39 dollars. This week Midwest Livestock Producers lists 40 to 50 lb premium grade detailed pigs at 33.50 to 36.50 dollars, and 40 to 50 lb pigs picked up on farm at 37 to 42 dollars.
Barley prices firmed on stronger export demand while other cash grains ranged steady to slow. Minneapolis May wheat at 4.16, Chicago July corn up to 3.18, Chicago July soybeans at 6.46. Rye down to 2.50, oats mostly steady with race horse oats 1.78 to 1.85, oilseed prices mixed with soybeans 6.31 for late-month delivery. Feed prices slow. soybean meal 203.50, linseed and sunflower meals steady, animal feeds softened as field work takes priority. Wheat byproducts steady to weak, with bran 72 and middlings 69. thin supplies keep prices firm amid slow feeder demand.
A concise tabulation shows GRAIN Wheat Corn Oats Soybeans with percentage changes and EGGS by size. LIVESTOCK equity prices list for cows, heifers, bulls, fed cattle, slaughter hogs, sows, boars, beef feeder cattle, veal calves, and slaughter lambs with ranges for each. Public notes include two dated samples: May 12 1982 and May 11 1973.
Wisconsin market summary shows cattle in Wisconsin livestock markets monitored by the Agriculture Department were 50 cents to a dollar lower, with cull cows down to 37 48 cents. Fed Holstein steers 53 60.9 cents, slaughter steers 60 64, slaughter heifers 58 64, bulls 47 56, Holstein feeders 49 56, feeder steers 59 63 cents, feeder heifers 53 65 cents. Veal calves steady to 4 higher. replacement Holstein bulls 70c 1.17, replacement Holstein heifers 80c 1.40, boning calves 54 72c. Hog demand good but prices 50c to 1 lower. slaughter hogs 44 46c, sows 38 42c. Feeder pigs 39 45 per head at Marion, Reedsville, Lomira, Johnson Creek.
Daily market news notes the Commodity Credit Corp bought 26.3 million pounds of nonfat dry milk last week, the largest since June 1982, with 14.2 million pounds of butter and 19.1 million pounds of cheese also purchased. Milk shipments from Wisconsin rose to five, Chicago sales stay brisk, and the spring flush is expected 7 to 10 days late, peaking around the first week of June. Production climbs in the South and East while the West nears its seasonal peak in Oregon and Washington.
Competition at the Spring Feeder Pig Show drew 69 pigs with 85 percent grading number one, judged by American Feeder Pig Cooperative. Champion heavyweight pen was shown by Jeff Styer of Menomonie, with Jerry Albricht of Calfax taking second and third in the pens.
Wisconsin cherry growers in Door and Kewaunee counties defeated a proposed tart cherry market order in a 34.4 percent margin. Of 134 voters, 89 opposed renewing. 45 favored continuing the order approved since 1959. No new referendum for six months. Also covers livestock show results with champions, buyers, and trophy donors.
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