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Country Today

Location

Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America

Date

Nov 04, 1981

Page

2

Weekly Grain Review South St. Paul Market Summary

South St. Paul Minnesota reports weekly grain totals and livestock counts for cattle vealers hogs and sheep with volumes of 2200 cattle 200 vealers 3500 hogs and 1200 sheep listed for the market.

Slaughter Market Close in Eau Claire Prices Rising Steadily

Livestock prices in Eau Claire show steady to higher bids across cattle hogs and sheep. Selects include Choice steers 1,050 to 1,300 pounds at 57.35 to 58.80, Holsteins up to 57.10, heifers 56. to 57.20, cows mostly 31 to 39, hogs 43 to 43., lambs 45 to 49, calves 25 to 50, with volume and weight ranges detailed for each group.

Prices and specs for cattle hogs and scrap items

Auction notes report replacement calves feeder pig and hog prices with ranges for Holstein and dairy cattle. Includes composted listings for ferrous and non ferrous scrap, complete automobiles, and grain prices on the Minneapolis Grain Exchange with corn oats barley and barley futures.

Other Commodities Seasons Prices Subject to Market Condition

Commodities listing notes that prices for various items apply to seasons and are subject to market conditions at the date of sale. No specific goods or figures are provided.

Feeder Pig Prices and Grain and Oilseed Quotes

Feeder pig markets show Select 45 lb pigs at 30.25 to 31.25 dollars and 40-50 lb premium pigs at 29 to 31.50 dollars per head, with on-farm purchases 40-50 lb at 32 to 38 dollars and mostly 34 to 37.50. Soybeans eased to 6.0842, flaxseed rose to 7.15, oil sunflower unchanged at 10.65, crude sunflower oil steady at 23 cents per pound. Soybean meal 44 percent protein declined to 176.10 per ton, 47 percent protein up to 194.10 per ton, linseed meal firm at 150, and sunflower meal fell to 95 per ton.

Wheat Corn and Soybean Futures and Feed Prices

Minneapolis and Chicago price quotes for cash grain and futures across Wheat Corn Oats and Soybeans with No 1 and No 2 grades. rye barley alfalfa and feedstuffs with October 27 prices per ton include soybean meal linseed meal meat meal brewers dried grains wheat bran and middlings listed for reference.

Chicago Minneapolis

Slaughter stock prices slide at South St. Paul yards

Last week at South St. Paul stockyards slaughter cattle hogs and sheep posted generally lower prices while feeder cattle held steady to $1 higher. Slaughter steers and heifers fell 50 cents to $1. cows weak to $1 lower. bulls steady. Feeder lambs down $2. lambs under 110 lbs down $2-3. ewes steady. Estimated carcass cutout value for a 600-700 lb beef carcass was $99.09, versus $111.44 a year ago.

South St. Paul

Madison Wisconsin Potato Shipments Steady Amid Moderate Demand

Madison Wisconsin shipments remained steady last week with moderate demand. A total of 274000 hundredweight were shipped, down 2000 cwt from the prior week, bringing the season total to 4641600 cwt, about six percent above last season's year to date total of 4368400 cwt.

Wisconsin

Wisconsin eggs and produce market report update

Wisconsin eggs and produce exchange dated October 30 shows Butter Grade AA at 1.52 percent for Chicago, Grade A 1.48 percent, Grade B 1.48 percent. Cheese unchanged with Cheddar barrel at 1.31 and 40 lb blocks at 1.37. Egg prices steady with Extra large 75 to 80, Large 72 to 75, Medium 69 to 72. Egg market evaluation lists weight class values and breaking stock at 54 with checks at 49.

Wisconsin EGG Market Evaluation Committee Chicago Mercantile Exchange National Cheese Exchange

Market price snapshot from two Novembers shown

A historical market page lists grain oats soybeans and wheat prices for two dates Nov 4 1980 and Nov 4 1971. It covers grains eggs butter potatoes and livestock with ranges for cows heifers bulls fed cattle slaughter hogs sows and lambs. Prices are given as ranges for each commodity across the two years.

Daily market summary shows light Wisconsin milk shipments and steady prices

Three Wisconsin fluid milk spot shipments moved out of state last week down from four tankers prior yet above the year-ago level when none moved all to Illinois on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange butter grades rose slightly while cheese and milk powder prices held steady Commodity Credit Corp purchases topped 5.6 million pounds of butter 3 million pounds of cheddar blocks 4.8 million pounds barrel cheese and 13.9 million pounds nonfat dry milk powder milk equivalent 193.7 million pounds for the period Butter production for the week ending Oct 22 rose 3 percent reaching 23.7 million pounds

Wisconsin Illinois Commodity Credit Corp

Chicago Futures Trading On Mercantile Exchange Tradings

Chicago futures markets on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange show futures by month with high, low, close in cents per lb for corn and feeder cattle. The report lists December through December contracts, previous sales, and open interest figures alongside price quotes and daily changes.

Chicago Mercantile Exchange

Futures Summary Signals Mixed Open Interest Changes

Futures and cheese production figures appear in brief OCR notes. Open interest varied, with October and February contracts shown at several price points, while cheese output reached 45.8 million pounds, up 3 percent from the prior week and 8 percent year over year.

Federal milk order price report details

Previous sales figures appear across multiple lines with no clear context. Open interest shows 13,720 up 4,591 from prior, another line notes 143,256, and additional sales totals include 1,892 4,973 23,348 55,397 with 102,003 open interest. No explicit dates or entities identified.

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