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Newspaper
Country Today
Location
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1981
Page
2
South St Paul Minnesota cattle and hog prices list steady to higher for steers and Holsteins with gains in slaughter steer ranges and dairy cattle values. Sheep lambs feeders and calves show mixed moves while Eau Claire cattle and bulls mirror regional price trends across utility, dairy, and beef grades.
Weekly grain review reports steady replacement calves with Holstein bull calves 110-135 lbs at 70-90 and top 99 for heifer calves 75-125 lbs up to 155. Fed cattle show strength at 52-56 with Monday feeder pig auction listing bulk 40-60 lb pigs and ranges for 40-50 50-60 60-36. Hogs are weak for 1 and 2 butchers 210-240 lbs. heavy butchers 39-41. light and heavy packers 34-36. boars 31-33. Feeder cattle indicate steady Holstein steers 42-48. beef steers 50-58. beef heifers 42-52. utility and standard 30-42.
USDA market news for week ending Nov 13 shows varied cattle and hog prices at South St Paul. Slaughter steers up to 58.90, Holstein steers 57.50, cows 28-40, bulls 40-48, feeders 49-61.50, hogs up to 42.50, lambs down up to 4, veal calves 60-120, replacement heifers 50, and Holstein calves 40-85 with other class ranges listed.
The Minneapolis Grain Exchange quotes show wheat at 4.50 percent, corn 3.41 percent, oats 2.0844 percent, and soybeans 8.82 percent. Livestock values span cows 35 to 45, calves 40 to 80, fed cattle 55 to 61, slaughter hogs 44 to 45, beef feeder steers 52 to 68, and Holstein feeders 45 to 55. Complete automobiles priced by type show small, compact models at 21 to 45 dollars. Prices mixed as December wheat rose slighty on futures.
A price list shows cash grain items and livestock values including Rye No 2 Corn No 2 Barley and Soybeans with November 10 1971 prices for Minneapolis feedstuffs and various market quotes. It lists nonferrous scrap batteries and butter and egg prices with animals and meat meal values for regional markets.
Last week's feeder pig pricing shows Select 45 lb pigs at 30.75 to 31.75 dollars per head from American Feeder Pig Co-op. Midwest Livestock Producers lists 40 to 50 lb pigs at 29.50 to 32 dollars for detailed premium pigs picked up on farm, and 40 to 50 lb pigs at 30 to 34.50 dollars.
Wisconsin eggs hold steady with Extra large 82-87 and Large 79-82, Medium 77-80 while butter and cheese show minimal movement. Chicago corn and soybeans fall. oat prices firm. soybean meal and linseed meal hold. animal protein feeds soften across markets.
Wisconsin potato shipments declined last week with 263,900 hundredweight moved, lifting the season total to 5.2 million hundredweight. State shipments stand 7.8 percent above last year’s pace, Russell accounting for 76 percent of the movement.
Both House and Senate passed interim legislation to extend the current support program to December 31. Cheddar blocks sit at 1.37 a pound, barrel cheese 1.31, grade AA butter 1.52, grade A butter 1.48, and grade B butter 1.48. CCC bought 1.2 million pounds of butter, 1.1 million cheddar blocks, 3.9 million cheese, and 2 million nonfat dry milk. Butter production up 14 percent, cheese up 7 percent from a year ago. Daily Market News to public via 50 cent telephone line 900-976-2303 with timetable across days. Wisconsin bulk milk shipments out-of-state halved to seven loads, to East North Central Region.
Futures trading on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Monday shows cattle figures with Dec Feb Apr Jun Aug contracts and feeder cattle pricing. Open interest rose by 3 to 146 005, while feeder cattle values range around 68.52 to 66.70 and pork bellies hover near 69.52 to 70.25 with recent volume and sales data noted.
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