Weekly grain review South St. Paul
South St. Paul Minnesota markets report a Monday grain and livestock listing showing cattle 2,800 wealers 300 hogs 4,500 and sheep 600.
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Newspaper
Country Today
Location
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1981
Page
2
South St. Paul Minnesota markets report a Monday grain and livestock listing showing cattle 2,800 wealers 300 hogs 4,500 and sheep 600.
Fully 50 cents higher for choice steers 1,050 to 1,300 pounds at 58 to 59.80. Holstein steers mostly steady 1,200 to 1,600 pounds at 56.14 to 57.40. Slaughter cows steady with utility and commercial 35 to 38, canner and cutter 31 to 37. Slaughter hogs $1 lower 200 to 240 pounds at 40 to 41. Sheep and lambs show slaughter lambs up $1 and feeders steady with ranges 44 to 46 for 95 to 115 pound wool lambs, 46 to 48 for shorn. Overall cattle steady with top at 40 for dairy and 36 to 38 for utility cows.
A snapshot of livestock quotations across categories. Bulls cows calves replacement cattle fed cattle hogs feeder cattle sows and boars show steady to weak demand with price ranges and top notes. Holstein and beef lines dominate with specific weights and grades listed including springing heifers and VEAL ranges.
Complete automobiles bring 25 to 34 dollars each, others 21 to 27 and 20 dollars for certain items. Copper radiators stainless prices range 12 to 50 dollars per hundredweight, newspapers above 6,000 pounds and corrugated boxes over 2,000 pounds accepted dry and plastic-free. Prices subject to market conditions at sale date.
Markets one year ago show Duluth ports congested and grain demand weak last week on the Minneapolis Grain Exchange. December wheat in Minneapolis slipped about 4 percent to $4.20, December corn in Chicago fell around 7 cents to $2.75, and January soybeans in Chicago dropped roughly 8 percent to $6.48. Rye prices stayed steady with spot No 1 plump nominally unchanged.
Minneapolis wheat and corn futures move with mixed smaller gains and declines. Cash grain quotes show wheat near 4.37 to 4.75, corn around 2.35, oats about 2.20 to 2.30, soybeans near 6.00, with spot eggs and butter steady. Livestock values mix cows, bulls, hogs, and veal, while feedstuffs and meal prices edge up and down, led by soybean meal at 187.40 per ton and linseed meal at 150.00.
The week ending November 19 reports 16 spot Wisconsin fluid milk loads to other states, four to southern Illinois, 12 to Indiana. Cheese and milk powder prices held steady, CCC bought and sold multiple dairy products, with butter production down week over week but up from last year and cheese production steady versus last week.
Slaughter cattle and hog prices mixed while feeder cattle and sheep rose. Slaughter steers mostly up 50 cents with choice $57.90–$60.40, late $57.90–$59.20. Holsteins steady, cows down 1–2 dollars, bulls steady to 48. Vealers steady, Holstein calves 40–85, replacement heifers 60–125. Barrows and gilts steady, sows down modestly, boars 35. Slaughter lambs up, ewes steady to higher, feeders steady to firm 40–47. Estimated cut-out value for a 600–700 lb beef carcass $101.80, hide value $5.69 per cwt.
Madison Wisconsin reports a preholiday slowdown with 212,100 cwt of potatoes shipped last week, 51,800 cwt less than the prior week. Season totals reach 5,532,600 cwt, 8.1 percent above last year. russets account for 76 percent, whites 13 percent, round reds 11 percent.
Wisconsin eggs and produce prices hold steady with unchanged butter and cheese. Butter prices Chicago Grade AA 1.52 percent, Grade A 1.48 percent, Grade B 1.48 percent. Cheddar barrels 1.31, 40 lb blocks 1.37. Egg prices unchanged by weight class with extra large 82-87, large 79-82, medium 77-80. Egg Market Evaluation Committee lists weight class values and breaking stock at 54, checks 49.
Chicago Board of Trade prices fell again Monday as analysts cited a lack of new market drivers and ongoing selling from recent weeks. At close, December wheat traded around $4.14 a bushel, December corn near $2.72 a bushel, and December oats about $2.26 a bushel with soybeans finishing lower.
Trading on the Chicago Board of Trade shows January wheat at 6.41 a bushel with declines of 2 to 10 cents from prior quotes. The report lists futures prices for December through December contracts with modest gains and varying highs and lows, alongside figures for previous sales and open interest.
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