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Newspaper
Country Today
Location
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1982
Page
2
South St Paul Minnesota market notes list cattle hog and sheep prices with steady to higher trends for hogs and dairy cattle. Also shown are replacement Holstein calf values, grain and egg quotes and later vintage price ranges for various livestock categories from October 6, 1981 and 1972.
The market list shows prices for non ferrous scrap including aluminum cans at 20 to 27 per cwt and brass at 17 to 33 per cwt. Radiators fetch 25 to 33 per cwt while copper and other metals range from 6 to 42 per cwt depending on item. Newspaper stock priced by weight, with tiers from 2 000 to 6 000 lbs, subject to market conditions.
Wisconsin eggs and produce report shows butter unchanged at Grade AA 1.49 and Grade A 1.47 to 1.49, Grade B 1.44. Cheese Cheddar barrel at 1.33 and 40 lb blocks 1.37. Eggs steady with Extra large 69-74 and Large 66-69. Feeder pig quotes include Select (45 lb) 60.50-61.50, Midwest Livestock 40-50 lb premium pigs 54-57, and 60-64.50 for 40-50 lb. on farm pickup.
Lack of export business last week pushes most futures and cash grain prices lower. USDA Grain Market News cites December wheat at 3.80, December corn at 2.22, and soybean futures down 7 cents to 5.34. Rye, corn, oats, and barley fall or hold with minimal gains. feed meals and alfalfa meal move on supply and demand.
USDA announced Madison government purchase prices for dairy products including butter at 1.49 per pound, unfortified nonfat dry milk at 94 cents per 50 pounds, fortified milk powder at 95.2 cents per pound, cheddar blocks at 1.39 per pound, and barrel cheese at 1.36 per pound. CC bought 3.7 million pounds of butter, 3.8 million pounds of cheddar, 7.2 million pounds of barrel cheese, and 15.3 million pounds of powdered milk, totaling 185.1 million pounds milk equivalent. No spot fluid milk loads left Wisconsin despite tight fluid milk supplies. Production continues to slip toward yearly low.
Trading was light for Wisconsin potato dealers and shippers last week with mixed prices. Total table stock shipments for the crop year reach 2.3 million hundredweight, down 600,000 cwt from last year, while potato chip stock sits at about 35,000 cwt more than a year ago. Russet burbanks fetch 3.50 per hundredweight, not gold russets 3.25, and round reds 4.50 to 5. Prices for round whites could not be quoted due to insufficient offerings, per the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture.
Last week livestock prices followed a downward pattern with slaughter steers and heifers 50 cents to $1 lower, fed Holstein steers $1.50 lower, slaughter cows $1 to $2 lower, and feeder cattle down up to $3. Hogs dropped $5.50 to $6.50, though feeder pigs gained $5 to $10. Slaughter lambs were up a dollar, veal calves steady to $5 lower. Corn oats barley soybeans and feedstuffs prices listed. Central Livestock hosts final 1982 lamb pool Monday Oct 11 at Taylor County fairground Medford. inquiries to Glen Nelson.
The first of two fall feeder cattle sales by the Northern Wisconsin Beef Producers Cooperative drew 319 head averaging 56 cents per pound at Equity Livestock. They planned 500 to 600 head, with 25 producers consigning and 21 buyers purchasing. A second sale is set for Oct. 23 with 600 to 800 head. The sale grossed 133,562 dollars from 238,430 pounds, averaging 418.32 dollars per feeder, with weights 415 to 1,021 pounds and prices 42 to 59.4 cents per pound. Top buyers included Philip Mattes of Thorp and Farmers Livestock of Caledonia, Minnesota. The cooperative has held two fall sales for the first time in about six years.
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