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Newspaper
Country Today
Location
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1981
Page
2
Livestock market report from South St Paul Minnesota for Monday shows cattle numbers at 1990 head and hogs at 4219. Slaughter steers range up to 61.80 per cwt for 1050 to 1300 lb animals, with Holstein steers and cows also steady or higher, hogs easing, and sheep and lambs steady with lambs 90-120 lbs around 50-54. Prices cover steers heifers cows bulls and feeders across weight classes with several large numbers and range references.
Steady trading across cattle categories with top cows in the 37 to 44 utility range and bulls to 50.30. Commercial bulls 46 to 49, common utilities 35 to 44, beef bulls 44 to 48. Calves steady with select at 50 to 65, good to choice 40 to 50, standard to good 30 to 40, culls 30 and down. Replacement calves show Holstein bull calves 110 to 135 pounds at 70 to 85 with top 108, Holstein heifer calves 80 to 125 pounds at 157 percent.
Steady to strong figures for cows and calves with dairy and beef classes listed. Feeder cattle and hogs show mixed demand Monday bids and price ranges across weights, including Holstein and beef steers, veal and springing Holstein heifers priced up to 1200 dollars.
The record lists grains and eggs with percentages and ranges for wheat corn oats soybeans and various egg sizes. It also shows livestock bids for cows dairy heifers bulls calves fed cattle slaughter hogs and others with multiple price ranges. Butter Grade AA is noted and a miscellaneous section covers complete automobiles and ferrous non ferrous scrap markets with unit measures and conditions.
Last week prices show American Feeder Pig Co op select pigs at 32.75 to 33.75 per 45 pound lot and Midwest Livestock Producers premium grade 40 to 50 pound pigs at 31.50 to 34 picked up on farm. Wisconsin round white potatoes traded 7.25 to 7.50 per bag.
On October 14 1971 grain prices show 40 to 50 pounds mostly 38 to 41 dollars with Oct 9 exchange date. Wheat at 1.60 percent corn 1.09 oats 72 and soybeans 3.14. Butter prices steady with Chicago Grade A 1.50 percent and Grade A 1.48 Grade B 1.47.
The market page lists rye corn oats barley and flax prices by grade, with rye No 2 at 3.70, corn No 2 at 2.47, oats No 1 at 2.02 to 2.09, barley Larker 2.90 to 3.20 and Beacon 2.90 to 3.00. It also notes soybean meal prices per ton, meat meal, brewers dried grains, and other feedstuffs. Livestock values cover cows, heifers, bulls, red steers, veal calves, hogs, sows, boars, lambs, and cheese butter and egg market details. Potatoes Wisconsin early gems price and Wisconsin eggs by size are included, along with an Egg Market Evaluation Committee weight classes.
All livestock classes except sheep and veal calves fell last week. Slaughter steers 57 to 64.20 top, Holstein steers 51 to 60.40, slaughter cows 50c to 1.50 lower, hogs 50c lower, sows 22.50 lower, feeder pigs up to 2 lower, lambs up a dollar, and slaughter lambs over 110 pounds strongest.
Futures on the Chicago Board of Trade closed higher across grains and soybeans. December wheat around 4.3642 per bushel, December corn about 2.95, December oats near 2.07, and November soybeans around 6.69 per bushel as open interest and previous sales figures shift.
The Minneapolis Grain Exchange reports light farm selling and mixed futures for the week ending Oct 8. December wheat fell to $1.21, Chicago corn rose to $2.91, and soybeans gained to $6.17. Spot prices for No 1 and No 2 rye reached $3.65 and $3.60-3.65, while corn moved to $2.43 and oats at $22.07. Meal and linseed products held steady or rose with export demand supporting soymeal to $182.40 per ton and linseed meal at $150. Sunflower oil traded around 25 cents per pound, with seeds and meals largely unchanged amid tight supplies.
Government buys 3.2 million pounds of butter, 1.7 million pounds of cheese in 40-pound blocks, 3.3 million pounds in 500-pound barrels, 9.9 million pounds of nonfat dry milk and 6 million pounds fortified nonfat dry milk. It will stop buying vitamin fortified nonfat dry milk after December 31. Butter production reaches 20.8 million pounds, cheese 44.3 million, each up about 5 percent from a year ago.
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