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Newspaper
Country Today
Location
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1978
Page
2
Cattle and hog prices listed for Ettrick market with steady to weak ranges. Cows steady from 36 to 50 cents per pound, bulls 36 to 50, calves 65 to 115, hogs 36 to 51 percent, feeder cattle 48 to 80, springing Holstein heifers 700 to 950 dollars.
Steady to strong cattle and hog prices with mixed demand for various classes. Cows 40-43 utility, steers 45-66, heifers 51-52, bulls 45-50, hogs 40-40 percent, sows 46-47, lambs 61-64. grain and eggs also listed with regional market notes and sale date October 18, 1977.
On Oct 13 and Oct 18 1968 the Chicago and New York markets showed grain prices for Wheat Corn Oats and Soybeans with modest changes. Livestock and dairy totals list cows heifers bulls fed steers veal calves hogs sows boars and feeder pigs with varied percentages, butter prices at 67 cents, and cheese and egg price ranges across Wisconsin and New York markets with weight class figures for Chicago and New York markets.
Markets in Minneapolis were mostly steady then firm late in the week as flooding in northern Russia and rising world demand for U.S. corn boosted prices. Cash grain activity was light with spring wheat up about 4 percent to 3.38 a bushel and winter wheat higher around 3.31.
Market quotes show futures for Wheat, Corn, Oats, and Soybeans across Minneapolis and Chicago exchanges. Prices list spring and winter wheat, durum, rye, barley varieties, flax, sunflowers, and feed ingredients with unit rates in cents or dollars per ton or cwt.
Feeder pig bids range from 49 to 50.50 dollars per 40 pounds with on farm pickup noted. Durum wheat gains 15 cents, all 390 rail cars taken by mill buyers. Corn up 3 to 6 cents, soybeans rise 14 cents, sunflower seeds drop, flax steady at Minneapolis and Duluth. Midwest feed costs mostly higher for the Oct. 11 week.
USDA Livestock Market News shows slaughter cows lagging other classes while steers reach 56 dollars and holstein steers mostly 51 to 52. Slaughter heifers top 54 and cows 30 to 40 with some 43. Bulls 47 to 51, veal calves 75 to 86, holstein replacements 80 to 126. Feeder cattle at St Paul firm to a dollar higher, steers 700 to 1000 pounds up to 77.50, holstein 47 to 63.50, feeder heifers 48 to 66.50, some 69.75. Barrows and gilts up half, sows up to a dollar. Slaughter lambs 61 to 64, ewes 18 to 22, feeders 65 to 78. Strong activity in light feeder lambs and lambs under 90 pounds for finish.
For the third straight week Wisconsin potato growers reduced shipments to store rather than grade. Norgolds made up 39 percent of last week’s shipments, followed by Burbanks at 32 percent. Round whites and reds rose in volume with reds at 17 percent and whites at 10 percent, while prices barely moved. Whites 3.25 to 3.50, reds 4.75 to 5, Norgold non-sisers mostly 3.50.
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