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Newspaper
Country Today
Location
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1978
Page
2
Livestock prices show weak cattle top at 43.30 with utility cows 39 to 41 and dairy heifers 40 to 44 while bulls hold 39 to 50. Calves steady with select Holstein bull calves 70 to 85 and heifers 75 to 145 pounds. Feeder cattle steady with Holstein steers 45 to 52 and beef steers 56 to 66. Hogs steady at 50 to 51 for No 1 and 2 butchers. other packers and boars also listed.
Ettrick market notes steady to weak with dairy cattle and heavy cattle showing varied ranges. Prices cover steers and heifers across grades, Holsteins, replacement stock, sows, bears, beef and cross bred classifications, with springing Holstein heifers listed at 700 to 950 dollars.
livestock market report from St Paul Minnesota shows Monday volume with cattle 2900 hogs 5000 sheep 800. slaughter steers and heifers listed with ranges for different weights and grades, Holstein cattle prices for various weights, slaughter cows and heifers figures, hogs with weights 190 to 240 pounds, sows and feeder animals, and steady to firm or lower trends across categories.
Scraps and prices for ferrous and nonferrous scrap, appliances, motors, radiators, and newspapers listed with weights, unit values, and nominal notes. Grain and livestock prices from Oct 25 1968 appear alongside dairy and egg quotes, with crude market terms and tonnage units noted.
Wisconsin eggs show steady ranges for sizes extra large to medium with extra large at 65-70 and large 63-68 while feeder pig co op and Midwest livestock report 40 lb pigs priced around 48 to 58 and special selections at 50. Cheese and butter prices across Wisconsin and Chicago and New York markets list cheddar barrels and blocks with butter around 1.12 to 1.17 percent and Swiss grades A B C near 1.41 to 1.45 percent.
Wheat prices rose on Minneapolis trading with strong demand across trade sectors. Spring wheat finished around 3.41 to 3.43 dollars in Minneapolis and Duluth, while winter wheat gained 3 to 4 cents, durum up 3 to 12 cents, and rye and oats mostly steady or down. Corn and soybeans eased, with soybeans slipping to about 6.37 in Minneapolis as barges and country selling pressured the market.
Daily Market News reports September milk production at 9.73 billion pounds, down one percent from September 1977. Nine month 1978 output drops one percent year over year but remains two percent above 1976. Production per cow averages 897 pounds, and total milk cows average 10.8 million, down one percent from last year.
Last week at St Paul yards all livestock classes fell except feeder cattle which rose up to 1.50. Slaughter steers topped at 55 per hundredweight on 1150 to 1227 pound beef cattle while Holstein fed steers and beef type feeders posted notable highs. Slaughter lambs and feeder lambs sold strong with veal calves steady to 2 lower and Holstein replacements reaching 80 to 133. Carcass values rose to 87.62 per hundred for 600 to 700 pound beef.
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