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Newspaper
Country Today
Location
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1982
Page
2
South St Paul Minnesota markets report cattle hogs sheep and calves with price ranges by weight class. Also lists grain eggs butter and ferrous metal prices from Max Phillips and Sons, plus miscellaneous auto and metal market notes and historical quotes.
Feeder pigs listed include American Feeder Pig Co op Select at 45 lb priced $50.50 to $51.50. Midwest Livestock Producers offers 40-50 lb premium grade pigs $47.50 to $50.50 with farm pickup. Additional 40-50 lb pigs range $49 to $55.
Grain markets extended last week declines as a global recession dampens U S sales. Minneapolis December wheat fell to 3.75 while Chicago December corn slid to 2.20 and soybeans to 5.30. Rye rose to 2.63, oats eased to about 1.56, and nearby corn endpoints near 3.04 as harvest delays firmed values. Feed and meal prices showed mixed moves with soybean meal down and mill feeds strengthening.
Futures shown for Wheat Corn and Soybeans with percent changes. Cash and feed prices listed for spring and winter wheat durum rye corn oats barley flax sunflowers and various seed meals per ton in Minneapolis. Prices include bean meals at 157.30 and 187.50 for meat and brewer’s dried grains at 109 to 135 range.
Daily Market News reports eastern and Midwest milk supplies ample for Class I needs but tight for manufacturing. West fluid production trends seasonally lower. For week ending Oct 22, government purchases totaled 227 million pounds in butter cheese and nonfat dry milk. Butter output fell 4.2 percent week over week. Wisconsin spot fluid milk shipments to Illinois were seven loads. Midwest wholesale cheese prices unchanged and buyer interest quieter, with specialty cheeses selling best.
Wisconsin's 1982 potato harvest nears completion as a small crop remains in the Antigo field. Trading was moderate, prices mixed with a downward trend. Russet burbanks sold at 3.25 to 3.50 per 100 pounds, round reds and whites lacked sufficient trades to set prices. Red River Valley round reds sold mostly at 6 per 100 pounds. Michigan round whites brought 3.80 to 4.20 per hundred. Wisconsin shipments total 3.22 million cwt, down from 3.7 million cwt last year.
Last week at South St. Paul yards saw declines in all major livestock classes. Feeder cattle and veal calves weakened with drops up to six dollars per hundred, barrows and gilts down two to four, slaughter cattle easing about one dollar, and lambs and Holstein cattle posting notable drops. Slaughter steers 54 to 59, heifers 51 to 57.50, fed Holstein steers 50 to 56.10, cows 42 rising to 29 cents, bulls 42 to 51 with some highs to 53, feeder steers 49.50 to 66.25, Holstein steers 45 to 57.50, and feeder heifers 44 to 58.50. Sows 49.50 to 52, feeder pigs off up to three, slaughter lambs 44 to 46, ewes 5 to 10, veal calves 30 to 93 cents, and Holstein bull calves 40 to 80 with replacements 70 to 97.
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