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Country Today

Location

Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America

Date

Sep 04, 1985

Page

4

Weekly livestock market prices August 27 listing

Livestock market report shows calves everywhere from 30 and down for throwouts to 68 for fancy calves, replacement calves include Holstein bulls at 82 to 110, beef calves 60 to 70, cull cattle utilities 35 to 37, dairy heifers 38 to 42, bulls 46 to 49, fed steers and heifers 40 to 50, hogs lower at 40 to 40.5 for butcher hogs, sows 31 to 36, boars 30 to 34, cows 36 to 39, fat cattle choice heifers 43 to 44.5, Holstein cows 50 to 68, veal calves 60 to 70, August 28 sale notes dairy cattle and fat cattle ranges, feeder cattle and hogs ranges, and feeder pigs 33 to 38 for 40-60 lb pigs.

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Market livestock prices and entries for August 28

The report lists EQUITY prices for cattle and hogs across categories from cows to veal calves, feeder cattle and replacement stock. It notes Labor Day closures affected markets and includes Sept 3 trade estimates for calves and fed cattle with ranges for steers heifers and slaughter cows.

Market Reports Cash Grain Prices and Feedstuffs

Cash grain: Wheat Corn Oats Soybeans and related prices from Minneapolis and Chicago. Prices listed for spring and winter wheat, rye, durum, corn, oats, barley, soybeans, flax, sunflowers, and feedstuffs including soybean meal linseed meal meat meal dried distillers grains wheat bran and middlings with various protein percentages and per ton quotes.

Minneapolis

Market Prices for Cattle and Hogs

Holstein calves bulls and heifers listed with steady markets. Beef type cattle range 55 to 87 with common utility 34 to 38. Canners and cutters 30 to 42. Dairy heifers steady 37 to 40 utility and commercial 34 to 37. Holstein bulls steady 45 to 49 cutters and util 38 to 45 sows 36 and down.

National Farmers Organization Slaughters Cattle Prices Listed

Prices for cull cows Holstein steers and bulls shown for Sept 3 with trade date Aug 30. Notable figures include Choice steers 75 Good 71 Bulls 80 to 83 with two dollar reductions for Number fours. Extra data on butter cheese and Wisconsin egg prices. Call 414 336 3734 for more information.

National Farmers Organization

Market One Year Ago Belmont Slaughter Sale Prices

Market report recalling Belmont sale from Sept 5 1984 and Aug 29 trade. Beef steers brought 50.51.50, beef heifers 44.75-50.60, Holstein steers 43.80-45.25, butcher cows 35-39.75, bulls 46-47.25 and veal calves 40-98, packer sows 34.25.

Beetown 632 head sold at Hoedown cattle sale

Beetown buyers traded 632 cattle at the Harvest Hoedown Consignment sale in Baraboo, with 173 fewer head than last week. Average per animal $2,014, top price $10,100 for a calf heifer from Dundee Illinois, consigned to Robert Schmidtknecht Cochrane.

Baraboo Robert Miller Dundee Ill Robert Schmidtknecht Cochrane Heatherstone Enterprises Robert Hill, Jr Heatherstone Tamela Harvie Ole Meland Quickland Farms Dr. Meland

Weekly grain review shows lower futures amid demand weakness

The USDA AMS reports weak export demand and favorable crops weighing on prices for the week ending Aug 29. Minneapolis September spring wheat fell 2 cents to 3.21, Chicago corn down 4% to 2.30, soybeans down 5% to 5.09, and protein levels shifted with 14% protein up while 13% and lower slipped. Spot prices for oats, flaxseed, sunflowers, and byproducts moved on demand, with little Duluth quote as exporters withdrew from the market.

Minneapolis Chicago Board of Trade Duluth

Cattle and hog market at South St. Paul shows mixed weekly results

Last week buyers remained selective with yield grade 4 and 5 discounted. Fed beef type steers mostly 47 to 52 cents, Holstein 39 to 44 cents, slaughter heifers 45 to 51 cents. Hogs and feeder pigs slipped, lambs mostly weaker, feeder cattle firm except large 900 to 1100 pound steers. Feeder steers and heifers active, Holstein feed ers 33 to 57 cents, barrows 39 to 40 cents, feeders 25.50 to 38.50 a head for pigs, veal calves 25 to 95 cents.

South St. Paul

Wisconsin Milk Shipments Rise in Week Ended August 29

Wisconsin interstate shipments total 36 spot loads of whole fluid milk for the week ending August 29, up from last week but below the 118 loads a year earlier. Florida received 26 loads and Illinois 10. CCC buys for August 20-30 reached 2.9 million pounds butter 18.2 million pounds cheese and 22.8 million pounds non-fat dried milk, milk equivalent 239.8 million pounds. Cumulative purchases since October 1, 1984 total 11 billion pounds, up 8.9 percent from the prior year.

Wisconsin CCC USDA

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