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Newspaper
Country Today
Location
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1981
Page
2
Ettrick market quotes show steady to higher levels across cattle. Strong utility cows 44 to 47, dairy and beef cattle 52 to 65, calves 75 to 190 for veal and replacement stock, hogs 40 to 50, feeder cattle 51 to 85 with Holstein heifers and springing stock noted at upper ranges.
The market report lists steady cattle prices with top figures of 46.20 for cattle and 55.90 for bulls. Utility cows bring 40-44, canners and cutters 35-40, dairy heifers 42-47, with various grades for bulls and calves.
Tuesday cattle volumes reach 3,100 with 6,700 hogs and 700 sheep noted. Slaughter steers show steady to firm demand, with some 50 cent gains. Choice 1,050-1,300 lbs quoted at 64-65% and good to choice at 62-64 percent.
Steady cattle values listed for Holstein calves and feeders. Holstein bull calves 110-135 lbs feed 70-90 with top 109. heifer calves 100-150 lbs top 195. Fed cattle ranges show 210-240 lb butchers at 49, heavies 46-49, light and heavy packers 40-44, boars 34-38, Holstein steers 45-54, beef steers 52-62, beef heifers 45-55, utilities 35-45.
Slaughter cattle mostly lower last week while feeder cattle held steady or rose. Slaughter steers and heifers mostly steady to down, Holsteins at 60-61, cows down to 41-43, bulls 50-55, vealers 70-95, feeders steady to up 2. Barrows and gilts steady, hogs 49.5-50.5, lambs 46-52, ewes 12-18, spring feeders 40-50. Estimated beef carcass value 108.70, hide value 6.01 per cwt.
Market data lists grain and egg prices for Sept 9 1980 and Sept 9 1971 for wheat corn oats and soybeans plus eggs butter potatoes and livestock. It includes grasps of prices for copper iron non ferrous scrap rates and assorted trading items with units and references to Max Phillips and Sons and regional price tables.
The report shows butter prices steady at Chicago Grade AA 1.48, Grade A 1.48, Grade B 1.47 percent. cheddar barrel 1.31, 40 lb blocks 1.35 percent. Wisconsin eggs steady with egg sizes listed from extra large to medium. weight class prices range from 58 for No 1 and No 2 to 43 for No 4 with breaking stock at 53.
Chicago Mercantile Exchange figures show cattle closes at 66.00 to 66.05 with open interest 54,056 up 346. Feeder cattle trade at 67.95 to 68.85 with open interest 14,060 up 114. Hog prices list weekly figures for 45 to 50 pound pigs from American Feeder Pig Co op and Midwest Livestock Producers with shipments from South St. Paul Minnesota showing 33 to 38 dollars per head.
The market lists futures for Wheat Corn Oats and Soybeans across Minneapolis and Chicago with percentage changes and price ranges for Spring and Winter Wheat, Durum Rye Corn Oats Barley and Soybeans. It also shows Sept 1 prices for various feedstuffs including soybean meal linseed meal meat meal brewers dried grains and alfalfa meal.
Previous day open interest for Russet Potatoes shows 20,921 and 130,214, with increases of 1 and 4,175 respectively. Earlier sales volumes 7,434 and 40,712 are listed alongside current Sepales 15,080 and Mar May price terms in cents per pound.
Grain Market News reports last week on the Grain Exchange with rye rising sharply to draw supplies from bins. No. 1 rye held at 3.40 and No. 2 at 3.25 to 3.40. Corn edged up 8.5 cents to 2.77. Oats rose 7 to 9 cents with No. 1 and No. 2 at 2.01 to 2.09. Barley Morex steady at 3.20 to 3.45, Glenn off 15 cents to 3.00 to 3.25, Larker flat to down 5 at 2.80 to 3.20, Beacon down 10 to 2.70 to 2.90. Barley No. 2 up 2 cents to 2.25. Soybeans down 2.0 cents to 6.60, flaxseed down 20 cents to 7.30, oil sunflower down 0.70 to 11.20, crude sunflower oil up a fraction to 26.5 cents. Animal protein feeds weaken with meat meal at 235, tankage 60% at 255, feather meal 80% at 245.
Wisconsin potato shipments increased last week to 391,000 cwt, up from 367,100 cwt the prior week, despite rain and wet fields and a truck shortage. Year season total reached 1,867,200 cwt, about 1 percent above last season. Early russets led by nor golds at 56.5 percent, with round reds 16 percent, round whites 15.5 percent, and chipstock 12 percent. round white and round red prices rose while others fell.
Daily market news shows spot shipments of Wisconsin fluid milk to other states for the week ending Sept 3 doubling to 56 truckloads from 28. Five loads went to Florida, 11 to Illinois, 40 to Indiana. Butter and cheese prices on major exchanges held steady. For week ending Aug 27 butter output reached 18.9 million pounds, up 1 percent from the prior week and 13 percent from last year, while cheese production fell 2 percent to 45.2 million pounds, but remained 8 percent higher than a year ago.
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