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Newspaper
Country Today
Location
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1985
Page
4
This livestock bulletin lists calf hog and cattle prices by category with notes on quality and ranges for September 23 and September 24 trades. It covers calves Holstein replacements beef cattle dairy heifers steers and cows plus feeder cattle veal calves and packer classifications with price bands and terms including top bids and steady trends.
Market listing shows prices for cattle calves hogs and sheep across categories like Fat Cattle Holstein steers feeders and veal calves. Includes bids for replacement calves dairy replacements fat cattle and utility commercial grades with estimated receipts of 700 cattle 400 calves and 100 hogs.
Belmont Market Belmont reports 434 head sold. Beef steers 51.50 to 53.75, beef heifers 50.75 to 52.25, Holstein steers 47.25 to 49.25, butcher cows 37 to 40.75, bulls 46.25 to 47.50, veal calves 45 to 70, packer sows 34.50, boars 31. Prices reflect range by class and weight.
Market notes show 470 head of cattle sold with calf prices ranging from 25 to 90, plus ch feedlot and slaughter categories. Futures list Wheat Corn Oats Soybeans and Rye with spot prices at Minneapolis and Chicago boards, followed by detailed cash prices for spring and winter wheat, durum, barley, flax and sunflowers.
Prices from Feedsfuffs and Midwest Livestock Producers list 40 to 70 pound feeder pigs with bids up to 67 head at 40 pounds. Trades totaled 897 head with prices rising by 2.25 to 5 dollars per hundredweight across weight classes. Grain and meal prices listed include soybean meal 150 dollars per ton and wheat bran 39 dollars per ton.
A retrospective note marks the date September 26, 1984, recalling events, people, and places reported by the newspaper a year prior. The item highlights notable occurrences, context, and lasting impacts within the era’s regional news landscape.
Wisconsin market figures list grain prices for Wheat Corn Oats soybeans with percent changes, and livestock quotes for Cows Dairy heifers Bulls Calves Fed cattle hogs sows boars beef and slaughter lambs. Butter and potatoes show no quotes.
Market notes show prices for eggs and cheese with various grades and Wisconsin egg quotes. Butter prices hold at moderate Grade AA and A levels, while Cheddar blocks and barrel prices move in small increments. Grain futures for Wheat, Corn, and Oats rise modestly amid steady dairy and livestock quotes.
Slaughter steers and heifers mostly firm to higher with Joliet weaker in places as packers sought cattle. Dressed beef prices rose. cows, bulls, and Holsteins showed varied gains. At South St Paul, calves and lambs traded mixed, with lambs generally softer outside Sioux Falls where declines deepened. Demand remained broadly strong across terminals and direct sales amid favorable margins.
Wheat and feed grains traded mixed across the nation through Sept 19 as export demand rose with Russia buying corn for 85/86, Egypt purchasing 500000 tons of wheat under a bonus program. Soybeans fell on harvest expansion, while wheat prices varied by region with KC No 1 HRW down 0.83 to 3.04 per bsh, and MN spring wheat up 0.03 to 3.71 reflecting nearby supply needs.
Madison Butter prices rose in moderate trading at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange with Grade AA up 5 cents to 1.45 and Grade A up 5 cents to 1.44 while Grade B climbed 40 cents to the close. At Green Bay’s National Cheese Exchange barrels rose 0.25 cents to 1.17 and 40 pound blocks held at 1.21. For the week ending Sept 19 Wisconsin whole fluid milk shipments totaled 71 spot loads shipped interstate, far above last week’s 21 but below 1984’s 100. most went to the South with 54 loads to Florida and small totals to Mississippi, Louisiana, Kentucky, Alabama, Indiana, and Illinois.
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