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Newspaper
Country Today
Location
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1978
Page
2
Steady to strong shifts across cattle, hogs, and feeder cattle. Utility cows bring 40 to 42, dairy heifers 41 to 44, beef bulls 44 to 47, and Holstein calves 70 to 85 pounds. Hog prices show No 1 and 2 butchers at 49 to 50, with lightweight and heavyweight packers Bets 41 to 49.
Steady across cattle categories with ranges for cows 39 to 50 percent, steady fed cattle with steers 49 to 53, heifers 44 to 51, Holstein lines 45 to 48, calves repl. heifers 100 to 160, beef veal 65 to 90, hogs with top butchers 492 to 50, sows 42 to 45, boars 34 to 36, open Holsteins 60 to 80, springing Holsteins 700 to 900.
Feeder cattle and fed steers and heifers ended the week largely steady to $1 lower while hog prices rose and slaughter lamb values gained. Slaughter cows and bulls closed steady with top steer prices at $54 for 875 to 1,100 pounds. Holsteins up to $49.50, beef type steers $49.50, heifers $46 to $53, cows $31 to $43, bulls $44 to $49.50. Veal calves fell to $75-$85. Holstein replacements $70-$122. Feeder cattle followed fed market, steady to $1 lower. beef feeders $74.50 at 300-430 pounds, heavier steers $68-$70, Holstein feeders $45-$61.25. Hog market rose $1.50, sows up about $1. lambs steady to higher, shorn $64, wool lambs $60-$63, slaughter ewes $20-$25, feeder lambs to $77. Sixty Montana short-term breeding ewes at $45.
Market summary for Monday shows cattle 3400, hogs 5000, sheep 700. Slaughter steers and heifers mostly steady with varied weight ranges and price tiers for Holstein and market cattle. Hogs steady with small spread. sheep and lambs down 1 to 2 dollars.
On Sept 22 exchange, butter prices steady across grades in Chicago and New York with Grade AA at 1.17, A at 1.147, B at 1.14 in Chicago and AA 1.19, A 1.18, B 1.175 in New York. Cheese shows minor gains with cheddar barrels 1.04, 40 lb blocks 1.08, Swiss grades A 1.41 B 1.39 C 1.37. Wisconsin eggs remain unsettled with extra large 65-70, large 63-68, medium 55-60. Feeder pig quotes: Co-op select 40 lb. $47.50, choice $46. Midwest Livestock 40 lb premium detailed pigs $47.75 (farm pickup) and 40 lb $44-55.
Cash grain markets on the Minneapolis exchange remained largely steady to lower last week. Spring wheat held at 3.25, winter wheat up 1 cent to 3.21, durum eases to 3.43-3.50. Rye 2.32-2.40, oats 1.37-1.39, corn 1.92-1.93. Barley prices flat except Larker 2.30, Beacon 2.20-2.30, Blue 2.15-2.25. Feed barley up to 1.80.
Market prices for GRAIN Wheat corn oats and soybeans, eggs by size, LIVESTOCK categories, BUTTER and POTATOES across regions. Oils and seeds firm, soybeans slide on stocks data. flaxseed steady, sunflowers down. energy markets strong with SBM up, linseed meal up, alfalfa meal down.
The notice lists futures and spot prices for wheat corn oats soybeans and related goods across Minneapolis and Chicago markets. It shows spring and winter wheat grades, durum rye barley flax sunflowers bean meal and brewers grains with prices per ton or cwt and percentage changes. Major entities include Minneapolis and Chicago exchanges and commodity types such as No. 1 dark northern No. 1 dark hard red and No. 2 corn.
USDA purchases of surplus dairy products last week were limited to nonfat dry milk and no butter or cheese contracts were signed. Cheddar 40 pound blocks rose to 1.08 per pound while other cheese prices held steady. The weighted average milk price paid to farmers across 46 federal orders was 10.70 per 3.5 test milk in August, up from 10.33 in July and 9.85 a year ago. USDA noted 3,266 fewer dairy farmers shipping milk in August versus last year.
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