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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1977
Page
2
U S Weather Bureau notes moisture totals for July 1 to 2 in Sidney with 1.16 inches and 2 inch soil readings. Normal July values 12.50 for year 1976. Thunder showers expected Monday night into Tuesday. gradual clearing Tuesday. Low Monday night near 60, high Tuesday around 80. Wednesday to Friday forecast calls for clear to partly cloudy skies with near normal July temperatures.
Hot windy weather gave way to thundershowers easing irrigation pressures. Wheat harvest in western Nebraska slowed by high humidity while over 90 percent of wheat is harvested and corn silked at 55 percent. Topsoil and subsoil moisture show mixed relief with moisture adequacy improving from last year. Livestock forage and pasture remain adequate in most counties as heat persisting into mid August is likely, with above normal precipitation but higher humidity.
Area elevator reports show Wheat GURLEY millet SCOTTSBLUFF prices with No 1 Wheat at 20.00 and Pintos at 13.00. Denver No 1 hard winter ordinary 1.91 with yellow corn 3.75 to 3.85. Kansas City figures include multiple No 1 hard 2.39 to 2.47 and No 2 hard 2.36 to 2.45, with No 1 soft 2.19. Cash grain in Chicago lists No 2 soft red wheat 2.19 and No 2 yellow corn 2.06 to 2.34. Oats and other white varieties show varied quotes. Sugar futures in New York drift lower and higher for No 12 and No 11 contracts with spot around 10.29 and 10.50 to 12.30 depending on month and grade. World Sugar No 11 futures mix with spot near 7.68 to 8.99 varying by month.
Barrow and gilts fell 1 to 2 percent for the second straight week with sows down up to 1. Trade volume last week was 3,100 head versus 3,765 prior and 4,375 a year ago. US 12 200 to 235 cents, 43.50 to 44.50. high yield 44 to 45. US 2-3 42.50 to 43.25. US 2-4 no quote. US 1-3 300 to 600, H to 36.
On Wednesday July 26 Collins sold 1072 head of sheep with spring slaughter lambs weighing 93 to 120 pounds trading at 48 to 52 dollars, bulk 49.25 to 51.50, plus a 145 pound lot at 47.25. Mixed old and spring lambs 116 pounds at 48. Slaughter hogs and utilities 11.50 to 14, culls 8.25 to 11.25. Spring feeder 50 to 90 pounds 48.75 to 51.50. A mostly choice 90 pounds 47.60. Sterling on July 20 traded 459 head of cattle with steer calves 40 to 43.75, heifer calves 35 to 37, feeding steers 37 to 38.90, feeding heifers 36 to 37.70, slaughter cows 24 to 28.60.
Omaha Livestock Foundation reports lower close across steers heifers and hogs. Receipts totaled 16 000 versus 18 600 last week and 14 800 a year earlier. Steers 75 1.00 lower with top at 42.90 and 39.5 40.75 for choice loads. Hog prices retreat with barrows gilts 1.50 2.25 lower. sow and slaughter lambs also lower amid light wholesale movement.
Nebraska growers seeded 44,000 acres of popcorn, down 17 percent from last year, with harvest plans for 42,000 acres, 18 percent fewer than in the prior season. Nebraska leads U S popcorn output, with Indiana a close competitor, and most crops are produced under contract.
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