CV_LS751 Clovis, NM Tue July 1, 2008 USDA-NM Dept of Ag Market News Roswell Livestock Auction, Roswell, NM Feeder Cattle Weighted Average for 6/30/2008 Receipts: 499 Last Week: 1674 Last Year: No Sale Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers unevenly steady on limited receipts. Quality not as attractive as last week. Slaughter cows and bulls 3.00-4.00 higher than last week on a very attractive offering. Trade active and demand good, especially on cows and bulls. Bulk supply Medium and Large 1-2 300-600 lb feeder steers and heifers. Slaughter cows 28 percent of the offering, slaughter bulls 6 percent, bred cows 1 percent, pairs 1 percent, feeders 64 percent. In the feeder supply, steers made up approximately 61 percent; heifers 39 percent; steers and heifers over 600 lbs totaled 7 percent. Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 310-345 328 122.00-126.50 124.13 13 385-398 387 120.00-121.00 120.84 3 450-490 463 115.00-124.00 120.83 5 500-525 509 116.00-120.00 117.02 2 580-585 582 108.00-108.50 108.25 Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 288 288 128.00 128.00 7 437 437 124.00 124.00 2 450 450 118.00 118.00 8 564 564 115.00 115.00 2 608 608 107.50 107.50 Feeder Steers Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 398 398 122.00 122.00 4 430-443 436 112.00-122.00 117.07 5 460-485 480 118.00 118.00 Value Added 4 510-540 519 106.00-116.00 112.55 3 560-595 583 100.00-105.00 101.60 5 560-573 568 110.00-114.00 111.58 Value Added 2 610 610 105.00-106.00 105.50 1 665 665 108.50 108.50 1 740 740 95.00 95.00 1 775 775 99.00 99.00 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 430 430 109.00 109.00 2 428 428 93.00 93.00 Fleshy 1 450 450 101.00 101.00 7 558-595 569 104.00-106.00 105.40 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 5 380 380 110.00 110.00 8 450-471 466 100.00-109.00 106.83 6 552-597 574 95.00-104.00 99.68 2 733 733 96.50 96.50 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 3 345 345 116.00 116.00 1 445 445 101.00 101.00 5 450-485 461 104.00-109.00 106.75 1 510 510 100.00 100.00 3 515 515 99.50 99.50 Value Added 1 590 590 98.00 98.00 2 600 600 100.00 100.00 Slaughter Cows: % Lean Weight Avg Dressing Hi Dressing Lo Dressing Breakers 75-80 1200-1600 --- 61.00-62.00 --- Breakers 75-80 1000-1200 --- 60.00 --- Boners 80-85 1200-1600 55.00-62.25 64.75-65.50 --- Boners 80-85 800-1200 56.75-62.75 63.00-65.75 --- Lean 85-90 1200-1600 58.00 64.50 --- Lean 85-90 1000-1200 57.50-60.50 62.50-64.00 --- Lean 85-90 800-1000 51.50-56.25 59.50-62.75 --- Lean 85-90 under 800 46.00-53.00 55.00-57.50 --- Slaughter Bulls: Yield Grade 1-2: 1300-2100 lbs 68.25-75.75 High Dressing: 1500-2100 lbs 76.25-77.75 Low Dressing: 1000-1300 lbs 60.25-67.50 Replacement Cows: Medium and Large 1-2: Young to middle aged 975-1220 lb cows 6-8 months bred 770.00-800.00, per head; middle aged to aged 965-1015 lb cows 3-8 months bred 610.00-650.00, per head. Cow/Calf Pairs: Medium and Large 1-2: Young to middle aged 700 lb cow w/100 lb calf 650.00, per pair. No Roswell report will be issued July 8, 2008, next Roswell Auction will be Monday July 14, 2008, report to be issued July 15, 2008. Source: USDA-NM Dept of Ag Market News Clovis, NM 575-762-3705 - 24 hr markets 575-763-3030 Fax 575-742-2523 www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/cv_ls751.txt 1000m gl pb