GX_LS143 Springfield, IL Sun Apr 6, 2008 USDA-IL Ag. Market News Galesburg Livestock in Galesburg, IL Special Feeder Cattle Weighted Average Report for 04/04/2008 Attention AMS Web Site Visitors: The AMS WEB SITE WILL BE CHANGING!!!!! On the evening of April 4, 2008, the look, feel and organization of the AMS Web Site will change. If you have set bookmarks from our current site, many of them will change and have to be reset. Bookmarks to the latest version of the Market News Reports (MNReports) will remain unchanged. If you have questions regarding the launch of our new Web site, please send them to AMSwebmaster@usda.gov . Thank you for your continued patience as we work to make the AMS Web site as service- oriented and customer-friendly as possible. Receipts: 576 Trade and demand moderate to good. Offerings moderate. Feeder steers accounted for 47 percent of the run; heifers 39 percent; and bulls 14 percent. Feeder cattle over 600 lbs 33 percent. Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 11 418 418 138.00 138.00 Value Added 2 510-525 518 97.00-98.00 97.49 4 516 516 126.00 126.00 Value Added 1 600 600 95.00 95.00 2 688 688 99.00 99.00 1 895 895 84.00 84.00 Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 3 265 265 115.00 115.00 Value Added 2 300 300 116.00 116.00 13 365-385 382 108.00-113.00 112.26 5 378 378 130.00 130.00 Value Added 9 418 418 117.00 117.00 2 470 470 111.00 111.00 9 466-473 468 109.00-110.00 109.66 Value Added 6 537 537 97.00 97.00 2 545 545 104.00 104.00 Value Added 10 585 585 97.00 97.00 8 566 566 98.00 98.00 Value Added 2 600 600 93.00 93.00 7 685 685 100.00 100.00 Value Added 23 703-727 723 96.00-97.75 97.45 Value Added 4 800 800 84.50 84.50 Value Added 4 922 922 82.50 82.50 Value Added Feeder Steers Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 325 325 106.00 106.00 Value Added 2 385-390 388 103.00-109.00 106.02 Value Added 10 410-440 433 96.00-103.00 97.45 2 435 435 107.00 107.00 Value Added 1 465 465 98.00 98.00 4 505-530 511 95.00-96.00 95.49 1 535 535 105.00 105.00 Value Added 1 600 600 95.00 95.00 8 665-690 682 83.00-89.00 84.49 Feeder Steers Medium and Large 2-3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 5 796 796 79.00 79.00 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 8 414 414 102.00 102.00 2 495 495 103.00 103.00 16 525 525 90.00 90.00 1 515 515 99.00 99.00 Value Added Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 3 326 326 110.00 110.00 Value Added 6 360-385 368 104.00-110.00 106.09 3 425 425 106.00 106.00 16 402-425 411 112.00-116.00 114.23 Value Added 6 489 489 107.00 107.00 Value Added 4 894 894 80.00 80.00 Value Added Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 9 325-346 344 103.00-105.00 104.79 1 365 365 95.00 95.00 10 400-407 406 94.00-97.00 96.70 1 455 455 96.00 96.00 11 518-541 526 90.00-97.00 93.84 4 575-598 592 84.00-86.00 84.75 7 616-620 617 82.00-84.00 82.57 13 665-685 668 82.00-86.00 82.69 4 665-675 670 83.00-85.00 84.01 Value Added 2 755 755 82.00 82.00 2 753 753 82.00 82.00 Value Added Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 2-3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 7 709 709 78.00 78.00 Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 400 400 99.00 99.00 2 498 498 96.00 96.00 20 569-575 570 93.00-96.00 95.55 8 710-715 711 83.00-84.00 83.87 Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 445 445 98.00 98.00 2 553 553 94.00 94.00 13 761-776 769 79.00-81.00 79.91 2 800 800 80.00 80.00 Source: Livestock and Grain Market News, Springfield IL Kim Harmon phone: 217-782-4925 or toll free in IL 888-458-4787 www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/GX_LS143.txt .