GX_LS750 Springfield, IL Thu Apr 17, 2008 USDA-IL Ag. Market News Carthage Livestock Auction Weighted Average Report for 04/17/2008 Receipts: 875 Feeder Cattle Special. Moderate offering with good demand. Steers made up 44 percent of the run; heifers 46 percent; and bulls 10 percent. Feeders over 600 lbs 40 percent. Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 6 325-347 336 120.00-127.00 123.27 4 370-375 371 120.00-122.00 120.51 2 382 382 113.00 113.00 Value Added 12 400-422 416 112.50-117.00 113.89 23 452-495 462 112.50-120.00 117.73 2 450-475 462 112.50-116.00 114.20 Value Added 24 500-545 525 109.00-116.00 111.92 4 531 531 116.00 116.00 Value Added 13 555-597 579 110.00-116.00 113.18 8 570-587 581 111.00-115.00 113.53 Value Added 16 615-647 630 105.00-110.00 107.82 3 740-747 745 98.75-99.00 98.83 2 700 700 105.75 105.75 Value Added 4 810 810 93.00 93.00 Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 5 418 418 118.50 118.50 6 475 475 120.00 120.00 Value Added 6 581 581 112.50 112.50 Value Added 5 610 610 108.00 108.00 54 611-642 637 109.75-111.25 111.01 Value Added 19 788 788 97.75 97.75 Value Added 17 810 810 91.35 91.35 13 898 898 89.10 89.10 Feeder Steers Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 5 280-288 286 112.50-118.00 113.58 6 327-345 331 115.00-122.00 117.22 5 360-395 383 115.00-121.00 116.62 4 415 415 114.00-119.00 115.25 2 435 435 115.00 115.00 Value Added 3 470-472 471 110.00-114.50 111.50 12 515-546 530 107.00-114.50 109.06 3 555-560 558 103.50-108.00 106.51 2 660-695 678 93.50 93.50 3 876 876 87.50 87.50 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 4 327-345 335 105.00-109.50 106.89 9 357-395 377 102.00-109.00 104.88 2 390 390 103.00 103.00 Value Added 15 405-437 424 103.50-109.00 107.57 4 425 425 115.00 115.00 Value Added 12 485-497 488 96.00-100.00 98.32 3 475 475 104.00 104.00 Value Added 19 510-547 537 95.00-102.00 99.58 6 505 505 105.00 105.00 Value Added 15 555-596 583 90.00-93.00 90.98 5 565 565 90.50 90.50 Value Added 7 615-642 628 87.50-92.00 89.99 5 670-693 684 85.00-89.00 86.57 7 672 672 94.50 94.50 Value Added 8 720-725 722 88.00-91.75 89.13 2 1000 1000 79.25 79.25 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 9 362 362 106.00 106.00 10 445 445 95.00 95.00 7 453 453 100.00 100.00 9 502 502 111.50 111.50 17 523 523 98.25 98.25 Value Added 25 631 631 96.00 96.00 Value Added 55 735 735 92.00 92.00 Value Added Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 4 205-220 216 111.00-115.00 111.95 5 300-330 315 105.00-108.00 106.81 3 355-395 382 105.50-106.00 105.66 7 405-432 420 94.00-100.00 97.13 7 474 474 93.75 93.75 9 505-545 518 90.00-96.00 92.94 5 579 579 95.50 95.50 2 605-640 622 89.50 89.50 2 1067 1067 70.00 70.00 Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 5 368-390 372 113.00-114.00 113.21 7 403-435 408 111.50-117.00 116.16 9 462-490 477 108.50-113.00 111.73 17 500-541 523 102.00-106.50 105.30 10 570-595 582 98.75-106.50 101.91 3 625-635 632 98.50-105.25 100.73 3 675 675 95.00-98.00 97.00 3 888 888 89.00 89.00 Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 390 390 106.00 106.00 4 557 557 97.50 97.50 Source: Livestock and Grain Market News, Springfield IL Van Cruit phone: 217-782-4925 or toll free in IL 888-458-4787 www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/GX_LS750.txt 2328 .