JC_LS763 Jefferson City, MO Wed Jul 2, 2008 MO Dept of Ag/USDA Market News West Plains- Ozarks Regional Stockyards Feeder Cattle Weighted Average Report for 07/01/2008 Receipts: 2266 Last Week: 4027 Last Year: No-Sale (Holiday) Compared to last week, steer calves sold steady to mostly 2.00 lower, steer yearlings firm to mostly 2.00 higher. Heifer calves sold 3.00-5.00 lower, yearling heifers steady to 2.00 higher. Supply light, quality not as attractive as the previous sale. Buyers cautiously pulled their horns-in this week on calves, especially those of lesser quality, fleshy, conditions, un-weaned and un-vaccinated, but most obvious in the heifer calf trade. Lower corn futures has given cattle feeders a breath of air past couple of days, but as was learned last week, corn futures can turn skyward in a heartbeat. Speakin’ of skyward, hope your 4th is safe and paths of your bottle rockets true. Tuesday’s supply consisted of 67 percent steers and 33 percent heifers. Near 63 percent weighed over 600 lbs. Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 6 400-433 428 112.50-121.00 113.83 23 451-481 465 113.00-116.50 115.94 34 520-538 526 114.00-117.00 115.95 19 554-565 556 112.50-116.50 115.62 9 586-597 593 103.00-106.00 103.99 Fleshy 45 600-649 635 110.50-113.50 111.52 12 621-640 634 104.00-105.00 104.67 Calves 29 663-685 675 108.50-113.00 109.96 7 661 661 105.00 105.00 Calves 9 741 741 100.00 100.00 Calves 24 795 795 108.00 108.00 Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 12 302-328 323 114.00-127.00 119.92 19 351-395 379 110.00-116.00 114.45 15 433-442 436 111.50-112.00 111.83 8 473-490 477 105.00-112.00 106.80 14 511-525 520 108.00-114.00 111.89 8 595-597 596 111.50-112.00 111.75 6 577 577 101.50 101.50 Fleshy 16 630-642 633 107.50-108.00 107.63 6 627 627 112.00 112.00 Thin 5 680-697 687 97.00-100.00 98.78 Calves 36 730-740 738 104.00-108.00 107.34 9 705-706 705 98.00-100.50 98.83 Calves 219 754-791 790 107.50-110.50 110.43 11 783 783 100.00 100.00 Fleshy 114 815-846 824 104.50-107.00 106.15 6 847 847 100.00 100.00 Fleshy 63 918 918 102.25 102.25 Feeder Steers Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 15 367-390 374 105.00-110.00 107.35 9 467-480 470 110.00-111.00 110.23 16 502-546 534 105.00-109.00 107.47 8 556-590 561 106.00-109.00 106.65 14 612-630 615 98.00-104.50 103.55 7 675-688 684 101.50 101.50 19 723 723 108.50 108.50 5 776 776 101.50 101.50 20 838-849 847 101.00-104.00 103.41 11 902-937 908 95.00-96.00 95.81 Feeder Steers Medium and Large 2-3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 7 602 602 80.00 80.00 Feeder Steers Medium and Large 3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 5 726 726 61.00 61.00 Jersey Feeder Steers Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 5 830 830 96.00 96.00 Feeder Holstein Steers Large 3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 13 515-520 517 75.00 75.00 8 560 560 74.00 74.00 61 912 912 72.25 72.25 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 6 376 376 108.50 108.50 7 445 445 98.00-102.50 100.57 39 450-473 472 100.00-104.00 102.76 30 527-542 536 103.00-108.00 106.03 27 573-593 579 97.50-106.00 102.65 5 557-590 577 94.00-96.00 94.77 Fleshy 9 628 628 103.00 103.00 6 604 604 92.50 92.50 Calves 24 720 720 102.50 102.50 13 700-702 700 92.00-93.00 92.15 Calves Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 8 391 391 101.00 101.00 20 479-498 488 98.00-106.50 102.16 11 465-475 471 93.00-95.50 94.91 Fleshy 12 503-545 521 96.50-99.50 98.15 18 550-597 563 95.00-103.00 100.09 33 605-642 626 99.00-103.00 101.52 12 611-622 615 94.50-97.50 96.49 Calves 5 643 643 93.00 93.00 Fleshy 23 739 739 98.75 98.75 23 834 834 97.25 97.25 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 17 355-368 366 94.00-105.00 98.13 11 405-411 407 93.50-97.00 94.46 15 450-497 484 95.00-97.00 96.35 25 506-540 520 90.00-95.00 93.52 30 556-578 566 88.50-99.00 94.42 8 570-580 576 85.00-91.00 89.01 Fleshy 23 600-647 627 91.00-100.00 94.53 5 681 681 96.50 96.50 32 705-747 740 90.00-96.00 94.04 24 824 824 94.00 94.00 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 2-3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 5 561 561 97.00 97.00 Feeder Heifers Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 5 889 889 89.50 89.50 Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 5 410 410 116.50 116.50 21 502-531 524 102.00-106.00 104.45 5 556-565 560 99.00-105.00 101.42 12 600-606 602 93.50-103.00 100.61 6 660 660 95.50 95.50 Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 5 465 465 112.00 112.00 11 527-549 544 102.00-110.00 107.50 Source: MO Dept of Ag/USDA Market News Service, Dave Smith, Market Reporter, 573-751-5618 24 Hour Market Report 1-573-522-9244 www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/JC_LS763.txt 0744cdt md .