JC_LS765 Jefferson City, MO Wed Jul 16, 2008 MO Dept of Ag/USDA Market News Vienna- South Central Regional Stockyards Feeder Cattle Weighted Average Report for 07/16/2008 Receipts: 1517 Last Week: 405 Last Year: 954 Compared to last Wednesday, feeder steers and heifers steady based on limited comparisons due to last weeks light receipts. Slaughter cows 2.00-3.00 lower. Supply moderate. Near 7 percent cows and 46 percent of the feeders were over 600 lbs. Feeder supply approximately 51 percent steers and bulls and 49 percent heifers. The feeder trade was decent despite this weeks sorry performance in the slaughter trade which may be signaling a little summer slump in beef demand. Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 3 325 325 127.00 127.00 6 385-395 387 127.00-129.00 127.34 4 415-425 420 125.00-129.00 126.98 7 425 425 131.00 131.00 Thin 40 460-495 479 115.00-123.00 119.53 92 510-540 524 117.00-130.00 125.77 62 550-590 582 112.00-123.50 115.86 39 600-625 612 113.00-117.25 115.32 42 680-695 692 110.00-111.50 110.29 11 740 740 113.00 113.00 9 750 750 112.00 112.00 Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 4 310 310 127.00 127.00 14 360-385 375 119.00-128.00 122.76 7 435-445 442 116.25-119.00 117.35 3 450-470 463 114.50 114.50 16 500-545 530 108.00-117.50 111.27 10 560-585 570 108.00-112.50 110.38 126 605-645 622 109.50-116.50 113.96 8 710-740 729 107.50-108.00 107.82 39 760-780 766 106.25-111.75 109.89 8 860 860 102.25-103.00 102.72 Feeder Steers Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 6 405-445 435 105.00-110.50 105.85 4 600-615 608 101.50-109.25 105.42 3 720 720 102.00 102.00 Feeder Steers Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 9 765 765 107.00 107.00 Feeder Steers Medium 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 3 295 295 116.00 116.00 6 415-420 418 106.50-110.00 107.66 4 500-520 510 108.50 108.50 3 785 785 100.25 100.25 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 27 410-435 421 108.50-113.75 110.62 54 465-490 475 111.75-114.50 113.85 85 500-545 526 102.75-115.50 108.30 41 550-595 568 105.00-115.50 111.17 6 570 570 102.25 102.25 Full 107 600-645 628 106.50-109.25 107.85 5 625 625 104.25 104.25 Fleshy 15 665-685 678 104.00-105.60 104.99 11 700 700 106.00 106.00 21 765-775 773 98.00-105.50 104.09 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 4 295 295 116.00 116.00 3 345 345 113.00 113.00 7 380-390 386 102.00-111.50 107.10 6 365 365 113.25 113.25 Thin 10 430 430 102.00-108.00 103.98 17 450-490 474 100.00-105.00 102.12 18 510-535 522 100.50-101.75 101.08 5 550-585 564 100.00-107.00 105.13 39 600-640 621 99.75-106.00 102.05 69 650-695 666 97.75-104.00 101.30 8 650 650 95.00 95.00 Full 8 775 775 99.85 99.85 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 3 490 490 97.50 97.50 13 660-695 685 92.00-95.50 92.86 Feeder Heifers Medium 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 4 425 425 98.00 98.00 4 605 605 96.50 96.50 Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 5 460-490 474 105.00-111.50 108.70 4 525-530 526 97.50-102.00 98.63 5 570-590 586 99.75-100.00 99.80 3 625-645 637 94.00-98.00 96.15 Source: MO Dept of Ag/USDA Market News Service, Duane Robertson, Market Reporter, 573-751-5618 24 Hour Market Report 1-573-522-9244 www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/JC_LS765.txt 0700cdt md .