MG_LS136 Montgomery, AL Fri Jul 4, 2008 USDA-AL Dept Ag Market News New Brockton, AL Weighted Average Report for 07/3/2008 Receipts: NS Last Week: 277 Year Ago: NS Compared to last week, no markets due to holiday. MG_LS136 Montgomery, AL Fri Jun 27, 2008 USDA-AL Dept Ag Market News New Brockton, AL Weighted Average Report for 06/26/2008 Receipts: 275 Last Week: 224 Year Ago: 292 Compared to last week: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00-2.00 higher. Feeder classes firm to 3.00 higher. Replacement cows too few to trend. Supply consisted of 7 percent slaughter cows, 1 percent slaughter bulls, 1 percent replacement cows and pairs and 91 percent feeders of which 8 percent were over 600 lbs. The feeder supply included 7 percent steers, 60 percent bulls and 33 percent heifers. Slaughter Cows Breaker 75-80% Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 4 1020 1020 53.75-55.00 54.38 3 1490-1570 1543 55.50-59.00 56.97 Slaughter Cows Boner 80-85% Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 3 1240-1580 1358 61.00-64.50 62.53 1 1555 1555 69.00 69.00 High Dressing Slaughter Cows Lean 85-90% Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 790 790 45.00 45.00 5 970-1150 1040 53.00-59.00 56.12 1 980 980 54.00 54.00 Low Dressing Slaughter Bulls Y.G. 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 1240 1240 61.00 61.00 Low Dressing 1 2175 2175 74.00 74.00 1 1545 1545 64.00 64.00 Low Dressing Feeder Steers Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 510-525 518 96.00-97.00 96.51 1 575 575 96.00 96.00 Feeder Steers Small and Medium 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 5 460-475 466 94.00-97.00 95.22 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 465-480 472 94.00-95.00 94.49 3 510-515 513 90.00-95.00 91.66 4 565-580 576 88.00-89.00 88.25 4 610-630 625 88.00-89.00 88.76 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 380 380 94.00 94.00 7 425-440 434 90.00-93.00 91.56 8 460-480 474 87.00-91.00 89.12 4 515-530 525 85.00-89.00 87.27 1 520 520 91.00 91.00 Thin 1 740 740 81.00 81.00 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 3 375-380 377 88.00-95.00 90.69 2 410-435 422 86.00-90.00 87.94 3 465-475 468 82.00-87.00 83.99 1 540 540 81.00 81.00 Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 3 420-440 432 104.00-107.00 105.65 2 480 480 100.00 100.00 1 545 545 97.00 97.00 6 550-580 562 94.00-97.00 95.37 4 610-640 622 92.00-95.00 93.73 1 720 720 88.00 88.00 Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 4 370-380 376 102.00-105.00 103.75 17 400-440 426 98.00-104.00 100.94 7 455-480 474 94.00-97.00 95.13 13 500-540 523 90.00-96.00 93.32 1 540 540 85.00 85.00 Brahman X 10 560-580 570 85.00-92.00 89.19 3 610-620 617 85.00-90.00 86.65 Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 380 380 102.00 102.00 2 425 425 91.00-95.00 93.00 2 515 515 85.00 85.00 Feeder Bulls Small and Medium 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 430-445 438 91.00-95.00 93.03 2 480-495 488 89.00-91.00 90.02 1 520 520 85.00 85.00 Open and Bred Replacement Cows Young to middle aged Aged Medium 2 Medium 3 4-6 mos 700.00 ------------- 7-9 mos 700.00 ------------- Small 2 Small 3 0-3 mos 420.00 ------------- Source: Alabama Dept of Ag-USDA Market News, Montgomery, AL Tommy Davis, Market Reporter phone: 334-223-7488 email: montgomery.lgmn@usda.gov www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/MG_LS136.txt 0715cdt td/st .