MG_LS138 Montgomery, AL Thu Jul 3, 2008 USDA-AL Dept Ag Market News Linden, AL Weighted Average Report for 07/2/2008 Receipts: NS Last Week: 255 Year Ago: NS Compared to last week, no markets due to holiday. MG_LS138 Montgomery, AL Thu Jun 26, 2008 USDA-AL Dept Ag Market News Linden, AL Weighted Average Report for 06/25/2008 Receipts: 255 Last Week: 247 Year Ago: 650 Compared to last week: slaughter cows 1.00 to 2.00 higher, bulls 1.00-2.00 higher. Feeder steers steady, heifers steady. Replacement cows too few to trend. Supply consisted of 27 percent slaughter cows; bulls 1 percent; Replacement cows and pairs 1 percent; Feeder cattle 71 percent of which 17 percent were over 600 lbs. In the feeder supply 26 percent were steers, 32 percent bulls and 42 percent were heifers. Slaughter Cows Breaker 75-80% Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 800-1200 1135 55.00 55.00 2 800-1200 1145 48.00-50.00 48.98 Low Dressing 2 1200-1600 1420 56.00-59.00 57.45 2 1600-2000 1658 59.50-61.00 60.27 Slaughter Cows Boner 80-85% Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 14 800-1200 1031 53.50-60.00 56.53 8 800-1200 1083 61.00-66.00 62.80 High Dressing 4 800-1200 1110 49.00-52.50 51.00 Low Dressing 12 1200-1600 1317 54.00-60.00 57.85 15 1200-1600 1330 62.00-65.50 63.76 High Dressing 1 1200-1600 1205 53.00 53.00 Low Dressing Slaughter Cows Lean 85-90% Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 800-1200 1048 54.50-58.00 56.35 3 800-1200 997 45.00-50.75 47.59 Low Dressing 1 1200-1600 1265 52.50 52.50 Low Dressing Slaughter Bulls Y.G. 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 1500-3000 1658 68.00 68.00 Feeder Steers Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 400-450 430 104.00 104.00 15 450-500 478 103.00-103.50 103.47 1 450-500 460 101.00 101.00 Brahman X 1 500-550 535 96.00 96.00 1 500-550 505 97.00 97.00 Brahman X 19 550-600 585 95.00 95.00 1 550-600 565 98.50 98.50 Brahman X 1 600-650 640 93.00 93.00 Brahman X 1 700-750 715 94.00 94.00 Feeder Steers Medium and Large 3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 450-500 475 93.50 93.50 1 450-500 495 90.00 90.00 Brahman X 2 500-550 502 96.00-97.00 96.50 1 600-650 625 82.00 82.00 1 650-700 690 82.00 82.00 1 700-750 745 73.50 73.50 Brahman X Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 400-450 405 93.00 93.00 1 500-550 540 86.00 86.00 13 500-550 512 87.75 87.75 Brahman X 4 550-600 576 85.00-87.00 85.77 1 550-600 555 84.00 84.00 Brahman X 1 600-650 625 89.00 89.00 1 650-700 690 88.00 88.00 1 700-750 735 78.00 78.00 1 750-800 775 83.00 83.00 1 800-850 815 84.00 84.00 1 800-850 805 84.00 84.00 Brahman X Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 350-400 365 87.00 87.00 4 400-450 429 84.00-89.00 85.99 3 450-500 477 84.00-86.00 84.85 3 500-550 522 81.50-85.00 82.81 1 500-550 510 80.00 80.00 Brahman X Feeder Heifers Small and Medium 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 350-400 365 91.00 91.00 Brahman X 1 400-450 430 90.00 90.00 Brahman X 1 450-500 485 83.00 83.00 Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 350-400 395 106.00 106.00 2 400-450 428 99.00-103.00 100.96 1 500-550 500 94.50 94.50 1 550-600 555 87.00 87.00 1 600-650 605 84.00 84.00 1 650-700 665 81.50 81.50 Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 300-350 315 108.00 108.00 1 350-400 380 99.00 99.00 1 350-400 365 103.00 103.00 Brahman X 2 400-450 412 101.00 101.00 1 400-450 440 98.00 98.00 Brahman X 2 450-500 472 94.00 94.00 3 500-550 522 78.00-80.50 78.86 3 500-550 512 77.00-81.00 78.95 Brahman X 1 550-600 575 77.00 77.00 Brahman X 1 600-650 625 80.50 80.50 2 650-700 682 73.50-74.00 73.75 Feeder Bulls Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 600-650 625 82.00 82.00 1 700-750 725 75.25 75.25 1 750-800 780 68.50 68.50 Feeder Bulls Small and Medium 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 400-450 435 99.00 99.00 1 500-550 545 85.00 85.00 Open and Bred Replacement Cows Young to Middle Aged Aged Medium 2 Medium 3 0-3 mos ------------- 430.00 Small 2 Small 3 0-3 mos 585.00 ------------- Source: Alabama Dept of Ag-USDA Market News, Montgomery, AL Joseph Dorrill, Market Reporter phone: 334-223-7488 email: montgomery.lgmn@usda.gov www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/MG_LS138.txt 0800cdt jd/st .