MG_LS142 Montgomery, AL Tue Jul 1, 2008 USDA-AL Dept Ag Market News Russellville, AL Weighted Average Report for 06/30/2008 Receipts: N/S Last Week: 1050 Year Ago: N/S Compared to last week, no market due to holiday. MG_LS142 Montgomery, AL Tue Jun 24, 2008 USDA-AL Dept Ag Market News Russellville, AL Weighted Average Report for 06/23/2008 Receipts: 1123 Last Week: 743 Year Ago: 1218 Compared to last week; Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher, slaughter bulls 1.00-2.00 higher. Supply consisted of 12 percent slaughter cows; bulls 2 percent; Replacement cows and pairs 5 percent; Feeder cattle 81 percent of which 14 percent were over 600 lbs. In the feeder supply 14 percent were steers, 37 percent bulls and 49 percent were heifers. Slaughter Cows Breaker 75-80% Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 800-1200 1000 56.50 56.50 6 1200-1600 1339 58.50-62.50 60.16 1 1600-2000 1600 61.50 61.50 Slaughter Cows Boner 80-85% Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 700-800 770 51.50 51.50 Low Dressing 37 800-1200 1041 54.00-60.50 57.21 6 800-1200 1090 61.00-65.00 62.34 High Dressing 9 800-1200 984 49.50-53.00 51.43 Low Dressing 12 1200-1600 1297 55.00-62.50 58.47 20 1200-1600 1281 61.50-67.50 63.94 High Dressing 2 1200-1600 1525 51.00 51.00 Low Dressing Slaughter Cows Lean 85-90% Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 700-800 765 49.50 49.50 1 700-800 725 40.00 40.00 Low Dressing 18 800-1200 961 47.00-53.50 50.72 1 800-1200 995 40.50 40.50 Low Dressing 1 1200-1600 1255 49.00 49.00 Slaughter Bulls Y.G. 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 4 1000-1500 1345 68.50-70.50 69.25 2 1000-1500 1220 59.00-60.00 59.50 Low Dressing 6 1500-3000 1722 70.00-75.50 72.18 3 1500-3000 1708 77.00-77.50 77.35 High Dressing 1 1500-3000 1590 67.00 67.00 Low Dressing Feeder Steers Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 300-350 325 125.00 125.00 7 500-550 523 103.00-107.00 104.79 9 550-600 574 102.00-104.00 103.39 21 600-650 628 96.00-99.50 98.61 3 650-700 665 90.00-95.00 93.15 Feeder Steers Medium and Large 3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 300-350 320 115.00 115.00 3 400-450 428 102.00-105.00 103.96 4 500-550 529 97.00-100.00 98.23 4 650-700 678 84.50-89.00 87.65 Feeder Steers Small and Medium 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 550-600 578 92.50-94.00 93.25 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 300-350 325 110.00 110.00 3 400-450 433 101.00-103.00 101.63 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 5 300-350 324 103.00-107.00 104.57 9 350-400 390 97.00-101.00 99.17 16 400-450 426 94.00-98.50 95.60 28 450-500 482 89.00-93.00 91.00 1 450-500 480 88.00 88.00 Brahman X 43 500-550 526 87.00-91.50 88.75 10 550-600 578 86.00-90.50 88.08 1 550-600 580 82.00 82.00 Brahman X 13 600-650 623 83.00-86.00 84.30 3 650-700 680 82.50-85.00 83.67 4 700-750 725 80.50-81.50 81.26 2 750-800 765 80.00 80.00 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 9 350-400 379 90.00-95.00 92.78 11 400-450 424 87.00-91.50 89.44 16 450-500 487 83.00-88.00 85.14 10 500-550 527 82.00-86.00 84.05 8 550-600 579 81.00-84.00 82.56 5 600-650 616 78.00-80.00 79.39 2 650-700 660 75.00 75.00 Feeder Heifers Small and Medium 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 3 400-450 437 90.00-92.50 90.80 2 450-500 478 86.00-87.50 86.76 1 500-550 545 83.00 83.00 Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 300-350 315 125.00 125.00 1 500-550 530 99.00 99.00 1 550-600 570 96.50 96.50 2 600-650 640 96.00 96.00 Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 200-250 245 127.50 127.50 2 250-300 290 120.00-123.00 121.47 6 300-350 328 112.00-116.00 113.37 7 350-400 383 104.00-108.00 105.57 1 350-400 395 99.00 99.00 Brahman X 12 400-450 425 100.00-106.00 102.42 3 400-450 417 96.00-98.00 97.31 Brahman X 14 450-500 482 97.00-102.00 98.81 1 450-500 480 93.00 93.00 Brahman X 14 500-550 528 92.00-98.00 95.93 11 550-600 575 91.00-96.50 93.55 8 600-650 628 89.00-92.50 90.71 4 650-700 664 85.50-88.00 86.37 2 700-750 718 86.50-87.00 86.75 1 750-800 770 85.50 85.50 Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 7 300-350 326 105.00-110.00 106.99 8 350-400 384 98.00-103.00 100.11 9 400-450 424 95.00-98.00 96.36 10 450-500 474 90.00-95.00 92.59 10 500-550 532 86.00-91.00 87.95 6 550-600 586 85.00-87.00 85.73 5 600-650 617 84.00-86.00 84.99 3 700-750 735 79.00-82.00 80.31 Feeder Bulls Small and Medium 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 300-350 340 105.00 105.00 2 350-400 370 98.00 98.00 Open and Bred Replacement Cows Young to middle aged Aged Large 2 Large 3 4-6 mos 830.00 ------------- Medium 2 Medium 3 0-3 mos 560.00 415.00-430.00 4-6 mos 690.00-750.00 495.00 7-9 mos 770.00-850.00 590.00 Small 2 Small 3 0-3 mos 495.00-520.00 275.00-350.00 4-6 mos 640.00-650.00 380.00-450.00 7-9 mos ------------- 460.00 Replacement Pairs Young to middle aged cows with calves 100-300 lbs Aged Medium 2 Medium 3 860.00-930.00 700.00-800.00 Small 2 Small 3 800.00 600.00-380.00 3 n 1: 920.00 Source: Alabama Dept of Ag-USDA Market News, Montgomery, AL Johnny Little, Market Reporter phone: 334-223-7488 email: montgomery.lgmn@usda.gov www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/MG_LS142.txt 0800cdt jl/st .