MG_LS143 Montgomery, AL Wed Jul 2, 2008 USDA-AL Dept Ag Market News Arab, Al Cattle Auction for Tue Jul 1, 2008 Receipts: N/S Last Week: 1027 Year Ago: N/S Compared to last week, no market due to holiday. MG_LS143 Montgomery, AL Wed Jun 25, 2008 USDA-AL Dept Ag Market News Arab, Al Cattle Auction for Tue Jun 24, 2008 Receipts: 1025 Last Week: 658 Year Ago: 1537 Compared to last week, slaughter cows and bulls steady. Feeder classes 1.00 to 5.00 higher. Demand on feeders good. New crop and unwean calves discounted 5.00 to 10.00. Long haired calves still taking a 10.00 to 15.00 discount and not meeting buyers orders. Replacement cows mostly steady with small offerings. Supply consisted of 17 percent slaughter cows; bulls 1 percent; Replacement cows and pairs 3 percent; Feeder cattle 79 percent of which 12 percent were over 600 lbs. In the feeder supply 15 percent percent were steers, 29 percent bulls and 56 percent heifers. Slaughter Cows Breaker 75-80% Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 5 800-1180 1119 55.00-57.50 56.30 1 800-1125 1125 51.00 51.00 Low Dressing 11 1200-1545 1380 54.00-60.00 56.01 3 1600-1845 1713 54.50-61.00 57.39 Slaughter Cows Boner 80-85% Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 23 800-1195 1061 55.00-60.00 57.22 9 800-1175 1121 61.00-65.50 63.09 High Dressing 9 800-1160 1022 51.00-54.00 52.29 Low Dressing 33 1200-1540 1298 56.00-60.00 57.88 16 1200-1560 1334 60.50-65.00 62.46 High Dressing 11 1200-1500 1360 50.00-54.00 52.76 Low Dressing 1 1600-1610 1610 64.00 64.00 High Dressing Slaughter Cows Lean 85-90% Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 20 800-1180 1006 51.00-54.50 52.47 11 800-1150 975 46.00-50.00 48.57 Low Dressing 2 1200-1355 1338 47.00-50.00 48.48 Low Dressing Slaughter Bulls Y.G. 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 1000-1250 1232 68.00-71.00 69.52 1 1000-1270 1270 78.50 78.50 High Dressing 2 1000-1250 1215 62.00-66.00 64.06 Low Dressing 3 1500-1905 1740 68.00-73.00 71.13 5 1500-2160 1822 74.00-77.00 75.20 High Dressing 1 1500-2195 2195 66.00 66.00 Low Dressing Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 300-350 305 125.00 125.00 1 650-700 670 96.00 96.00 Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 64 550-600 570 111.50 111.50 Value Added Feeder Steers Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 3 400-450 427 106.00-111.00 107.92 1 550-600 590 97.00 97.00 1 750-800 755 89.00 89.00 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 300-350 345 109.00 109.00 2 400-450 432 102.00-103.00 102.50 3 500-550 535 95.00-96.00 95.32 4 550-600 568 93.00-95.00 94.24 1 700-750 740 89.00 89.00 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 3 350-400 382 103.00-105.00 103.97 13 400-450 425 98.00-103.00 101.04 14 450-500 475 94.00-99.00 95.74 94 450-500 482 103.10 103.10 Value Added 11 500-550 524 91.00-94.00 92.16 10 550-600 576 88.00-91.00 89.38 1 600-650 605 88.00 88.00 2 650-700 685 85.00 85.00 2 700-750 722 85.00 85.00 66 750-800 765 89.00-96.00 95.78 Value Added 3 800-850 805 88.00 88.00 Value Added Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 3 300-350 332 93.00-97.00 95.61 Brahman X 1 350-400 360 101.00 101.00 1 350-400 370 90.00 90.00 Brahman X 6 400-450 421 96.00-100.00 97.95 5 450-500 469 90.00-94.00 91.36 4 450-500 472 86.00-88.00 87.24 Brahman X 5 500-550 528 88.00-90.00 88.98 1 500-550 505 86.00 86.00 Brahman X 2 550-600 568 85.00-88.00 86.47 1 650-700 655 75.00 75.00 Brahman X Feeder Heifers Small and Medium 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 3 450-500 487 93.00-95.00 93.66 1 500-550 520 93.00 93.00 Feeder Heifers Small and Medium 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 5 450-500 463 93.00-94.00 93.40 2 500-550 522 88.00-91.00 89.46 2 550-600 560 87.00-88.00 87.50 Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 400-450 430 107.00-108.00 107.49 1 500-550 540 100.00 100.00 4 550-600 578 95.00-99.00 97.22 5 600-650 618 94.00-95.00 94.59 2 650-700 668 90.00-92.00 90.98 1 800-850 835 81.00 81.00 Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 3 350-400 383 107.00-110.00 108.28 14 400-450 418 104.00-108.00 105.89 16 450-500 469 100.00-104.00 102.58 12 500-550 526 96.00-100.00 97.64 2 500-550 538 93.00 93.00 Brahman X 9 550-600 577 93.00-96.00 94.44 5 600-650 625 90.00-93.00 91.38 2 650-700 665 88.00-90.00 88.98 Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 300-350 328 106.00-110.00 107.95 9 400-450 422 99.00-103.00 101.52 2 400-450 415 95.00-96.00 95.49 Brahman X 10 450-500 474 96.00-100.00 97.87 2 450-500 482 90.00-91.00 90.50 Brahman X 7 500-550 527 91.00-95.00 93.11 6 550-600 567 90.00-92.00 90.99 2 600-650 612 88.00-89.00 88.50 1 600-650 610 80.00 80.00 Brahman X Feeder Bulls Small and Medium 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 400-450 435 104.00 104.00 1 500-550 540 97.00 97.00 3 600-650 628 87.00-91.00 89.32 2 650-700 672 85.00-88.00 86.48 Feeder Bulls Small and Medium 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 400-450 415 103.00-104.00 103.49 4 450-500 478 95.00-100.00 97.43 3 500-550 520 93.00-95.00 94.30 1 550-600 585 90.00 90.00 Open and Bred Replacement Cows Young to middle aged Aged Medium 2 Medium 3 0-3 mos 605.00-683.00 ------------- 4-6 mos 760.00 ------------- Small 2 Small 3 0-3 mos 540.00-610.00 350.00-455.00 4-6 mos ------------- 480.00 Replacement Pairs Young to middle aged cows with calves 100-300 lbs Aged Small 2 Small 3 ------------- 550.00-690.00 Source: Alabama Dept of Ag-USDA Market News, Montgomery, AL Russell Thorne, Market Reporter phone: 334-223-7488 email: montgomery.lgmn@usda.gov www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/MG_LS143.txt 0800cdt rt/st .