MG_LS147 Montgomery, AL Tue Jul 1, 2008 USDA-AL Dept Ag Market News Montgomery, AL Weighted Average Report for 06/30/2008 Receipts: N/S Last Week: 455 Year Ago: N/S Compared to last week, no market due to holiday. MG_LS147 Montgomery, AL Tue Jun 24, 2008 USDA-AL Dept Ag Market News Montgomery, AL Weighted Average Report for 06/23/2008 Receipts: 450 Last Week: 226 Year Ago: 286 Compared to last week; Slaughter cows and bulls 3.00-4.00 higher. Feeder cattle steady. Replacement cows steady. Supply consisted of 22 percent slaughter cows; bulls, 1 percent; Replacement cows and pairs 4 percent; Feeder cattle 73 percent of which 21 percent were over 600 lbs. In the feeder supply 17 percent were steers, 39 percent bulls and 44 percent were heifers. Slaughter Cows Breaker 75-80 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 800-1200 1105 53.50 53.50 2 1200-1600 1348 55.00-59.50 57.13 Slaughter Cows Boner 80-85% Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 26 800-1200 1086 55.00-61.50 58.79 5 800-1200 1136 62.00-64.00 62.42 High Dressing 2 800-1200 1055 52.00-54.00 52.93 Low Dressing 13 1200-1600 1312 54.50-61.50 58.97 12 1200-1600 1360 62.00-64.00 62.87 High Dressing 2 1200-1600 1400 54.50 54.50 Low Dressing 4 1600-2000 1660 55.00-60.50 57.71 Slaughter Cows Lean 85-90% Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 700-800 795 38.50 38.50 Low Dressing 19 800-1200 1021 48.00-55.00 51.30 5 800-1200 930 40.50-47.00 43.38 Low Dressing 7 1200-1600 1371 48.50-54.00 51.45 Slaughter Bulls Y.G. 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 1000-1500 1485 73.50 73.50 1 1000-1500 1120 63.50 63.50 Low Dressing 1 1500-3000 1520 72.50 72.50 1 1500-3000 2030 65.00 65.00 Low Dressing Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 500-550 505 104.00 104.00 1 550-600 550 99.00 99.00 2 600-650 610 97.00-98.00 97.49 1 700-750 720 96.00 96.00 Feeder Steers Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 3 400-450 413 105.00-107.00 105.99 2 450-500 472 100.00-106.00 102.95 3 500-550 517 97.00-98.00 97.35 9 550-600 568 94.00-98.00 96.19 8 600-650 618 90.00-94.00 91.97 1 650-700 660 90.00 90.00 4 700-750 729 90.00-93.00 91.25 2 700-750 720 92.00 92.00 Brahman X 1 750-800 780 90.00 90.00 1 800-850 840 87.50 87.50 Feeder Steers Medium and Large 3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 500-550 510 94.00-95.00 94.50 4 600-650 606 85.00-89.00 87.51 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 400-450 425 100.00 100.00 6 450-500 472 92.00-93.00 92.33 6 500-550 517 89.00-91.00 90.00 6 550-600 562 88.00-90.50 89.08 3 600-650 612 87.00-88.00 87.34 2 700-750 740 83.00 83.00 1 750-800 785 79.00 79.00 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 250-300 255 107.50 107.50 4 300-350 330 95.00-99.00 97.47 4 350-400 375 94.00-95.00 94.53 8 400-450 421 91.00-93.00 92.24 22 450-500 470 86.00-94.00 90.10 8 500-550 518 84.00-88.00 86.01 2 550-600 565 87.00 87.00 1 550-600 555 86.00 86.00 Brahman X 9 600-650 622 84.00-86.50 85.40 2 650-700 658 83.00-84.00 83.50 4 700-750 738 81.00-82.00 81.50 1 750-800 750 74.00 74.00 1 850-900 870 66.50 66.50 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 400-450 410 88.00 88.00 6 450-500 465 80.00-84.00 81.98 7 550-600 561 77.00-84.00 81.12 5 600-650 637 78.00-80.00 78.41 1 700-750 740 65.00 65.00 Feeder Heifers Small and Medium 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 350-400 350 94.00 94.00 Feeder Heifers Small and Medium 3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 300-350 322 88.00-90.00 88.95 2 350-400 365 84.00-88.00 86.00 1 400-450 420 80.00 80.00 1 500-550 535 80.00 80.00 Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 300-350 305 117.00 117.00 2 350-400 370 110.00-111.00 110.49 2 400-450 405 110.00 110.00 4 450-500 486 101.00-102.00 101.76 2 500-550 510 96.00 96.00 2 550-600 550 94.00 94.00 1 600-650 620 89.00 89.00 1 650-700 685 85.00 85.00 3 700-750 732 82.00-86.00 83.34 Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 4 300-350 328 107.00-113.00 109.45 6 350-400 366 102.00-109.00 106.29 6 400-450 428 102.00-105.00 103.31 6 450-500 470 98.00-101.00 99.32 6 500-550 525 91.00-94.00 92.32 9 550-600 571 85.50-91.00 88.32 2 600-650 620 86.00 86.00 4 650-700 650 84.00 84.00 1 750-800 775 74.00 74.00 2 800-850 828 70.00-74.00 71.99 Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 250-300 265 112.00 112.00 1 300-350 345 107.00 107.00 7 350-400 391 95.00-100.00 99.28 1 400-450 410 96.00 96.00 7 450-500 469 94.00-97.00 95.58 3 500-550 517 84.00-90.00 86.67 7 500-550 519 88.00-89.00 88.58 Brahman X 2 550-600 565 84.00-85.00 84.50 2 600-650 618 80.00-81.00 80.49 Feeder Bulls Small and Medium 3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 300-350 345 94.00 94.00 1 350-400 355 91.00 91.00 1 400-450 425 95.00 95.00 6 450-500 455 92.00-95.00 93.65 Open and Bred Replacement Cows Young to Middle Aged Aged Medium 2 Medium 3 0-3 mos 638.00-707.00 445.00-550.00 7-9 mos 785.00 ------------- Small 2 Small 3 0-3 mos 545.00 340.00 4-6 mos ------------- 450.00-485.00 Replacement Pairs Young to Middle Aged Aged Large 2 Large 3 ------------- 850.00 Source: Alabama Dept of Ag-USDA Market News, Montgomery, AL David Hataway, Market Reporter phone: 334-223-7488 E-mail: Montgomery.lgmn@usda.gov www.ams.usda.gov/LSMarketNews/MG_LS147.txt 0800cdt dh/st .