MG_LS148 Montgomery, AL Wed Jul 16, 2008 USDA-AL Dept Ag Market News Uniontown, AL Weighted Average Report for 07/15/2008 Receipts: 950 Last Week: 730 Year Ago: 836 Compared to last week: slaughter cows mostly steady, slaughter bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers 1.00-2.00 higher, heifers most classes steady some 1.00 higher. Replacement cows mostly steady. Supply consisted of 14 percent slaughter cows; bulls 2 percent; Replacement cows and pairs 2 percent; Feeder cattle 82 percent of which 19 percent were over 600 lbs. In the feeder supply 20 percent were steers, 35 percent bulls and 45 percent were heifers. Slaughter Cows Breaker 75-80% Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 4 1200-1600 1431 57.50-59.00 58.25 1 1200-1600 1335 51.00 51.00 Low Dressing 1 1600-2000 1630 60.00 60.00 Slaughter Cows Boner 80-85% Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 23 800-1200 1080 57.00-60.50 58.72 11 800-1200 1118 62.00-65.00 64.47 High Dressing 13 800-1200 1051 52.00-55.50 53.73 Low Dressing 10 1200-1600 1288 56.00-60.00 58.18 4 1200-1600 1329 62.00-65.50 63.59 High Dressing 8 1200-1600 1312 53.50-55.00 54.48 Low Dressing Slaughter Cows Lean 85-90% Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 19 800-1200 979 48.00-54.00 49.76 8 800-1200 981 42.00-46.00 44.27 Low Dressing 5 1200-1600 1255 50.00-52.50 51.10 Slaughter Bulls Y.G. 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 1000-1500 1125 68.50 68.50 4 1500-3000 1952 70.50-75.00 73.00 3 1500-3000 1780 76.00-79.50 77.40 High Dressing 3 1500-3000 1745 68.00-69.50 68.53 Low Dressing Feeder Steers Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 300-350 310 123.00 123.00 3 350-400 375 111.00-115.00 112.33 4 400-450 434 105.00-109.00 106.96 4 450-500 474 102.50-105.00 103.87 4 500-550 518 100.00-102.00 100.99 3 500-550 545 98.00 98.00 Brahman X 7 550-600 585 98.00-100.00 98.29 9 600-650 626 97.00-103.00 99.90 1 600-650 625 94.50 94.50 Brahman X 10 650-700 680 98.00-102.00 99.59 6 700-750 718 94.00-98.00 95.85 7 700-750 705 85.00 85.00 Brahman X 2 750-800 795 93.00 93.00 10 800-850 840 82.00 82.00 Brahman X Feeder Steers Medium and Large 3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 3 400-450 423 100.00-103.00 101.02 4 450-500 484 96.00-100.00 98.50 5 500-550 544 95.00-98.00 96.40 3 550-600 578 93.00-95.50 93.83 1 600-650 610 95.00 95.00 3 650-700 677 91.00-94.00 92.00 2 700-750 725 88.00 88.00 Feeder Steers Small and Medium 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 550-600 580 92.00 92.00 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 400-450 410 100.00 100.00 1 450-500 495 98.00 98.00 1 500-550 520 94.00 94.00 4 600-650 630 92.00-93.00 92.37 1 700-750 705 90.00 90.00 1 750-800 775 88.00 88.00 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 5 300-350 330 101.00-104.00 102.03 13 350-400 379 97.00-101.00 98.50 1 350-400 390 94.00 94.00 Brahman X 11 400-450 424 94.00-98.00 95.25 1 400-450 430 93.00 93.00 Brahman X 17 450-500 481 89.00-94.00 91.46 14 500-550 524 87.00-92.00 88.97 21 550-600 580 86.00-92.00 89.01 23 600-650 632 85.00-91.00 88.64 9 650-700 682 85.00-90.00 85.99 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 5 300-350 317 95.00-98.00 96.20 12 350-400 383 89.00-95.00 91.63 13 400-450 421 87.00-92.00 88.93 16 450-500 482 84.00-88.00 85.62 13 500-550 523 82.00-86.00 83.91 12 550-600 580 81.00-85.00 82.78 9 600-650 624 79.00-83.50 81.39 1 650-700 665 80.00 80.00 1 700-750 715 80.00 80.00 Feeder Heifers Small and Medium 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 3 450-500 480 82.00-85.00 83.98 1 500-550 525 84.00 84.00 1 600-650 645 82.50 82.50 Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 4 300-350 330 114.00-115.00 114.48 3 350-400 388 108.00-109.00 108.66 3 400-450 427 104.00-107.00 105.32 Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 200-250 240 121.00 121.00 9 300-350 326 109.00-112.00 110.24 14 350-400 382 100.00-106.00 103.19 13 400-450 432 100.00-104.00 101.83 9 450-500 477 97.00-101.00 98.33 2 450-500 480 91.00 91.00 Brahman X 7 500-550 528 90.00-93.00 90.85 7 550-600 579 87.50-90.00 89.00 13 600-650 622 86.00-92.50 89.62 5 650-700 682 85.00-88.00 85.99 1 700-750 735 82.00 82.00 Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 8 300-350 317 100.00-106.00 102.91 10 350-400 380 94.00-98.00 95.20 13 400-450 420 91.00-96.00 93.65 11 450-500 484 86.00-92.00 88.44 8 500-550 518 83.00-88.00 85.13 11 550-600 575 82.00-86.00 84.46 3 600-650 630 83.00-84.00 83.32 3 650-700 665 78.00-80.00 78.68 Feeder Bulls Small and Medium 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 350-400 380 94.00-95.00 94.50 1 450-500 470 89.00 89.00 1 500-550 515 84.00 84.00 1 550-600 570 84.00 84.00 1 700-750 745 77.00 77.00 Open and Bred Replacement Cows Young to middle aged Aged Medium 2 Medium 3 0-3 mos 600.00-635.00 420.00 Small 2 Small 3 0-3 mos 470.00-490.00 280.00-330.00 4-6 mos ------------- 370.00 Replacement Pairs Young to middle aged cows with calves 100-300 lbs Aged Medium 2 Medium 3 ------------- 670.00 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_LS148.txt 0830cdt jl/st .