MG_LS149 Montgomery, AL Tue Aug 26, 2008 USDA-AL Dept Ag Market News Dothan, AL Weighted Average Report for 08/25/2008 Receipts: NS due to weather Last Week: 1402 Year Ago: 1655 Market not covered. No Sale due to TS Fay. Below is last report issued. MG_LS149 Montgomery, AL Tue Aug 19, 2008 USDA-AL Dept Ag Market News Dothan, AL Weighted Average Report for 08/18/2008 Receipts: 1400 Last Week: 1513 Year Ago: 1178 Compared to last week: slaughter cows steady to 1.00 higher, bulls 1.00-2.00 higher. Feeder steers steady to 2.00 lower, heifers steady to 2.00 lower. Replacement cows steady. Supply consisted of 10 percent slaughter cows; bulls 1 percent; Replacement cows and pairs 6 percent; Feeder cattle 83 percent of which 26 percent were over 600 lbs. In the feeder supply 20 percent were steers, 31 percent bulls and 49 percent were heifers. Slaughter Cows Breaker 75-80% Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 4 1200-1600 1400 53.00-58.00 55.11 Slaughter Cows Boner 80-85% Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 700-800 780 53.00 53.00 1 700-800 780 48.50 48.50 Low Dressing 27 800-1200 1071 53.50-59.00 56.40 8 800-1200 1094 59.00-68.00 62.28 High Dressing 11 800-1200 964 45.75-53.00 49.89 Low Dressing 14 1200-1600 1343 54.00-60.00 57.42 5 1200-1600 1303 60.00-63.50 60.70 High Dressing 3 1200-1600 1267 52.00-54.00 53.28 Low Dressing 1 1600-2000 1625 56.00 56.00 Slaughter Cows Lean 85-90% Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 700-800 782 42.00-42.50 42.25 Low Dressing 15 800-1200 1049 49.75-55.00 53.05 21 800-1200 941 41.00-48.50 45.62 Low Dressing 2 1200-1600 1262 51.50-53.50 52.48 Slaughter Bulls Y.G. 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 1000-1500 1370 70.50 70.50 1 1000-1500 1405 63.00 63.00 Low Dressing 3 1500-3000 1783 68.50-70.00 69.19 2 1500-3000 1785 74.00-77.00 75.52 High Dressing 1 1500-3000 1775 65.00 65.00 Low Dressing Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 600-650 635 104.00 104.00 3 650-700 677 100.00-104.50 102.66 1 700-750 725 103.00 103.00 2 750-800 788 97.00-98.00 97.50 1 800-850 830 100.00 100.00 Feeder Steers Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 300-350 335 129.00 129.00 3 450-500 473 102.00-105.00 103.29 11 500-550 534 99.00-105.50 102.82 4 550-600 571 100.00-105.00 102.98 2 550-600 572 95.50-101.00 98.14 Brahman X 4 600-650 620 96.00-104.00 100.96 7 650-700 669 95.00-103.50 98.44 3 700-750 712 98.00-102.50 100.17 1 750-800 750 96.50 96.50 Feeder Steers Medium and Large 3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 350-400 360 101.00 101.00 4 400-450 429 95.00-107.00 99.17 6 450-500 479 90.00-95.00 92.26 2 500-550 538 96.00-98.00 97.00 2 550-600 578 92.00-97.00 94.47 1 600-650 640 88.00 88.00 1 650-700 650 88.00 88.00 Feeder Steers Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 750-800 775 99.00 99.00 1 800-850 810 98.00 98.00 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 350-400 375 106.00 106.00 1 600-650 645 93.00 93.00 1 650-700 695 92.50 92.50 1 700-750 745 90.00 90.00 1 800-850 810 93.00 93.00 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 11 900-950 922 85.00 85.00 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 200-250 238 112.00-114.00 113.01 1 250-300 295 110.00 110.00 2 300-350 318 104.00-108.00 105.95 4 350-400 381 97.00-107.00 101.12 1 350-400 350 98.00 98.00 Brahman X 6 400-450 428 95.00-97.00 96.18 3 400-450 430 90.00-94.00 92.29 Brahman X 1 400-450 440 125.00 125.00 Grey Brahman heifer for replacement 9 450-500 478 91.00-96.00 92.98 1 450-500 470 92.00 92.00 Brahman X 2 450-500 468 121.00-126.00 123.51 Braford heifers for replacements 9 500-550 532 91.00-95.50 93.21 1 500-550 540 93.00 93.00 Brahman X 1 500-550 545 115.00 115.00 Braford heifers for replacements 11 550-600 574 91.00-96.00 93.99 5 600-650 613 91.00-94.50 92.60 6 650-700 663 91.50-92.50 91.75 1 700-750 710 89.00 89.00 2 750-800 768 89.00 89.00 1 750-800 790 85.00 85.00 Brahman X 1 850-900 860 87.00 87.00 Fleshy Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 200-250 230 109.00 109.00 Brahman X 2 250-300 272 95.00-100.00 97.39 2 300-350 325 90.00-101.00 95.33 2 300-350 345 114.00-122.00 118.00 Braford heifers for replacements 4 350-400 379 90.00-97.00 93.81 1 350-400 380 116.00 116.00 Braford heifers for replacements 10 400-450 424 86.00-94.00 90.88 3 400-450 425 107.00-118.00 111.62 Braford heifers for replacement 15 450-500 470 86.00-95.00 90.65 3 450-500 470 89.00-91.00 89.98 Brahman X 2 450-500 460 104.00-109.00 106.53 Braford heifers for replacement 2 500-550 508 91.00-92.00 91.50 1 500-550 510 90.00 90.00 Brahman X 3 550-600 575 82.00-85.00 83.64 1 650-700 655 85.00 85.00 Feeder Heifers Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 550-600 580 83.00 83.00 1 600-650 615 86.00 86.00 Feeder Heifers Small and Medium 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 400-450 440 97.00 97.00 1 450-500 490 92.00 92.00 1 500-550 540 95.00 95.00 Feeder Heifers Small and Medium 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 350-400 370 95.00 95.00 1 400-450 425 93.00 93.00 4 450-500 476 89.00-91.00 90.24 5 500-550 508 88.00-91.00 89.80 3 550-600 560 87.00-92.50 89.81 Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 300-350 328 128.00-130.00 128.95 1 750-800 785 87.00 87.00 Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 200-250 228 134.00-155.00 143.92 2 250-300 290 127.00-130.00 128.50 3 300-350 325 113.00-123.00 117.48 3 350-400 365 111.00-116.00 113.63 8 400-450 418 103.00-111.00 107.29 3 400-450 418 104.00-108.00 105.65 Brahman X 3 450-500 473 98.00-108.00 101.85 10 500-550 524 93.50-99.00 96.29 3 500-550 525 90.00-97.50 93.80 Brahman X 6 550-600 575 90.50-95.00 93.41 4 600-650 615 90.50-95.00 92.60 1 600-650 600 91.00 91.00 Brahman X 6 650-700 668 91.00-93.00 92.07 1 650-700 650 90.00 90.00 Brahman X 4 700-750 708 88.50-91.00 89.62 1 700-750 730 88.00 88.00 Brahman X 1 800-850 825 81.00 81.00 Brahman X Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 3 300-350 328 105.00-109.00 107.29 3 350-400 373 101.00-111.00 105.93 3 400-450 428 97.00-103.00 99.92 2 400-450 420 92.00-99.00 95.42 Brahman X 2 450-500 478 91.00-94.00 92.48 2 500-550 500 92.00-93.00 92.50 1 550-600 575 85.00 85.00 Feeder Bulls Small and Medium 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 350-400 360 107.00 107.00 1 400-450 410 105.00 105.00 1 500-550 525 94.00 94.00 1 550-600 570 93.00 93.00 4 600-650 625 89.00-92.00 91.03 1 700-750 710 87.00 87.00 Feeder Bulls Small and Medium 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 400-450 425 99.00-105.00 101.93 1 450-500 480 92.00 92.00 Brahman X 1 500-550 525 85.00 85.00 1 550-600 560 86.00 86.00 1 550-600 550 85.00 85.00 Brahman X 1 600-650 635 85.00 85.00 Brahman X 2 650-700 652 77.00-81.00 79.01 Brahman X Open and Bred Replacement Cows Young to Middle Aged Aged Large 2 Large 3 7-9 mos ------------- 750.00 Medium 2 Medium 3 0-3 mos 550.00-685.00 410.00-490.00 4-6 mos 670.00-915.00 475.00-625.00 7-9 mos ------------- 660.00-690.00 Small 2 Small 3 0-3 mos 460.00-530.00 260.00-395.00 4-6 mos 590.00 385.00-475.00 7-9 mos ------------- 360.00-565.00 Replacement Pairs Young to Middle Aged Aged Medium 2 Medium 3 880.00-900.00 700.00-880.00 Small 2 Small 3 790.00-900.00 730.00-740.00 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_LS149.txt 0800cdt jd/st .