MG_LS153 Montgomery, AL Tue Jul 1, 2008 USDA-AL Dept Ag Market News Brundidge, AL Weighted Average Report for 06/30/2008 Receipts: N/S Last Week: 580 Year Ago: N/S Compared to last week, no report due to holiday. MG_LS153 Montgomery, AL Tue Jun 24, 2008 USDA-AL Dept Ag Market News Brundidge, AL Weighted Average Report for 06/23/2008 Receipts: 600 Last Week: 429 Year Ago: 822 Compared to last week: Slaughter cows and bulls 3.00-5.00 higher. Feeder classes firm to 5.00 higher. Replacement cows too few. Supply consisted of 21 percent slaughter cows, 2 percent slaughter bulls, 2 percent replacement cows and pairs and 75 percent feeders of which 27 percent were over 600 lbs. In the feeder supply 22 percent were steers, 39 percent bulls and 39 percent heifers. Slaughter Cows Breaker 75-80% Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 4 1075-1170 1130 53.50-55.50 54.25 1 1080 1080 51.00 51.00 Low Dressing 10 1200-1445 1310 55.00-59.00 55.84 1 1230 1230 52.50 52.50 Low Dressing Slaughter Cows Boner 80-85% Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 33 800-1160 1018 55.00-62.00 58.02 6 1005-1130 1073 63.00-64.50 63.55 High Dressing 12 1200-1430 1262 58.00-65.00 62.04 Slaughter Cows Lean 85-90% Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 21 800-1170 989 47.50-54.00 51.60 4 940-1075 974 54.00-55.00 54.28 High Dressing 17 1200-1480 1324 50.00-57.50 55.15 Slaughter Bulls Y.G. 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 1475 1475 73.50 73.50 1 1295 1295 63.00 63.00 Low Dressing 4 1590-1870 1754 70.00-77.00 74.10 2 1890-2050 1970 78.00-80.00 79.04 High Dressing Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 310 310 120.00 120.00 1 350 350 111.00 111.00 6 460-495 477 103.00-105.00 103.98 7 500-530 517 100.00-106.00 102.57 3 580-590 583 98.00-104.00 100.33 2 625-630 628 96.00-97.00 96.50 2 690-695 692 95.00-95.50 95.25 21 700 700 95.50 95.50 15 750-795 755 94.50-95.50 94.60 2 800-840 820 81.00-90.00 85.39 1 890 890 88.00 88.00 2 905 905 84.50 84.50 Feeder Steers Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 345 345 111.00 111.00 5 420-435 428 100.00-104.00 102.21 1 455 455 103.00 103.00 5 505-535 513 95.00-100.00 97.02 3 560-580 572 89.00-97.00 92.03 1 780 780 87.00 87.00 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 5 425-445 437 96.00-100.00 97.38 7 450-465 457 93.00-96.00 94.84 5 510-530 522 92.00-95.00 93.38 6 555-585 565 86.00-91.00 88.61 4 605-635 619 85.00-89.00 86.97 15 650-659 658 84.00-89.00 85.93 2 705 705 85.00 85.00 12 750-761 760 78.00-81.00 78.25 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 6 360-390 371 93.00-98.00 95.55 23 400-445 423 90.00-96.00 93.17 12 460-490 480 86.00-92.00 89.02 12 500-535 509 83.00-89.00 86.32 7 560-580 570 82.00-85.00 83.72 7 600-640 626 80.00-85.00 83.00 3 680 680 75.00-82.00 79.67 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 250 250 95.00 95.00 1 320 320 90.00 90.00 4 370-395 385 85.00-90.00 87.81 7 400-435 413 83.00-87.00 85.06 2 455-460 458 83.00-85.00 84.01 1 485 485 78.00 78.00 Brahman X 4 505-525 515 79.00-83.00 81.04 Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 240 240 137.00 137.00 1 270 270 134.00 134.00 1 385 385 112.00 112.00 2 435 435 106.00-108.00 107.00 10 475-495 490 100.00-104.00 101.17 4 505-530 516 96.00-101.00 99.02 11 550-590 566 89.00-96.00 92.47 8 605-635 622 85.00-90.00 87.77 7 660-690 679 81.00-86.00 83.86 1 705 705 83.00 83.00 3 750-775 763 77.00-82.00 80.02 1 840 840 74.00 74.00 Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 3 320-340 332 107.00-110.00 108.31 7 370-380 376 102.00-108.00 104.85 14 405-435 416 99.00-105.00 100.66 7 450-480 466 92.00-99.00 96.17 14 515-545 532 87.00-95.00 90.93 18 555-590 577 84.00-90.00 87.67 6 625-645 634 82.00-87.00 84.33 1 630 630 90.00 90.00 Thin 5 655-680 666 78.00-82.00 79.81 1 725 725 77.00 77.00 2 865-890 878 66.00-68.00 66.99 Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 310 310 104.00 104.00 2 400-425 412 90.00-95.00 92.58 1 410 410 88.00 88.00 Brahman X 2 485-490 488 89.00-90.00 89.50 4 520-540 530 85.00-88.00 86.25 Feeder Bulls Small and Medium 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 320 320 104.00 104.00 1 445 445 90.00 90.00 2 540 540 85.00 85.00 3 635 635 80.00 80.00 1 665 665 70.00 70.00 Open and Bred Replacement Cows Young to middle aged Aged Small 2 Small 3 0-3 mos 400.00-480.00 250.00 4-6 mos 500.00-540.00 ------------- Replacement Pairs Young to middle aged cows with calves 100-300 lbs Aged Small 2 Small 3 675.00 ------------- Source: Alabama Dept of Ag-USDA Market News, Montgomery, AL Tommy Davis, Market Reporter phone: 334-223-7488 email: montgomery.lgmn@usda.gov www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/MG_LS153.txt 0800cdt td/st .