MG_LS154 Montgomery, AL Fri Jul 4, 2008 USDA-AL Dept Ag Market News Cullman, AL Weighted Average Report for 07/3/2008 Receipts: NS Last Week: 1239 Year Ago: NS Compared to last week, no markets due to holiday. MG_LS154 Montgomery, AL Fri Jun 27, 2008 USDA-AL Dept Ag Market News Cullman, AL Weighted Average Report for 06/26/2008 Receipts: 1250 Last Week: 864 Year Ago: 2338 Compared to last week: slaughter cows steady to 1.00 lower, slaughter bulls 1.00-2.00 higher. Feeder steers 1.00-3.00 lower, heifers 1.00-2.00 lower. Replacement cows mostly steady. Supply consisted of 12 percent slaughter cows; bulls 1 percent; Replacement cows and pairs 10 percent; Feeder cattle 77 percent of which 15 percent were over 600 lbs. In the feeder supply 1 percent were steers, 50 percent bulls and 49 percent were heifers. Slaughter Cows Breaker 75-80% Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 11 1200-1600 1426 55.50-62.00 58.48 2 1200-1600 1350 52.50-53.00 52.78 Low Dressing 1 1600-2000 1685 45.00 45.00 Low Dressing Slaughter Cows Boner 80-85% Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 23 800-1200 1068 55.00-59.00 57.29 7 800-1200 1124 61.50-62.50 61.86 High Dressing 16 800-1200 1064 51.50-54.50 53.36 Low Dressing 18 1200-1600 1293 55.00-60.50 58.03 4 1200-1600 1345 62.00-63.50 62.77 High Dressing 6 1200-1600 1298 51.50-54.00 52.45 Low Dressing Slaughter Cows Lean 85-90% Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 4 700-800 756 40.00-43.00 40.75 Low Dressing 16 800-1200 1034 47.00-52.00 48.92 14 800-1200 983 42.00-45.50 43.82 Low Dressing 1 1200-1600 1215 53.00 53.00 Slaughter Bulls Y.G. 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 5 1500-3000 1956 69.00-73.50 71.28 1 1500-3000 1840 74.50 74.50 High Dressing 6 1500-3000 1814 62.00-68.00 65.75 Low Dressing Feeder Steers Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 550-600 570 102.00 102.00 4 650-700 680 93.50-98.00 95.87 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 300-350 320 115.00 115.00 Replacement 2 350-400 378 104.00-105.00 104.48 1 400-450 420 103.00 103.00 3 450-500 468 100.00-101.00 100.33 1 500-550 545 99.00 99.00 3 550-600 580 95.00-97.00 95.64 2 600-650 625 93.00-95.00 94.00 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 37 300-350 331 102.00-107.50 102.46 8 350-400 381 98.00-102.00 99.22 4 350-400 365 105.00-107.00 106.01 Replacement 22 400-450 430 94.00-100.00 97.11 15 450-500 484 92.00-98.00 94.57 10 450-500 490 103.00 103.00 Replacement 15 500-550 525 89.00-95.00 91.61 1 500-550 545 87.00 87.00 Brahman X 1 500-550 530 97.50 97.50 Replacement 8 550-600 576 87.00-93.00 89.50 24 600-650 606 84.00-88.00 84.42 5 600-650 645 93.00 93.00 Replacement 4 650-700 685 82.00-88.00 84.24 2 700-750 730 82.00-85.00 83.52 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 6 300-350 322 96.00-99.00 97.72 8 350-400 374 92.00-96.00 93.25 9 400-450 431 90.00-93.00 91.75 14 450-500 479 85.00-90.00 87.36 11 500-550 529 82.00-87.00 84.45 8 550-600 585 79.00-84.00 81.73 Feeder Heifers Small and Medium 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 3 400-450 420 89.00-90.00 89.65 2 450-500 490 85.00 85.00 2 550-600 575 80.00 80.00 Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 3 400-450 425 108.00 108.00 2 450-500 475 102.00-103.00 102.50 Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 250-300 285 117.50-119.50 118.54 3 300-350 313 109.00-110.00 109.67 16 350-400 384 104.00-109.00 105.56 26 400-450 430 99.00-106.00 102.66 21 450-500 473 95.00-101.50 99.18 21 500-550 525 92.00-98.00 93.55 3 500-550 520 89.00 89.00 Brahman X 28 550-600 568 91.00-95.50 94.25 9 600-650 635 90.00-94.00 91.96 30 650-700 680 88.00-91.00 89.43 1 700-750 730 89.00 89.00 1 750-800 790 84.00 84.00 Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 6 300-350 332 100.00-105.00 103.36 10 350-400 383 97.00-102.00 98.80 11 400-450 434 93.00-98.00 94.48 9 450-500 481 89.00-93.00 90.98 13 500-550 522 86.00-91.00 88.15 6 550-600 582 83.00-86.50 84.58 6 600-650 626 83.00-86.00 84.41 4 650-700 670 79.00-83.00 80.52 2 700-750 732 78.00-79.00 78.49 1 750-800 765 77.00 77.00 Feeder Bulls Small and Medium 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 350-400 390 97.00 97.00 1 450-500 495 88.00 88.00 2 500-550 525 88.00-90.00 89.03 Open and Bred Replacement Cows Young to middle aged Aged Large 2 Large 3 0-3 mos 725.00-805.00 ------------- 4-6 mos 820.00-915.00 ------------- 7-9 mos 945.00 ------------- Medium 2 Medium 3 0-3 mos 575.00-660.00 405.00-450.00 4-6 mos 685.00-750.00 480.00-540.00 7-9 mos 760.00-845.00 600.00-655.00 Small 2 Small 3 0-3 mos 475.00-505.00 275.00-360.00 4-6 mos 585.00-655.00 360.00-430.00 7-9 mos 670.00-695.00 530.00 Replacement Pairs Young to middle aged cows with calves 100-300 lbs Aged Large 2 Large 3 ------------- 870.00-890.00 Medium 2 Medium 3 890.00-1010.00 660.00-730.00 Small 2 Small 3 780.00-820.00 420.00-570.00 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_LS154.txt 0715cdt jl/st .