MG_LS157 Montgomery, AL Thu Jul 3, 2008 USDA-AL Dept Ag Market News Livingston, AL Weighted Average Report for 07/2/2008 Receipts: NS Last Week: 627 Year Ago: NS Compared to last week, no markets due to holiday. MG_LS157 Montgomery, AL Thu Jun 26, 2008 USDA-AL Dept Ag Market News Livingston, AL Weighted Average Report for 06/25/2008 Receipts: 627 Last Week: 522 Year Ago: 776 Compared to last week: slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher, slaughter bulls 1.00-3.00 higher. Feeder steers 1.00-2.00 lower, heifers 1.00-3.00 lower. Replacement cows mostly steady. Supply consisted of 17 percent slaughter cows; bulls 3 percent; Replacement cows and pairs 6 percent; Feeder cattle 74 percent of which 22 percent were over 600 lbs. In the feeder supply 32 percent were steers, 28 percent bulls and 40 percent were heifers. Slaughter Cows Breaker 75-80% Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 5 1200-1600 1436 57.00-62.00 58.90 1 1200-1600 1445 54.50 54.50 Low Dressing 1 1600-2000 1620 60.50 60.50 Slaughter Cows Boner 80-85% Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 34 800-1200 1041 56.00-60.50 58.43 4 800-1200 1075 62.50-64.50 63.27 High Dressing 3 800-1200 1080 55.00 55.00 Low Dressing 26 1200-1600 1297 56.50-62.50 59.10 13 1200-1600 1277 61.50-68.00 63.41 High Dressing 5 1200-1600 1304 54.00-54.50 54.30 Low Dressing Slaughter Cows Lean 85-90% Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 7 800-1200 912 48.00-53.50 51.52 3 800-1200 957 40.00-45.00 42.78 Low Dressing Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 3 500-550 520 107.00-110.00 108.35 3 550-600 572 104.00-107.00 104.99 1 600-650 640 103.00 103.00 1 700-750 735 100.00 100.00 Feeder Steers Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 10 500-550 524 100.00-105.00 102.10 6 550-600 575 98.00-101.00 99.49 14 600-650 616 96.00-102.00 98.65 14 650-700 673 94.00-97.00 95.15 9 700-750 738 89.00-95.00 92.58 3 750-800 783 88.00-92.00 89.68 Feeder Steers Medium and Large 3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 5 500-550 519 95.00-98.00 96.39 3 550-600 582 93.00-95.00 93.65 4 600-650 615 91.00-94.00 92.25 3 650-700 675 90.00 90.00 Feeder Steers Small and Medium 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 550-600 585 94.00 94.00 1 600-650 610 90.00 90.00 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 400-450 410 100.00 100.00 2 450-500 470 98.00 98.00 3 500-550 535 94.00 94.00 2 550-600 592 93.00-94.00 93.50 1 600-650 640 87.00 87.00 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 300-350 340 102.00 102.00 1 350-400 380 90.00 90.00 Brahman X 6 400-450 422 94.00-98.00 96.12 16 450-500 475 88.00-95.00 91.43 10 500-550 528 85.00-90.00 87.49 10 550-600 586 83.00-89.00 85.38 9 600-650 637 80.00-85.00 83.14 5 650-700 684 80.00-83.00 81.00 2 750-800 765 83.00-85.00 84.01 Replacement Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 5 350-400 378 90.00-93.00 92.01 6 400-450 427 89.00-92.00 90.01 8 450-500 482 83.00-86.00 84.73 6 500-550 528 80.00-84.00 81.01 5 550-600 584 80.00-82.00 80.81 Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 500-550 545 99.00 99.00 Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 200-250 245 126.00-129.00 127.50 2 250-300 268 118.00-121.00 119.49 6 350-400 378 103.00-106.00 104.17 7 400-450 426 100.00-104.00 101.89 6 450-500 484 97.00-100.00 98.15 6 500-550 527 92.00-96.00 93.98 5 550-600 568 89.00-92.00 90.80 6 600-650 624 89.00-92.00 90.68 2 650-700 675 85.00 85.00 1 700-750 715 80.00 80.00 3 750-800 792 78.00-81.00 79.66 1 750-800 780 85.00 85.00 Replacement Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 5 450-500 476 90.00-94.00 91.40 8 500-550 515 83.00-88.00 85.14 5 550-600 582 82.00-85.00 83.62 Feeder Bulls Small and Medium 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 350-400 385 95.00 95.00 1 550-600 575 80.00 80.00 Open and Bred Replacement Cows Young to middle aged Aged Large 2 Large 3 4-6 mos 810.00 ------------- Medium 2 Medium 3 0-3 mos 575.00-630.00 ------------- 4-6 mos 720.00-770.00 ------------- 7-9 mos ------------- 650.00 Small 2 Small 3 0-3 mos 440.00-520.00 ------------- 4-6 mos 580.00 ------------- 7-9 mos 770.00 430.00 Replacement Pairs Young to middle aged cows with calves 100-300 lbs Aged Large 2 Large 3 1100.00-1110.00 840.00 Medium 2 Medium 3 890.00-960.00 780.00 3 n 1: 1075.00 Small 2 Small 3 750.00-840.00 530.00-600.00 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_LS157.txt 0800cdt jl/st .