MG_LS158 Montgomery, AL Tue Jul 1, 2008 USDA-AL Dept of Ag Market News Ashville, Alabama Weighted Average Report for 06/30/2008 Receipts: N/S Last Week: 675 Year Ago: N/S Compared to last week, no sales due to holiday. MG_LS158 Montgomery, AL Tue Jun 24, 2008 USDA-AL Dept of Ag Market News Ashville, Alabama Weighted Average Report for 06/23/2008 Receipts: 725 Last Week: 683 Year Ago: 1620 Compared to last week slaughter cows 1.50 higher, bulls 2.00-3.00 higher. Feeder steer and bull calves 2.00-5.00 higher, steers, bulls and all weight heifers 1.00-2.00 higher. Replacement cows 20.00-30.00 per head higher. Supply consisted of 13 percent slaughter cows, 3 percent slaughter bulls, 9 percent replacement cows and pairs and 74 percent feeders of which 7 percent were over 600 lbs. The feeder supply included 5 percent steers, 47 percent bulls and 48 percent heifers. Slaughter Cows Breaker 75-80% Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 4 930-1090 1018 55.25-59.00 57.11 3 1100-1180 1143 61.00-63.75 62.61 High Dressing 2 990-1160 1075 53.00-55.00 53.92 Low Dressing 5 1210-1540 1388 58.50-62.00 59.56 6 1250-1515 1386 62.00-64.00 63.50 High Dressing 2 1240-1590 1415 53.50-54.00 53.78 Low Dressing 2 1625-1815 1720 61.25-65.50 63.26 High Dressing Slaughter Cows Boner 80-85% Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 16 970-1170 1083 55.50-60.75 58.65 2 1125-1170 1148 62.00-63.75 62.89 High Dressing 5 1240-1470 1340 54.50-59.50 57.35 9 1220-1575 1343 61.00-66.75 63.40 High Dressing Slaughter Cows Lean 85-90% Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 830 830 49.75 49.75 2 780 780 44.00 44.00 Low Dressing 21 870-1170 924 48.00-54.00 50.21 2 820 820 44.00 44.00 Low Dressing Slaughter Bulls Y.G. 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 3 1180-1290 1237 66.00-69.00 67.35 4 1210-1490 1352 58.00-62.00 60.52 Low Dressing 5 1575-1960 1668 67.00-73.50 71.00 2 1530-2385 1958 57.00-62.50 59.15 Low Dressing Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 220 220 158.00 158.00 1 420 420 108.00 108.00 1 540 540 106.00 106.00 2 565-570 568 97.00-106.00 101.52 1 620 620 105.00 105.00 Feeder Steers Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 445 445 98.00 98.00 2 525-540 532 90.00-96.00 92.96 1 570 570 86.00 86.00 1 685 685 80.00 80.00 Feeder Steers Medium and Large 3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 330 330 113.00 113.00 1 480 480 90.00 90.00 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 220-230 225 104.00-110.00 106.93 2 265-280 272 100.00-107.00 103.40 5 360-395 373 98.00-103.00 100.20 3 415-440 425 96.00-101.00 97.97 7 455-490 476 89.00-99.00 93.68 8 510-540 522 90.00-95.00 92.63 12 550-590 575 88.00-98.00 93.47 5 610-640 630 88.00-94.00 90.81 3 660-690 672 86.00-92.00 89.62 1 710 710 86.00 86.00 1 775 775 91.00 91.00 2 820-830 825 89.00 89.00 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 3 235-245 240 92.00-100.00 96.65 1 270 270 97.00 97.00 2 310-320 315 95.00-103.00 99.06 6 355-390 376 89.00-102.00 94.80 9 410-440 422 86.00-95.00 90.20 6 460-480 468 84.00-93.00 89.63 10 510-530 519 82.00-93.00 88.89 11 555-590 576 84.00-92.00 87.62 2 640-645 642 83.00-84.00 83.50 3 660-670 665 82.00-90.00 86.68 1 710 710 83.00 83.00 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 235 235 93.00 93.00 1 285 285 90.00 90.00 4 325-340 332 86.00-95.00 89.23 1 370 370 91.00 91.00 3 410-440 428 76.00-85.00 80.24 3 510-530 520 77.00-79.00 77.99 3 560-565 562 72.00-79.00 75.32 1 640 640 75.00 75.00 2 670-675 672 71.00-73.00 72.00 Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 225-240 232 126.00-130.00 127.94 1 290 290 128.00 128.00 9 315-345 325 119.00-127.00 121.66 9 360-395 374 110.00-122.00 115.58 7 410-440 424 102.00-111.00 105.96 11 460-495 475 96.00-105.00 101.51 10 505-540 522 94.00-103.00 97.93 8 555-580 565 94.00-100.00 96.38 8 605-640 628 91.00-96.00 94.01 6 650-695 678 85.00-97.00 91.79 2 705-710 708 92.00-93.00 92.50 2 760-780 770 86.00-93.00 89.45 Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 210-240 225 112.00-126.00 118.53 4 265-290 275 112.00-120.00 116.48 1 310 310 114.00 114.00 5 370-380 376 106.00-111.00 108.61 6 410-440 423 97.00-105.00 100.30 5 455-485 465 95.00-100.00 98.40 4 510-540 531 88.00-95.00 90.70 4 560-585 572 87.00-94.00 91.22 3 615-640 630 85.00-92.00 88.29 1 680 680 90.00 90.00 1 720 720 88.00 88.00 1 795 795 82.00 82.00 Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 330 330 102.00 102.00 2 360-365 362 98.00 98.00 2 410-420 415 82.00-83.00 82.49 1 470 470 92.00 92.00 1 510 510 92.00 92.00 Open and Bred Replacement Cows Young to middle aged Aged Large 2 Large 3 7-9 mos 940.00 ------------- Medium 2 Medium 3 0-3 mos 700.00-770.00 ------------- 4-6 mos 670.00-850.00 ------------- 7-9 mos 950.00 ------------- Small 2 Small 3 0-3 mos 410.00-710.00 280.00-350.00 4-6 mos 690.00 ------------- 7-9 mos 660.00 ------------- Replacement Pairs Young to middle aged cows with calves 100-300 lbs Aged Medium 2 Medium 3 1040.00 ------------- Small 2 Small 3 710.00-950.00 520.00-780.00 Source: Alabama Dept of Ag-USDA Market News, Montgomery, AL Paul Griffin, Market Reporter, Phone: 334-2237488 For more information contact: Montgomery.LGMN@usda.gov www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/MG_LS158.txt 0930cdt pg/dl .