ML_LS750 Moses Lake, WA Fri June 27, 2008 USDA Market News Toppenish Livestock Auction - Toppenish, WA Feeder Cattle Weighted Average report for Thursday June 26, 2008 Receipts: This Week: 877 Last Week: 1070 Last Year: 1272 Compared to last Thursday at same sale, too few to adequately test the trade. Slaughter cows mostly steady. Slaughter bulls 1.00 higher. Buyer demand moderate for all classes. Slaughter cows made up 71 percent; slaughter bulls 6 percent, and feeders 23 percent. The feeder supply included 80 percent steers and 20 percent heifers. Near 88 percent of the run weighed over 600 lbs. Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 3 540 540 111.00 111.00 5 648 648 105.25 105.25 6 656 656 105.00 105.00 3 740 740 109.00 109.00 4 923 923 93.75 93.75 34 982 982 89.10 89.10 Feeder Steers Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 3 680 680 97.50 97.50 8 707-725 714 95.50-96.25 95.96 5 823-833 827 94.00-95.25 94.50 5 853-858 856 91.25-96.25 93.24 Feeder Holstein Steers Large 3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 11 298 298 68.00 68.00 13 637 637 66.25 66.25 3 725 725 62.25 62.25 7 896 896 60.50 60.50 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 3 578 578 100.50 100.50 3 617 617 97.00 97.00 3 663 663 94.00 94.00 3 740 740 93.75 93.75 3 868 868 87.50 87.50 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 5 616 616 91.00 91.00 3 697 697 92.75 92.75 4 706 706 92.00 92.00 Heiferettes: Standard to Select 2-3: 1200-1300 lbs 62.50-71.00. Slaughter Cows: Pct Lean Weight Avg Dressing High Dressing Low Dressing Breakers 75-80 1125-2000 50.00-53.50 53.50-54.00 46.00-49.75 Boners 80-85 1025-1900 49.00-52.00 52.50-54.75 42.50-48.00 Lean 85-90 1000-1625 45.00-48.50 52.00-53.00 40.00-44.00 Lean 90's 950-1150 - - 34.00-39.50 Slaughter Bulls: Weight Avg Dressing High Dressing Low Dressing Yield Grade 1-2 1500-2500 61.75-65.25 67.25-68.75 54.50-60.50 Source: USDA-Ag Market News Service, Moses Lake, WA 509-765-3611 24 Hour Market Report 1-509-765-0311 www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/ML_LS750.txt 0800p lec ljw . ML_LS750 Moses Lake, WA Wed Jun 25, 2008 USDA Market News Toppenish Livestock Auction - Toppenish, WA Feeder Cattle Weighted Average Report for Tuesday June 24, 2008 Receipts: 2329 Last Week: 0 Year Ago: 2710 The first special evening feeder cattle sale of the season, so trend not applicable. Buyer demand good to very good for all classes. Several loads of high quality calves qualifying for natural beef programs were included in the offering as well as several yearlings. Steers comprised 56 percent of the supply, heifers 44 percent. 73 percent of the total supply were cattle weighing over 600 lbs. Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 18 600 600 120.00 120.00 100 620 620 117.50 117.50 Value Added 53 651-652 652 110.00-113.75 113.40 277 720 720 109.10 109.10 Value Added 7 722 722 105.50 105.50 17 781 781 104.50 104.50 44 847 847 104.00 104.00 Value Added 84 876-895 880 101.50-104.00 103.53 Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 9 406-413 409 119.00-120.00 119.45 21 459-498 478 115.00-122.50 118.72 54 518-549 539 113.00-120.00 114.75 64 573-588 581 109.00-116.00 111.29 7 618 618 103.50 103.50 Calves 119 650-692 660 99.00-104.50 103.75 Calves 21 690 690 107.00-108.25 107.60 99 700-733 717 104.00-104.60 104.47 18 773-783 776 100.00-103.50 102.32 102 803-841 818 102.00-103.25 102.94 3 948 948 92.50 92.50 Feeder Steers Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 14 473-499 490 108.50-110.00 109.02 10 515 515 106.50 106.50 29 550-581 561 105.00-108.50 105.94 14 634 634 94.00 94.00 Calves 14 674-688 683 97.50-98.00 97.68 Calves 49 709-735 717 95.50-101.50 97.38 8 789 789 93.00 93.00 3 827 827 95.25 95.25 10 908 908 87.75 87.75 3 988 988 90.00 90.00 Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 27 486 486 100.50 100.50 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 56 546 546 107.50 107.50 Value Added 25 505-513 509 105.00-106.00 105.52 126 564-573 569 106.25-107.35 106.67 Value Added 55 615-633 628 105.00-106.00 105.75 Value Added 41 619-645 639 101.50-103.00 102.37 Calves 31 648 648 98.00 98.00 Fleshy 231 662-671 663 105.25-106.75 106.66 Value Added 44 701-716 707 102.00-103.25 102.35 14 853 853 92.75 92.75 14 982 982 88.75 88.75 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 37 482-494 488 102.25-105.50 103.92 37 503-541 520 101.75-103.25 102.58 46 550-571 557 100.00-104.75 103.49 38 680-688 684 100.00-102.25 101.63 21 718-723 719 99.00-100.00 99.29 41 775-780 778 98.25-100.75 99.11 28 813 813 97.85 97.85 4 900 900 91.50 91.50 12 923 923 85.25 85.25 Fleshy 5 957 957 86.25 86.25 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 5 438 438 100.00 100.00 28 504-534 513 100.00-101.75 100.52 16 597 597 90.00 90.00 16 696 696 98.00 98.00 8 707-733 723 95.00-98.00 96.10 9 776 776 93.00 93.00 4 899 899 83.00 83.00 Source: USDA Market News, Moses Lake, WA 509-765-3611 24 Hour Price information: 509-765-0311 www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/ML_LS750.txt 0845p lec ljw .