NV_LS150 Nashville, TN Thu Aug 28, 2008 USDA-TN Dept of Ag Market News Knoxville Livestock, Knoxville, TN Weighted Average Report for Wednesday Aug 27, 2008 Cattle Receipts: 1332 Last week: 1597 Last year: 1590 Trends: According to the Federal-State Market News Service, compared to the same sale one week ago prices for Slaughter cows: 1.00 to 3.00 higher; Slaughter bulls: Steady; Feeder steers/bulls: Steady to 2.00 higher; Feeder heifers: Steady to 1.00 higher. Slaughter cows 250; Slaughter bulls 27; Total feeder supply 891; Feeder steers/bulls 473; Feeder heifers 418; Feeder supply over 600lbs. 159; Replacement/feeder cows 164. Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1 - 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 10 370-390 383 110.00-117.50 115.76 7 415-440 421 110.00-121.00 114.45 13 455-483 469 108.00-117.50 113.89 12 505-548 524 102.50-112.00 108.69 11 550-588 578 98.00-108.00 102.03 10 610-638 622 98.00-104.00 101.87 8 650-682 668 96.00-101.50 97.80 5 725-735 727 97.50-101.00 98.21 10 754-770 761 91.00-99.00 96.32 Medium and Large 3 5 515-520 516 97.00-100.00 97.60 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1 - 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 10 322-330 325 94.00-101.00 97.39 11 365-393 382 94.00-102.00 96.57 14 400-440 421 94.00-99.00 96.57 18 450-495 470 93.00-98.00 96.16 29 500-540 517 92.00-101.00 95.74 25 550-598 569 90.00-99.00 94.86 17 600-635 611 90.00-96.00 93.72 8 653-670 663 89.00-92.00 91.13 2 705-725 715 85.00-88.00 86.48 3 750-775 758 80.00-88.00 85.27 Small 1 - 2 3 405-440 428 77.50-85.00 82.64 3 475-490 485 80.00-83.00 80.98 Medium and Large 3 8 455-490 474 87.50-92.00 89.58 9 505-530 522 88.00-91.00 89.45 6 555-585 573 80.00-87.50 82.76 Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 1 - 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 5 367-367 367 105.00 105.00 23 400-445 425 95.00-111.00 103.72 22 450-485 470 100.00-109.00 104.67 24 500-548 527 95.00-108.00 102.11 16 550-595 574 92.00-101.00 97.11 22 619-640 627 95.00-99.50 96.63 4 660-687 680 88.00-91.00 88.73 3 725-740 730 83.00-86.00 84.01 Medium and Large 3 8 460-480 475 88.00-92.00 90.51 4 555-580 561 87.00-89.00 88.48 Slaughter Cows Breaker 70-80% Lean Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 27 1105-1505 1276 55.00-60.50 57.80 3 1190-1465 1310 61.00-63.00 62.02 High Dressing 5 1295-1680 1433 45.00-52.00 49.29 Low Dressing Boner 80-85% Lean 19 935-1365 1090 53.00-60.00 55.51 4 1065-1305 1211 60.00-64.00 61.91 High Dressing 4 1000-1180 1105 47.00-52.50 48.94 Low Dressing Lean 85-90% Lean 9 845-1105 984 48.50-54.00 51.18 Slaughter Bulls Yield Grade 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 5 1335-1490 1410 69.50-74.50 71.37 10 1525-2005 1716 68.50-76.00 72.47 2 1625-1650 1638 78.00-79.50 78.74 High Dressing 1 1830-1830 1830 65.50 65.50 Low Dressing Source: TN Dept of Ag-USDA Market News Service, Nashville, TN www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/NV_LS150.txt