NW_LS123
Des Moines, IA    Fri May 16, 2008    USDA-IA Dept of Ag Market
 
Knoxville, IA Feeder Cattle Auction
Feeder Cattle Weighted Average Report for 05/16/2008
 
Receipts:  1310    
 
Special feeder calf sale today:  No comparision. Trade active. Demand
good today. Supply consisted of 57.8 percent steers, 38.9 percent 
heifers, 3.3 bull calves, and 48.2 percent of the cattle were over 
600lbs.

                Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1
 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price
    8      328       328       127.50         127.50
   42    363-385     372    127.00-128.00     127.42
    8    425-440     432    123.00-129.00     125.95
   52    485-499     491    124.00-130.00     128.09
   10    525-528     527    125.00-126.00     125.70
   17    565-594     584    120.50-127.50     122.89
   14      565       565       135.00         135.00   Fancy
    5      640       640       105.50         105.50
   15    608-634     620    115.50-120.00     116.50   Calves
    5      673       673       115.25         115.25   Calves
    8    714-728     718    110.75-114.00     111.57
   26    755-772     771    109.35-110.00     109.40
  122    819-830     824    108.10-110.00     109.06   Load
   82    857-862     858    104.50-106.85     106.04

                Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1-2
 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price
    4      430       430       115.00         115.00
    6    560-585     564    115.00-116.00     115.17
    3    610-635     627    107.00-108.80     108.22   Calves
    8    711-737     722    102.50-106.75     104.78

                      Feeder Steers Medium 1
 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price
    6    408-411     410    104.00-110.00     105.99
    5      635       635       110.00         110.00

                Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1
 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price
   10    321-323     321    121.50-127.00     125.89
    6    395-398     396    108.00-111.00     109.99
   40    404-405     404    114.50-118.75     118.11
   23    460-489     477    115.00-118.00     115.82
   26    500-547     532    104.00-111.00     108.68
   67    558-588     579    104.25-108.50     107.17
   21      601       601       106.25         106.25   Calves
   13    651-653     652    106.75-107.50     107.15   Calves
   27      712       712       105.10         105.10
    4    780-788     784     87.50-91.00       89.24
    7    828-843     834     92.00-95.00       93.30
    5      890       890        87.00          87.00

               Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1-2
 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price
    7    408-413     410    110.00-112.00     111.14
   23    474-496     488    104.00-112.00     108.67
   10    513-531     522     95.00-104.75      99.71
    6    620-643     635     95.50-97.00       95.99
    3      665       665        93.50          93.50
    3      790       790        85.50          85.50

                 Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 1
 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price
    5      397       397       119.00         119.00   Calves
    7      484       484       120.00         120.00   Calves
    7    508-544     529    105.50-106.00     105.79   Calves

Source:  Iowa Dept of Ag-USDA Market News,  Des Moines, IA
         515-284-4460
         e-mail:  desm.lgmn@usda.gov
         www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/NW_LS123.txt
 
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