NW_LS727 Des Moines, IA Thu Feb 28, 2008 USDA-IA Dept of Ag Market Sheldon, IA Feeder Cattle Auction Feeder Cattle Weighted Average Report for 02/28/2008 Receipts: 429 Special Feeder Calf Sale. No trend to compare to. Receipts included 45 percent steers, 19 percent Holstein steers, and 36 percent heifers. Cattle weighing over 600 lbs. is 61 percent. Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 4 245 245 147.00 147.00 5 300-308 305 137.00-137.50 137.30 6 366 366 141.00 141.00 9 408-445 421 127.00-132.00 129.81 4 450 450 126.00 126.00 9 508-542 534 115.00-118.00 115.63 10 608-611 610 107.00-108.00 107.20 23 653-675 660 104.50-106.50 106.07 13 728-730 729 99.00-104.25 102.23 21 758-772 767 99.50-102.00 101.06 4 803 803 94.00 94.00 4 910 910 93.00 93.00 Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 4 220 220 122.75 122.75 4 415 415 111.00 111.00 5 510-543 536 111.00-112.00 111.81 4 565-575 568 108.00 108.00 4 610 610 101.00 101.00 4 688 688 98.00 98.00 7 715-728 726 94.50 94.50 7 770-780 771 94.00-97.50 96.99 3 825 825 88.00 88.00 6 868-895 872 84.00-85.00 84.17 5 923 923 86.00 86.00 4 1015 1015 85.00 85.00 5 1117 1117 84.25 84.25 Feeder Holstein Steers Large 3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 5 202 202 74.25 74.25 4 270 270 74.10 74.10 5 315-345 321 67.00-68.00 67.79 4 388 388 65.00 65.00 14 526-546 537 63.50-68.00 65.50 5 607 607 61.00 61.00 25 867 867 65.25 65.25 11 960-977 972 67.50 67.50 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 4 230 230 143.50 143.50 4 288 288 137.00 137.00 3 345 345 128.00 128.00 12 358-368 366 129.00-130.00 129.76 4 408-410 409 118.00-119.00 118.50 3 478 478 117.00 117.00 14 500-501 501 108.00-110.00 108.29 4 566 566 106.00 106.00 22 964-992 981 83.50-85.60 84.76 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 4 220 220 127.50 127.50 4 295 295 125.00 125.00 4 450 450 105.00 105.00 4 560 560 100.50 100.50 11 604-628 610 93.00-95.00 94.10 9 659-680 664 90.00-92.50 91.55 6 729-745 734 87.50-88.50 88.25 3 755 755 81.50-85.00 83.83 5 808 808 86.00 86.00 11 934 934 83.00 83.00 5 1007 1007 82.50 82.50 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_LS727.txt 2300 mlh