NW_LS754 Des Moines, IA Tue May 6, 2008 USDA-IA Dept of Ag Market Humeston, IA Feeder Cattle Auction Feeder Cattle Weighted Average Report for 05/06/2008 Receipts: 2125 No comparison available as sale not reported for a month. Trade Active and Demand Good today. Receipts this week Included 50 percent feeder cattle over 600 lbs; 49 percent Of the feeders were strs and 51 percent were hfrs. Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 19 321-348 328 130.00-136.00 134.33 6 381 381 128.50 128.50 48 422-430 425 118.00-125.00 120.13 49 453-498 483 117.00-124.75 119.32 39 513-546 525 118.00-122.50 120.86 55 556-594 576 113.50-124.00 118.25 13 568-575 571 110.00-112.00 111.07 Fleshy 23 623-649 632 115.50-119.50 117.58 Calves 33 655-665 662 112.50-119.50 115.55 Calves 83 706-743 726 104.75-106.75 105.53 22 769-775 771 99.00-101.75 101.00 72 845 845 104.35 104.35 Load 6 869 869 97.00 97.00 8 939 939 95.50 95.50 56 972 972 96.75 96.75 Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 17 462-495 485 113.00-114.50 114.08 35 560-591 582 108.50-112.00 110.51 9 708 708 97.00 97.00 14 785 785 96.75 96.75 10 821 821 97.00 97.00 Feeder Steers Medium 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 7 427 427 119.25 119.25 23 545-549 547 105.00-106.00 105.48 52 556-594 588 105.50-106.25 106.11 18 643 643 108.00 108.00 Calves Feeder Steers Medium 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 9 639 639 109.00 109.00 Calves Feeder Holstein Steers Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 6 508 508 63.25 63.25 10 639 639 63.75 63.75 6 824 824 55.00 55.00 12 878 878 54.75 54.75 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 10 345 345 118.50 118.50 22 363-365 364 115.50-116.50 116.14 32 406-417 408 108.00-112.75 111.99 96 450-486 473 102.75-114.50 110.89 100 500-543 516 101.00-112.50 106.21 43 555-593 584 99.00-107.50 103.39 84 601-644 617 102.00-108.00 104.70 Calves 46 651-665 660 102.75-105.00 104.76 Calves 28 713-716 714 100.00-100.75 100.51 66 754-769 757 95.50-99.75 98.95 32 821-824 822 95.00-96.25 95.70 6 842 842 92.50 92.50 Fleshy 29 863 863 94.50 94.50 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 5 300 300 112.50 112.50 16 490-497 494 100.00-102.50 101.24 34 504-544 520 99.25-106.00 101.68 35 566-575 574 95.00-96.75 96.50 35 603-649 628 97.50-99.50 98.19 Calves 9 672 672 96.25 96.25 Calves 6 714 714 95.50 95.50 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 11 547 547 95.25 95.25 12 630 630 96.00 96.00 Calves 8 666 666 97.75 97.75 Calves Feeder Heifers Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 10 679 679 95.75 95.75 Calves Feeder Heifers Medium 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 7 549 549 97.00 97.00 8 649 649 94.75 94.75 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_LS754.txt 1744C rjt .