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Louisville, KY             Wed Sep 3, 2008              USDA-KY Dept of Ag News

Blue Grass East Livestock Market, Mount Sterling Kentucky
(Cattle weighed at time of sale)

Cattle Receipts: 1115    Last week: 1721    Weekly Receipts: 1497

Compared to last week’s sale, steer and heifer calves sold steady to 4.00 
higher.  Yearling steers sold steady to 2.00 lower.  Yearling heifers were not 
tested at the previous sale.  Slaughter cows sold steady to 1.00 higher. 
Slaughter bulls sold mostly steady.

Slaughter Cows:
        Percent Lean     Weight       Avg-Dress     Hi-Dress       Lo-Dress
Breakers   75-80        1115-1725    52.50-56.00   57.00-62.00    
Boner      80-85         880-1640    52.00-57.00   57.00-65.00    43.00-52.50
Lean       85-90         805-1445    50.00-55.00      58.00       42.00-49.00
Shelly      90           680-0000    37.00-41.50

Slaughter Bulls:
Y.G.    Weights    Carcass Boning Percent     Range
1       1200-1780       78-80                 69.50-75.00
2       1030-1835       75-77                 65.00-69.50

                Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1
 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price
    1    200-300     280       122.00         122.00
    9    300-400     374    117.00-125.00     119.83
   19    400-500     448    105.00-117.00     110.26
   42    500-600     540    102.00-116.00     108.87
   46    600-700     674    107.50-110.20     110.04
    7    700-800     756    108.50-110.50     109.05
    5    800-900     842    102.50-108.50     106.46
    1    800-900     805       100.00         100.00   Fleshy
    3    900-1000    917     99.50-102.50     100.85
Groups:
43 hd    avg.w/t     678      Charx-blk       110.20

                Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1-2
 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price
    5    300-400     363    109.00-125.00     114.73
   40    400-500     475    109.00-115.50     113.38
   18    500-600     593       109.50         109.50
    9    600-700     635     89.00-108.50     101.63
   48    700-800     743    106.00-110.90     110.38
   76    800-900     841    102.00-104.00     103.89
Groups:
40 hd    avg.w/t     745      Charx-blk       110.90
72 hd    avg.w/t     840        mixed         104.00

                Feeder Steers Medium and Large 2
 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price
    3    400-500     441       108.00         108.00
    1    500-600     570       100.00         100.00
   62    600-700     698     98.00-104.00     103.84
    1    800-900     855       100.00         100.00
Groups:
59 hd    avg.w/t     699       Hereford       104.00

                     Feeder Steers Large 1-2
 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price
    1    600-700     640        95.00          95.00
    1    800-900     865        85.00          85.00

                     Feeder Steers Small 1-2
 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price
    4    400-500     442     95.00-102.00      97.87

                  Feeder Holstein Steers Large 3
 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price
    1    300-400     390        65.00          65.00
    2    600-700     605        65.00          65.00

                Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1
 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price
    5    300-400     361    104.50-113.00     108.19
   53    400-500     451     90.00-104.00     100.24
   30    500-600     543     93.00-106.00      97.93
    6    600-700     630     90.00-101.00      95.20
    6    700-800     734        98.50          98.50
   65    800-900     800       100.60         100.60
Groups:
65 hd    avg.w/t     800      Charx-blk       100.60

               Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1-2
 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price
   35    400-500     458     90.00-102.50      98.56
    2    500-600     595        92.00          92.00
   26    600-700     619     99.00-104.50     104.05
Groups:
22 hd    avg.w/t     476      Charx-blk       100.50
24 hd    avg.w/t     616      Charx-blk       104.50

                Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 2
 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price
    4    300-400     376     97.00-104.00     100.11
    6    400-500     425     92.00-99.00       94.81
   11    500-600     549     88.00-102.00      94.43
    2    600-700     628     88.00-90.00       88.96
    3    700-800     722     90.00-92.00       91.35

                    Feeder Heifers Large 1-2
 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price
    2    400-500     482     73.00-86.00       79.60
    8    500-600     527        89.25          89.25
    1    600-700     680        85.00          85.00
    1    800-900     895        72.00          72.00

                    Feeder Heifers Small 1-2
 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price
    5    600-700     691        85.00          85.00

                Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 1-2
 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price
    7    300-400     377    100.00-116.00     107.06
   18    400-500     459     90.00-109.50     101.24
    7    500-600     570     88.00-102.00      94.51
   11    600-700     633     87.00-99.50       93.62
    5    700-800     727     74.00-88.00       83.16
    1    800-900     810        84.00          84.00

                      Feeder Bulls Small 1-2
 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price
    1    500-600     515        81.00          81.00
    4    600-700     659     78.00-87.00       82.54
    1    800-900     875        80.00          80.00

Stock Cows: Medium and Large 2: 4-6 years old 850-1280 lbs and bred 1-9 months 
475.00-675.00.

Stock Cows and Calves: Large 2: ind 5 years old 1300 lbs with a 250 lb calf 
950.00.
 
Calves:   Baby Beef: cpl 160.00     

Source:  Kenneth Leavell    (Market Specialist)
         Kentucky Dept of Ag-USDA Market News, Louisville, KY
         kenleavelle@USDA.gov      Phone 502-564-4896
         24 Hour Toll Free Market Report 1-800-327-6568
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