AM_LS795 Amarillo, TX Mon Jul 06, 2009 USDA-TX Dept of Ag Market News Weighted Average Summary for 10 Texas Auctions - 06/28/09 thru 07/04/09 Feeder Cattle Weighted Average Report This Week: 15,781 Week Ago: 24,674 Year Ago: 9,004 Compared to last week: Limited test due to holiday week. Feeder steers and heifers mostly steady to 3.00 lower, however, some early week sales steady to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cow and bull price trends mixed with some sales reporting steady to 4.00 lower and other auctions reporting steady to 4.00 higher. Trade and demand moderate to good. Bulk supply Medium and Large 1-2 400-900 lb feeder steers and heifers. The feeder supply included 53 percent steers and 47 percent heifers. Near 50 percent of the run weighed over 600 lbs. Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 22 200-245 222 119.00-130.00 122.41 16 250-290 263 111.00-127.50 124.29 52 309-345 328 102.00-121.00 115.37 29 350-390 370 106.00-125.00 112.19 31 400-445 428 91.00-115.00 103.96 28 450-495 472 94.00-113.00 102.21 89 500-545 517 90.00-110.50 102.27 60 550-595 574 88.00-109.50 99.42 86 600-649 641 88.00-106.00 102.96 19 605-645 621 87.00-96.00 92.34 Calves 46 650-695 665 84.00-105.25 100.36 5 650-695 672 90.00-93.00 91.40 Calves 22 693 693 92.25 92.25 Fleshy 51 700-745 732 78.00-103.00 94.98 220 753-795 771 75.00-100.50 98.63 97 800-844 836 75.00-98.75 97.87 144 857-890 860 86.00-98.50 98.38 132 916 916 93.50 93.50 12 1023 1023 79.50 79.50 Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 14 433-448 438 107.00-112.00 108.82 8 455-470 464 108.00-109.00 108.37 15 524 524 101.75 101.75 47 589 589 103.25-103.50 103.28 49 627-645 641 101.50-102.00 101.88 6 697 697 90.00 90.00 12 727-748 734 88.00-93.00 89.70 9 891 891 90.00 90.00 6 923 923 88.00 88.00 28 952-976 970 86.00-86.50 86.38 Feeder Steers Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 9 200-245 221 110.00-122.50 117.07 36 250-295 267 108.00-122.50 117.51 36 300-345 322 98.00-124.00 108.04 56 350-395 371 95.00-116.00 106.42 90 400-445 424 88.00-110.00 98.40 87 450-495 476 88.00-110.00 97.11 104 500-545 522 85.00-101.00 93.48 120 550-595 571 86.50-103.00 92.95 30 600-645 620 88.00-104.00 94.70 39 600-640 618 84.00-97.00 88.60 Calves 24 650-695 671 85.00-101.50 93.24 25 650-695 667 84.00-92.00 87.31 Calves 27 700-745 720 82.00-97.00 90.48 10 750-795 767 76.00-94.00 84.85 7 870-895 883 81.00-90.50 84.83 Feeder Steers Medium and Large 2-3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 16 675-684 680 72.50-79.50 76.46 6 721 721 82.00 82.00 Feeder Steers Medium and Large 3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 49 200-245 225 92.00-125.00 109.34 42 250-295 275 92.00-122.00 106.48 63 300-345 322 85.00-115.00 101.66 64 350-396 375 86.00-109.00 98.20 74 400-445 423 84.00-105.00 95.18 72 450-495 474 74.00-103.00 87.26 35 500-545 521 81.00-98.00 90.49 38 550-590 564 80.00-97.00 87.34 15 605-645 621 83.00-97.00 88.47 30 650-695 684 75.00-92.00 80.31 Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 9 620-644 637 89.00-91.00 89.77 19 705-741 719 80.00-84.50 83.34 9 819 819 79.50 79.50 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 40 303-345 316 100.00-117.50 110.62 10 350-395 375 91.00-105.00 97.80 41 410-445 426 91.00-103.00 95.92 50 450-495 477 91.00-105.00 95.83 109 500-545 525 85.00-104.00 95.09 126 550-599 576 83.00-99.00 95.60 87 600-645 619 78.00-100.00 94.32 17 600-645 619 83.00-89.00 86.06 Calves 12 615-634 629 89.50-92.00 91.39 Fleshy 152 650-699 681 74.00-97.00 95.34 5 655-675 663 83.00-88.00 85.40 Calves 16 675 675 93.25 93.25 Fleshy 87 700-740 715 80.00-97.50 94.78 6 750-790 765 76.00-85.00 80.50 29 805-847 836 87.00-89.50 87.94 149 857 857 92.25 92.25 21 915 915 84.50 84.50 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 8 317 317 98.00 98.00 10 482-487 485 90.00 90.00 11 560 560 93.00 93.00 41 623-646 638 91.75-94.75 92.75 10 659 659 93.00 93.00 35 706-714 709 92.75-93.50 93.20 197 755-798 785 88.00-93.75 92.71 6 816 816 74.00 74.00 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 21 200-242 234 93.00-109.00 103.50 19 250-295 270 91.00-108.00 98.28 31 300-345 317 86.00-104.00 95.69 69 350-399 374 88.00-96.00 93.90 84 400-448 428 85.00-105.00 90.21 89 450-495 470 83.00-101.00 90.83 74 500-545 524 81.00-100.00 88.57 82 550-595 568 80.50-97.00 87.70 37 605-645 625 76.00-94.00 87.68 29 600-645 619 78.00-92.00 85.50 Calves 43 650-695 673 73.00-96.00 84.90 17 650-695 667 77.00-93.00 84.58 Calves 17 700-745 719 74.00-88.00 82.49 14 755-795 773 78.00-88.00 82.22 5 805-845 826 73.50-82.00 76.28 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 2-3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 6 494 494 82.00 82.00 10 614 614 71.50 71.50 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 27 200-240 216 81.00-110.00 90.86 25 250-295 273 85.00-112.00 95.29 59 300-345 328 80.00-102.00 91.35 69 350-395 369 80.00-102.50 89.78 75 400-448 424 75.00-102.50 87.98 6 415-448 435 103.00-119.00 105.89 Fancy 45 450-495 471 75.00-95.00 86.88 52 500-545 527 75.00-90.00 84.01 16 550-595 573 80.00-87.00 82.99 11 600-640 618 76.00-86.00 81.97 Source: Texas Dept of Ag Market News-USDA Market News, Amarillo, TX 806/372-6361 - email: amarillo.lgmn@usda.gov www.ams.usda.gov/LSMarketNews 1030c pj/djm .