AM_LS795 Amarillo, TX Mon Nov 23, 2009 USDA-TX Dept of Ag Market News Weighted Average Summary for 22 Texas Auctions - 11/15/09 thru 11/21/09 Feeder Cattle Weighted Average Report This Week: 33,743 Week Ago: 41,809 Year Ago: 38,121 Compared to last week: Feeder steer and heifer price trends very mixed, with about as many auctions reporting higher trends as those with lower trends. Trends ranged steady to 7.00 higher, while others steady to 8.00 lower. Slaughter cow and bull trends ranged steady 4.00 higher, while other auctions ranged steady to 4.00 lower. Trade and demand light to moderate. Bulk supply Medium and Large 1-2 400-900 lb feeder steers and heifers. The feeder supply included 59 percent steers and 41 percent heifers. Near 33 percent of the run weighed over 600 lbs. Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 20 250-295 270 119.00-135.00 128.23 66 300-345 324 100.00-131.00 119.99 19 316-339 331 135.00 135.00 Value Added 173 350-395 375 93.00-126.00 116.39 23 354-360 358 129.00-132.00 131.23 Value Added 196 400-445 424 95.00-123.00 109.47 313 450-499 475 93.00-116.00 107.09 300 500-549 524 79.00-112.00 100.93 140 550-598 573 83.00-107.00 95.14 125 600-645 620 77.00-102.00 91.42 79 600-645 622 78.00-104.00 90.34 Calves 56 604-634 611 92.00-97.75 94.83 Value Added 93 650-697 672 78.00-96.00 90.08 56 650-695 666 80.00-96.00 86.90 Calves 30 654 654 86.00 86.00 Fleshy 15 661-689 672 94.50-95.10 94.85 Value Added 227 700-748 729 72.00-95.50 91.33 88 700-745 719 79.00-91.00 88.92 Calves 84 707-714 711 92.00-92.50 92.36 Value Added 125 755-780 770 70.00-91.50 90.55 9 750-781 778 81.00-85.25 84.79 Calves 38 778 778 83.25-84.00 83.47 Fleshy 38 765-770 769 87.00-90.50 87.82 Value Added 5 800-835 820 78.00-86.00 82.14 227 850-861 856 81.00-90.10 89.51 Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 51 205-230 223 146.00-152.00 150.49 Value Added 10 320-342 335 110.00-120.00 113.44 40 358-394 384 100.00-110.00 108.44 63 408-449 435 94.00-113.00 102.83 28 451-486 469 105.00-110.00 107.41 154 501-547 525 90.00-102.00 96.82 97 550-598 586 91.00-101.00 95.28 35 604-648 620 83.00-93.50 88.72 13 606-631 627 84.00-85.00 84.85 Calves 7 637 637 84.00 84.00 Fleshy 145 651-698 660 85.00-93.00 87.93 30 653-690 665 84.25-87.00 86.05 Calves 50 681-693 689 80.75-81.50 81.28 Fleshy 151 700-747 728 84.00-90.00 87.75 11 708-725 711 78.00-80.50 78.46 Calves 93 763-783 782 84.00-89.25 88.92 8 751-764 759 84.50-86.00 85.06 Calves 7 794 794 82.00 82.00 Fleshy 49 822-843 837 83.00-88.00 84.19 30 884-897 888 85.00-86.00 85.70 5 971 971 74.50 74.50 Feeder Steers Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 24 200-245 232 95.00-132.50 112.89 25 250-295 271 96.00-132.00 119.11 87 300-345 323 90.00-125.00 109.34 11 300-340 324 114.00-125.00 120.15 Thin 150 350-398 375 91.00-129.00 106.82 12 350-385 364 111.00-121.00 114.62 Thin 217 400-448 421 86.00-117.00 100.15 10 400-440 424 104.00-110.00 106.71 Thin 232 450-498 472 84.00-112.00 97.87 5 455-485 468 104.00-108.00 105.60 Thin 231 500-549 525 80.00-107.00 91.20 248 550-597 571 80.00-103.00 89.39 89 600-645 625 75.00-95.00 84.56 57 600-645 623 73.00-91.00 82.64 Calves 64 650-696 674 70.00-91.00 81.59 44 650-695 669 74.00-95.00 81.51 Calves 69 700-748 721 72.00-89.00 79.96 34 750-795 769 75.00-87.00 79.57 Feeder Steers Medium and Large 2-3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 17 370-392 388 86.00-100.00 94.72 22 411-417 415 87.00-98.00 94.04 41 482-498 494 82.50-97.00 92.79 32 495 495 89.00 89.00 Fleshy 32 584 584 89.00 89.00 16 609-631 618 78.50-81.00 79.86 11 651-665 659 76.00-78.50 77.38 36 845 845 77.50 77.50 Feeder Steers Medium and Large 3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 20 200-245 224 90.00-137.50 102.40 47 250-295 273 90.00-127.50 101.92 84 300-345 322 77.00-125.00 101.11 106 350-399 372 80.00-121.00 97.53 133 400-448 425 75.00-115.00 92.29 160 450-495 474 70.00-110.00 92.79 95 500-545 519 70.00-95.00 83.75 96 550-590 569 70.00-95.00 83.00 67 600-645 621 72.00-89.00 80.26 23 650-690 670 72.00-85.00 76.93 9 715-745 731 70.00-77.00 72.68 Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 6 599 599 80.50 80.50 Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 11 470 470 95.00 95.00 8 674 674 72.00 72.00 Fleshy Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 5 285-290 288 108.00-123.00 113.94 9 657-698 673 70.00-79.00 72.05 22 707-720 715 70.00-80.50 72.54 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 10 250-290 265 85.00-107.00 98.75 92 300-348 329 92.00-113.00 104.44 37 306-319 314 110.00-114.00 111.80 Value Added 66 350-395 373 83.00-106.00 99.74 177 400-448 428 78.00-110.00 93.30 103 403-443 424 95.75-100.00 97.69 Value Added 112 450-497 472 78.00-101.00 88.86 25 477 477 87.00 87.00 Fleshy 72 472-492 487 90.00-93.00 90.99 Value Added 369 500-545 523 75.00-96.00 87.96 234 550-595 578 74.00-89.00 84.81 39 578-591 584 79.50-82.50 81.36 Fleshy 152 600-645 618 70.00-85.00 82.00 39 600-640 621 71.00-86.00 82.03 Calves 16 614-615 614 75.00-78.50 78.28 Fleshy 16 609-634 626 84.00-85.00 84.70 Value Added 15 650-695 670 71.00-85.00 76.19 79 650-698 669 74.00-83.50 81.54 Calves 20 668 668 79.50 79.50 Fleshy 16 690-699 693 85.75-86.25 85.94 Value Added 39 700-745 717 70.00-85.75 83.43 7 702-725 709 81.00 81.00 Calves 7 735 735 85.25 85.25 Value Added 15 750-780 774 73.00-87.25 84.74 6 760-777 766 78.00-80.50 79.65 Fleshy 12 780 780 84.00 84.00 Value Added 24 800-809 809 77.00-79.50 79.40 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 39 231 231 116.80 116.80 10 300-332 310 94.00-108.00 99.14 42 353-398 379 86.00-104.00 94.49 65 414-448 426 82.00-90.00 86.26 46 450-498 464 78.00-97.00 89.60 6 493 493 83.00 83.00 Fleshy 177 500-547 520 80.00-88.50 84.96 7 511 511 82.50 82.50 Fleshy 51 553-590 566 78.00-85.00 81.80 8 585 585 79.50 79.50 Fleshy 25 606-646 625 70.00-84.00 79.48 29 642 642 82.50 82.50 Calves 8 609 609 78.00 78.00 Fleshy 79 651-697 666 73.00-84.50 80.76 38 657-698 683 74.25-81.75 78.50 Calves 36 700-734 717 73.00-82.00 78.71 22 777-778 778 75.50-77.50 76.32 35 825-830 826 75.00-80.00 76.14 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 16 210-245 229 90.00-103.00 94.85 33 250-295 277 87.00-120.00 100.95 76 300-345 322 81.00-120.00 92.71 134 350-396 375 79.00-117.00 91.50 148 400-448 425 77.00-108.00 85.93 205 450-498 470 75.00-101.00 84.63 202 500-545 521 73.00-96.00 80.28 145 550-599 574 71.00-89.00 79.20 8 561 561 98.00 98.00 Fancy 88 600-645 624 70.00-82.00 75.71 41 600-645 625 71.00-84.00 76.02 Calves 50 650-693 665 70.00-82.00 75.49 25 650-695 668 72.00-88.50 76.60 Calves 36 700-748 723 70.00-83.00 75.85 24 750-790 780 70.00-79.50 73.62 17 800-835 825 70.00-77.00 71.62 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 2-3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 17 377-392 383 84.00-86.00 84.84 11 450-482 465 77.00-83.00 79.83 5 531 531 79.00 79.00 13 587 587 80.50 80.50 13 607-647 613 74.50-77.00 74.91 5 762 762 77.50 77.50 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 19 200-245 227 80.00-102.50 89.80 24 250-295 274 81.00-102.50 92.38 71 300-345 325 70.00-98.00 85.47 112 350-395 375 73.00-101.00 84.76 107 400-445 423 70.00-98.00 81.89 113 450-495 472 73.00-89.00 80.70 66 500-545 525 70.00-85.00 76.61 63 550-595 575 70.00-85.00 75.97 16 610-645 630 70.00-77.00 72.19 5 650-670 658 70.00-77.00 73.40 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 1015c ktg/pj .