CV_LS750 Clovis, NM Thursday Nov 5, 2009 USDA-NM Dept of Ag Market News Clovis Livestock Auction, Clovis, NM Feeder Cattle Weighted Average for 11/4/2009 Receipts: 5090 Last Sale: 3314 Last Year: 3373 Compared to last month: Holstein steers steady to 1.50 higher. Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 600 lbs unevenly steady, over 600 lbs 3.00- 4.00 higher. Heifers under 600 lbs 4.00-6.00 lower except 300-400 lbs steady, over 600 lbs 1.00-2.00 lower. Slaughter cows 1.00-2.00 lower, bulls steady. Trade active, demand good. Bulk supply Medium and Large 1-2 300-800 lb feeder steers and heifers. Slaughter cows 9 percent of the offering, slaughter bulls less than percent, bred cows 2 percent, pairs less than 1 percent, feeders 88 percent. In the feeder supply, steers made up approximately 49 percent of the run; Holstein steers 20 percent; heifers 31 percent; steers and heifers over 600 lbs total 28 percent. Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 7 326-332 329 120.00-128.50 124.90 55 359-395 365 117.00-126.00 122.11 38 400-445 422 111.00-118.00 115.15 91 460-495 477 103.00-115.00 110.88 153 505-548 525 99.50-109.00 104.07 176 553-585 559 97.00-101.00 99.68 7 607-610 608 95.50-96.00 95.79 114 609-636 629 90.00-95.75 93.38 Calves 10 650 650 93.50 93.50 132 656-696 674 84.25-93.00 86.93 Calves 15 706-720 709 84.50-94.00 87.82 16 708-742 717 79.00-85.50 81.94 Calves 30 755-797 779 80.00-87.50 83.78 18 754-770 766 77.25-79.50 77.87 Calves 4 843 843 84.00 84.00 3 873 873 77.25 77.25 Calves 2 910 910 80.00 80.00 2 962 962 76.50 76.50 Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 15 277-291 289 129.00 129.00 3 313 313 112.00 112.00 18 365-385 375 116.00-123.00 118.79 16 357-368 360 122.00-124.75 124.05 Thin 32 380 380 119.50 119.50 Value Added 122 413-440 438 110.00-114.50 110.94 10 448 448 118.00 118.00 Value Added 196 452-499 477 104.00-113.00 107.97 4 478 478 108.00 108.00 Value Added 12 512-531 523 101.50-105.50 103.13 59 552-591 576 91.75-101.00 97.92 65 585-589 587 98.50-100.75 99.74 Value Added 52 605-645 636 88.50-96.00 94.51 18 622-626 624 85.00-91.50 88.60 Calves 41 672-692 678 87.50-91.00 89.91 9 675-676 676 81.00-84.00 82.00 Calves 38 716-731 718 85.50-92.25 91.21 2 710 710 82.75 82.75 Calves 97 798 798 88.85 88.85 11 820 820 83.00 83.00 12 857 857 83.50 83.50 4 916 916 79.50 79.50 Feeder Steers Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 270 270 120.00 120.00 3 313 313 112.00 112.00 2 415 415 108.00 108.00 7 461-492 479 97.50-101.00 98.94 12 510-542 518 84.00-85.00 84.17 3 558 558 100.00 100.00 Thin 4 562 562 99.00 99.00 Value Added 6 624 624 93.50 93.50 2 736 736 90.50 90.50 11 750-772 766 83.00-87.50 84.20 Feeder Holstein Steers Large 3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 65 214-222 218 72.00-76.00 73.68 20 270-293 282 76.00-83.50 78.75 15 305-341 330 71.00-82.00 76.27 51 363-397 387 70.00-75.50 74.86 31 402-418 411 74.50-76.00 75.16 302 488-491 488 72.00-75.50 75.47 159 504-549 530 64.00-74.00 72.95 16 557-591 573 58.00-64.00 60.68 3 635 635 61.50 61.50 14 700-735 714 57.50-59.00 58.16 2 782 782 61.75 61.75 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 10 286 286 111.00 111.00 12 310-337 324 97.00-109.00 105.88 12 342 342 112.00 112.00 Thin 13 365-396 381 97.00-101.00 99.61 11 386 386 111.00 111.00 Value Added 73 415-445 431 94.00-100.00 96.36 68 450-492 479 90.00-103.00 95.85 18 462 462 98.00 98.00 Value Added 120 500-547 508 85.25-93.00 91.10 96 550-585 565 80.25-89.50 86.05 14 613-640 634 85.50-88.25 86.07 57 600-633 627 80.50-83.50 81.57 Calves 44 653-691 677 82.75-84.35 83.71 7 710 710 80.00 80.00 20 750-791 760 75.25-81.00 78.48 3 826 826 79.00 79.00 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 265 265 109.00 109.00 14 303-313 309 102.00-110.50 107.82 15 385-392 391 96.00-99.50 98.81 23 388 388 107.00 107.00 Thin 61 405-440 419 93.00-95.50 94.04 45 459-485 477 87.00-98.00 91.16 21 462-479 466 88.50-93.00 89.60 Value Added 58 509-544 522 87.75-92.00 90.13 16 506 506 95.00 95.00 Value Added 25 578-588 583 80.00-86.75 83.51 23 606-640 611 81.00-85.00 84.55 40 609-648 624 78.75-84.00 82.48 Calves 2 657 657 80.00 80.00 Calves 31 705-748 726 78.25-80.00 78.86 14 721 721 83.00 83.00 Thin 22 824-827 826 75.50-77.00 76.18 15 858-878 874 74.00-76.50 74.49 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 248 248 99.00 99.00 2 220 220 110.00 110.00 Thin 8 320-346 336 90.00-91.00 90.36 6 376 376 90.00 90.00 11 376 376 105.50 105.50 Thin 5 432 432 86.00 86.00 2 405 405 101.00 101.00 Value Added 4 485-495 490 84.00-89.00 86.53 4 505-520 512 83.00-88.00 85.54 Slaughter Cows: % Lean Weight Avg Dressing Hi Dressing Lo Dressing Boners 80-85 1200-1600 39.50-44.25 --- --- Boners 80-85 800-1200 38.75-44.50 --- --- Lean 85-90 1200-1600 36.00-41.00 42.50-43.50 --- Lean 85-90 1000-1200 35.75-42.00 43.50 29.75-34.35 Lean 85-90 800-1000 34.00-40.00 --- --- Lean 85-90 under 800 31.00-36.00 37.00-37.50 26.50 Holstein Slaughter Cows: Boners 80-85 1200-1840 37.00-44.85 --- --- Boners 80-85 1000-1200 40.00-42.00 --- --- Lean 85-90 1200-1600 36.00-41.00 --- 31.50-34.00 Lean 85-90 1000-1200 36.25-38.00 --- 32.00-34.00 Lean 85-90 800-1000 33.75-36.00 --- --- Slaughter Bulls: Yield Grade 1-2: 1545-2000 lbs 51.00-58.00 Low Dressing: 1000-1705 lbs 44.00-50.50 Holstein: Slaughter Bulls: Yield Grade 1-2: 1855-1880 lbs 50.00-53.00 Replacement Cows: Medium and Large 1-2: young to middle aged 1080-1555 lb cows 3-8 months bred 600.00-720.00, per head; middle aged to aged 865-1230 lb cows 3-8 months bred 450.00-575.00, per head; aged 855-1065 lb cows 6-8 months bred 300.00-390.00 per head. Cow/Calf Pairs: Medium and Large 1-2: young to middle aged 1045-1245 lb cows w/ 100-150 lb calves 800.00-810.00, per pair. Source: USDA-NM Dept of Ag Market News Clovis, NM 575-762-3705 - 24 hr markets 575-763-3030 Fax 575-742-2523 www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/cv_ls150.txt 1100m gl pb .