DC_LS756 Dodge City, KS Wed Nov 11, 2009 USDA-KS Dept Ag Market News Farmers & Ranchers Livestock Commissions Co., Salina, KS Special Cattle Weighted Average Report for 11/10/2009 Receipts: 2317 Last Week: 2048 Year Ago: 2429 Compared to last week: Steers 300-500 lbs 2.00-3.00 lower; 500-650 lbs steady to 3.00 higher; 650-800 lbs steady to weak. Heifers 450-550 lbs steady to 1.00 higher; 550-700 lbs weak to 2.00 lower. All steers and heifers were farm and ranch raised, most were weaned at least 30 days, over 50 percent having fall shots, and all heifers were guaranteed open unless specified. A small percentage of cattle were considered all natural and no implants. Feeder supply 59 percent steers and 41 percent heifers. Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 8 319 319 124.00 124.00 13 427 427 123.00 123.00 38 462-498 484 114.00-119.00 115.90 169 500-545 523 109.00-114.50 113.13 195 554-598 580 106.00-112.60 111.33 121 603-627 612 100.50-107.25 103.21 31 647 647 110.25 110.25 Value Added 103 659-695 675 95.75-100.00 98.19 24 700-734 716 92.50-94.75 93.72 23 763 763 92.00 92.00 Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 16 376-399 392 120.00-121.00 120.24 17 471-498 490 112.00-115.00 114.15 34 517-549 535 103.00-108.00 107.23 71 551-592 579 100.00-105.50 101.17 123 602-646 628 94.00-98.50 96.32 112 651-699 678 90.00-94.50 91.93 15 708-740 719 88.00-89.50 88.99 19 778 778 90.00 90.00 Feeder Steers Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 25 459-498 478 104.50-106.00 105.28 20 506-527 516 95.00-101.00 97.79 19 557-599 575 93.50-95.50 94.47 19 627-640 637 83.00-89.00 85.34 19 660-676 666 83.50-85.50 84.77 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 67 461-489 475 94.00-99.00 96.20 142 508-546 523 93.00-96.50 94.89 31 550-573 565 91.00-92.50 91.74 66 605-639 619 89.00-91.00 89.77 45 652-689 665 86.50-87.50 86.91 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 20 373-398 387 94.50-98.00 95.71 18 404-430 417 92.00-97.00 95.07 40 453-492 481 91.00-93.50 92.69 49 526-548 535 86.50-90.00 88.57 136 553-597 581 85.00-90.50 87.30 93 605-647 628 84.00-88.25 85.84 18 655-661 657 83.50-84.00 83.67 20 735-738 735 83.00-84.50 83.23 8 794 794 81.00 81.00 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 5 427 427 90.50 90.50 6 453-480 466 84.00-85.00 84.49 31 510-549 536 83.00-85.00 84.24 6 559 559 83.00 83.00 46 616-644 633 80.75-83.00 82.23 Source: USDA-KS Dept of Ag Market News, Dodge City, KS Dena Tabor - Rich Hruska OIC, 620-227-8881 24 hour Market News 620-365-9311 www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/DC_LS756.txt The Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Report is provided by Kansas Dept of Ag with technical oversight from USDA AMS 0800c dt fh ss