DC_LS756 Dodge City, KS Wed Jan 6, 2010 USDA-KS Dept Ag Market News Farmers & Ranchers Livestock commission Co., Salina, Kansas Special Feeder Cattle Weighted Average Report for 01/05/2010 Receipts: 3121 Last sale: 12/17/09 5784 Year Ago: 2600 Compared to last week: First sale of the 2010 season. All steers and heifers were farm and ranch raised, weaned at least 30 days, having had their vaccinations, and all heifers were guaranteed open. Feeder supply 66 percent steers and 34 percent heifers. Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 9 414 414 125.00 125.00 37 471-493 482 114.00-120.00 118.54 35 507-527 514 113.00-116.00 113.97 42 550-565 559 108.50-113.50 110.12 213 602-637 619 98.25-103.50 101.48 415 653-698 674 95.00-100.25 97.65 377 705-749 728 94.00-100.00 97.81 179 757-793 778 93.75-98.25 96.84 183 801-848 813 93.75-95.85 95.11 73 857-892 860 89.25-95.00 94.43 Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 5 442 442 116.00 116.00 52 506-545 519 106.00-112.50 111.40 77 556-598 589 97.00-105.00 103.21 30 610-648 621 95.00-96.00 95.73 28 670-687 682 95.00-95.50 95.14 36 710-720 712 93.00-94.00 93.83 59 764-796 788 91.00-94.75 94.11 25 805-842 828 88.00-91.85 91.36 Feeder Steers Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 11 466-482 476 107.50-110.00 109.11 13 503-527 513 99.50-103.00 100.68 6 555 555 92.00 92.00 60 612-647 634 88.50-94.50 90.05 12 658-665 662 87.00-88.75 87.88 13 715 715 90.00 90.00 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 14 428-433 429 106.00-107.00 106.29 64 461-499 482 102.00-105.00 104.07 61 518-541 533 97.50-102.00 98.55 87 550-574 565 92.25-99.00 94.17 222 600-649 620 88.00-92.50 90.39 161 650-687 677 87.00-92.00 89.99 56 709-746 718 86.00-92.00 89.58 127 702-735 718 95.00-100.00 98.67 Replacement 29 760-794 789 86.00-90.00 89.47 48 807-809 808 86.50-89.50 88.50 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 10 412-445 435 97.00-103.00 101.30 7 486-490 488 97.00-101.00 99.28 10 533-534 533 92.00-94.00 93.20 54 561-588 575 88.00-91.75 90.55 27 617-646 630 85.00-86.75 85.19 21 652-653 652 82.50-85.00 84.28 8 721-728 724 82.50-83.00 82.69 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 0745cst dt rh ss .