GX_LS144 Springfield, IL Thu Jan 7, 2010 USDA-IL Dept of Ag Market News Reel Livestock Auction, Congerville IL Special Feeder Cattle Sale Weighted Average Report for 01/02/2010 Receipts: 550 Trade was moderate to active with good demand. Offerings were moderate. Feeder steers accounted for 56 percent of the run; feeder heifers 44 percent. Feeder cattle over 600 lbs 67 percent. Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 293 293 113.00 113.00 4 385-398 395 107.00-114.00 112.29 2 430-435 432 111.00-113.00 111.99 4 488 488 95.00 95.00 4 521 521 100.00 100.00 6 565-588 573 93.50-106.00 97.78 25 650-679 665 85.50-95.50 94.80 65 726-740 735 90.50-95.00 94.24 21 754-798 768 85.00-91.00 88.16 6 866 866 87.00 87.00 Feeder Steers Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 4 415-430 419 107.00-113.00 112.00 7 450 450 88.00 88.00 10 511-535 518 91.50-95.00 93.92 10 558-598 578 85.00-89.50 87.17 17 617-620 618 83.50-85.00 84.20 6 665-666 666 87.00-92.00 90.34 9 705-739 734 85.50-87.00 85.72 6 811 811 85.00 85.00 1 915 915 85.00 85.00 Feeder Steers Medium and Large 3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 7 761 761 70.00 70.00 Feeder Steers Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 10 648 648 102.00 102.00 Feeder Steers Medium 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 10 497-499 498 89.00 89.00 Feeder Steers Medium 3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 475 475 90.00 90.00 8 578 578 75.00 75.00 8 552-562 556 87.00-88.00 87.38 Value Enhanced 3 692 692 77.00 77.00 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 7 518-533 527 94.00-95.00 94.58 16 558-590 574 94.00-102.50 98.45 30 605-640 617 90.00-100.00 93.27 27 670-672 672 84.50-93.00 88.76 39 705 705 89.00 89.00 12 756-762 760 82.50-87.50 85.43 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 3 360 360 104.00 104.00 3 435 435 89.00-95.00 92.00 11 503-540 522 84.50-88.00 84.75 10 559-563 561 86.00-88.00 87.22 3 643 643 88.50 88.50 4 665-670 668 82.00-84.00 83.00 3 697 697 82.50 82.50 1 735 735 85.50 85.50 1 810 810 77.00 77.00 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 7 502 502 76.00 76.00 Feeder Heifers Medium 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 7 744 744 73.00 73.00 Feeder Heifers Medium 3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 4 384 384 91.00 91.00 11 500 500 83.50 83.50 3 692 692 77.00 77.00 Source: USDA-IL Dept of Ag Market News Service Kim Harmon, OIC Phone: 217-782-4925 or toll free in IL at 1-888-458-4787 www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/GX_LS144.txt .