GX_LS750 Springfield, IL Fri Apr 3, 2009 USDA-IL Dept of Ag Market News Carthage Livestock Auction, Carthage IL Special Feeder Cattle Sale Weighted Average Report for 04/02/2009 Receipts: 1271 Trade moderate to active. Demand good with moderate offerings. The majority of the cattle weaned and had two rounds of shots. Steers accounted for 62 percent of the run, and heifers 38 percent. Feeder cattle over 600 lbs 54 percent. Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 307 307 119.00 119.00 Value Added 3 365-395 385 113.50-115.00 113.97 Value Added 11 406-425 409 112.00-119.00 113.75 Value Added 14 460-496 476 110.50-116.25 114.69 Value Added 18 506-542 517 110.00-116.25 113.98 Value Added 26 550-596 569 108.50-114.00 111.58 Value Added 11 605-640 633 104.25-110.00 106.90 Value Added 20 690-695 692 95.00-97.60 96.67 Value Added 10 700-725 714 92.50-96.50 93.99 Value Added 2 772 772 95.25 95.25 Value Added 3 800-840 813 93.50-95.25 94.65 Value Added Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 13 337-342 341 115.50-116.00 115.58 Value Added 21 425-431 429 116.00-117.85 117.15 Value Added 44 536-544 539 109.00-114.00 111.67 Value Added 49 595 595 113.00 113.00 Value Added 47 609-645 636 105.00-111.10 109.03 Value Added 138 651-679 661 100.00-108.75 105.07 Value Added 27 708-736 732 96.50-96.85 96.80 Value Added 77 753-792 767 93.75-96.50 95.34 Value Added 64 838-847 846 91.60-94.00 92.12 Value Added Feeder Steers Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 490 490 106.00 106.00 Value Added 2 542 542 101.50 101.50 Value Added 10 560-595 577 100.00-106.50 104.12 Value Added 6 603-645 617 102.50-103.75 103.31 Value Added 21 655-691 688 95.00-100.00 97.16 Value Added 7 721-736 728 94.75-96.50 95.11 Value Added 3 816 816 85.00 85.00 Value Added Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 6 370-392 381 103.00-108.00 105.05 Value Added 11 427-430 428 101.50-109.50 105.78 Value Added 14 450-468 460 100.00-105.00 102.56 Value Added 19 523-546 531 103.00-106.50 104.22 Value Added 16 560-596 583 96.00-104.25 98.47 Value Added 4 620-646 640 90.00-94.25 93.22 Value Added 2 662 662 95.00 95.00 Value Added 2 735-740 738 86.25-89.50 87.88 Value Added 2 782 782 82.50 82.50 Value Added 1 965 965 85.00 85.00 Value Added Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 8 308 308 116.00 116.00 Value Added 6 360 360 109.50 109.50 Value Added 24 422-427 424 105.00 105.00 Value Added 15 469-490 480 102.00-102.25 102.11 Value Added 60 514-543 529 98.75-105.50 102.10 Value Added 29 551-573 560 96.20-99.10 97.59 Value Added 85 601-621 611 93.25-97.85 96.09 Value Added 16 670-684 679 90.50-95.00 93.33 Value Added 5 701 701 92.00 92.00 Value Added Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 4 357 357 105.00 105.00 Value Added 4 432-445 438 95.00-96.50 95.74 Value Added 10 455-498 492 90.00-95.00 94.14 Value Added 15 527-540 528 92.00-97.25 96.89 Value Added 18 552-585 564 85.00-90.00 88.31 Value Added 3 625 625 92.50 92.50 Value Added Source: Livestock and Grain Market News, Springfield IL Van Cruit phone: 217-782-4925 or toll free in IL 888-458-4787 www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/GX_LS750.txt .