GX_LS750 Springfield, IL Fri Nov 13, 2009 USDA-IL Dept of Ag Market News Carthage Livestock Auction Inc. Carthage IL Special Feeder Cattle Sale Weighted Average Report for 11/12/2009 Receipts: 1392 Trade active with good demand. All cattle weaned and had two rounds of vaccinations. Feeder steers accounted for 60 percent of the run; and heifers 40 percent. Feeder cattle over 600 lbs 40 percent. Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 7 405-445 432 110.50-115.00 111.46 35 472-491 481 107.00-110.00 109.01 38 500-530 512 100.75-108.00 104.50 4 537 537 125.00 125.00 Fancy 8 550-556 552 100.75-101.50 101.03 22 612-640 622 96.00-97.00 96.37 11 657 657 97.25 97.25 Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 7 466 466 99.50 99.50 4 525-537 529 91.00-98.00 94.50 231 550-597 584 89.25-98.00 93.34 24 603-632 617 86.50-92.50 90.45 116 655-699 682 89.00-94.00 91.92 52 702-748 726 88.50-93.75 90.46 44 752-790 772 88.50-90.75 89.87 6 805 805 88.50 88.50 Feeder Steers Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 510 510 89.50 89.50 4 550-590 574 85.00-90.00 88.05 1 600 600 90.50 90.50 13 651-690 666 87.00-92.50 90.87 1 725 725 85.00 85.00 2 755-770 762 85.50-90.00 87.77 Feeder Steers Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 5 775 775 87.00 87.00 Feeder Steers Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 560 560 82.50 82.50 1 600 600 82.50 82.50 1 670 670 82.50 82.50 1 740 740 88.50 88.50 2 793 793 85.00 85.00 1 975 975 82.50 82.50 Feeder Steers Medium 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 480-490 485 95.00-101.00 97.97 Feeder Steers Medium 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 547 547 90.00 90.00 Feeder Steers Medium 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 620 620 88.50 88.50 3 665-690 675 87.50-89.50 88.51 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 10 713 713 90.00 90.00 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 7 365-395 382 85.00-94.00 88.68 8 436-442 439 92.50 92.50 82 450-497 471 86.50-96.50 90.78 70 510-547 526 85.00-93.00 90.06 113 550-599 570 83.50-92.50 87.02 62 600-647 613 80.00-90.00 86.60 27 650-699 690 82.50-89.00 83.63 10 717-729 727 80.00-81.50 80.30 2 780 780 78.00 78.00 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 545 545 82.50 82.50 2 640 640 80.00 80.00 Feeder Heifers Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 505 505 88.50 88.50 4 555-580 562 82.50-86.50 84.48 6 600-645 618 80.00-85.75 81.84 1 685 685 89.00 89.00 3 710-720 715 80.00-88.50 84.01 Feeder Heifers Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 675 675 91.00 91.00 2 712 712 80.00 80.00 4 781 781 77.50 77.50 Feeder Heifers Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 475 475 78.50 78.50 1 645 645 82.50 82.50 1 685 685 82.50 82.50 2 818 818 72.50 72.50 Fleshy Feeder Heifers Medium 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 390 390 91.00 91.00 2 460-465 462 88.00-92.50 90.24 Feeder Heifers Medium 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 475 475 90.00 90.00 Feeder Heifers Medium 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 3 475-480 477 80.00-87.50 84.18 3 522-535 526 82.50-88.00 86.14 1 590 590 84.00 84.00 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_LS750.txt .