GX_LS750 Springfield, IL Fri Jan 22, 2010 USDA-IL Dept of Ag Market News Carthage Livestock Inc., Carthage IL Special Feeder Cattle Sale Weighted Average Report for 01/21/2010 Receipts: 800 Trade active with moderate to good demand. Majority of cattle were weaned and had two rounds of vaccinations. Feeder steers accounted for 53 percent of the run; heifers 46 percent; and bulls 1 percent. Feeder cattle over 600 lbs 54 percent. Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 6 649 649 95.50 95.50 Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 29 507-541 525 103.00-109.00 106.25 55 556-595 582 96.00-104.50 103.40 24 556-581 571 106.50-109.00 108.03 Fancy 17 600-643 622 90.00-98.00 95.75 27 650-689 667 91.75-93.50 92.54 Feeder Steers Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 770 770 90.00 90.00 Feeder Steers Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 648 648 93.50 93.50 28 660-675 666 91.50-98.00 95.18 42 700-733 708 87.00-94.00 92.71 90 755-788 771 85.50-93.75 92.12 5 810-833 824 85.50-95.50 89.43 Feeder Steers Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 575-580 578 92.50-94.00 93.25 2 620 620 88.50 88.50 3 655-680 663 85.00-90.00 88.35 2 750-760 755 88.50-90.00 89.25 3 805-820 815 87.25 87.25 1 950 950 82.00 82.00 Feeder Steers Medium 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 4 490-493 492 102.50-109.00 107.38 2 555 555 93.00-103.00 98.00 Feeder Steers Medium 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 6 329-335 331 107.50-110.00 109.16 4 371 371 110.00 110.00 4 435-448 442 105.00-113.00 108.94 27 471-499 485 106.00-113.50 109.80 5 522-523 522 95.50-105.00 101.20 Feeder Steers Medium 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 500-535 518 87.50-88.50 87.98 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 21 479-497 494 90.25-97.50 95.32 29 501-536 521 84.75-95.00 91.15 36 553-590 570 90.00-93.00 90.89 56 600-648 622 85.00-94.50 89.63 Feeder Heifers Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 620 620 88.50 88.50 2 745 745 86.50 86.50 1 1075 1075 72.50 72.50 Feeder Heifers Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 11 614-642 622 85.50-89.00 88.01 65 664-693 681 84.00-88.50 85.27 11 715-741 730 86.00-93.25 89.43 28 756-788 779 83.50-87.00 85.54 2 810 810 80.00 80.00 Feeder Heifers Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 605 605 87.50 87.50 1 655 655 85.00 85.00 2 830 830 79.50-85.25 82.38 1 870 870 78.00 78.00 Feeder Heifers Medium 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 390 390 93.00 93.00 12 418-443 428 90.00-95.00 93.39 31 460-498 489 88.50-96.00 94.66 15 503-544 526 85.00-94.00 87.44 15 570-588 584 88.50-90.00 89.71 Feeder Heifers Medium 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 370-395 382 80.00-85.50 82.66 1 485 485 88.50 88.50 3 505-540 522 82.50-91.00 86.24 1 555 555 90.00 90.00 1 605 605 80.00 80.00 1 965 965 85.00 85.00 Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 570 570 88.50 88.50 Feeder Bulls Medium 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 500 500 82.50 82.50 1 575 575 75.00 75.00 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 .