JC_LS759 Jefferson City, MO Tue Jul 7, 2009 MO Dept of Ag/USDA Market News Cuba- Interstate Regional Stockyards Feeder Cattle Weighted Average Report for 07/07/2009 Receipts: 1020 Last Week: 750 Year Ago: 850 Compared to last Tuesday, feeder steers 1.00-3.00 higher. Feeder heifers 2.00-4.00 higher. Slaughter cows 1.00-2.00 higher. Supply light. Near 8 percent cows and 43 percent of the feeders were over 600 lbs. Feeder supply approximately 53 percent steers and bulls and 47 percent heifers. Feeder cattle continue to benefit this week from the bearish corn market and the prospect of lower costs of gain. Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 4 398 398 114.00 114.00 4 409 409 120.50 120.50 7 506-512 508 113.00-115.00 114.42 29 564-597 571 109.00-113.85 112.19 18 602-635 621 108.00-110.00 108.65 26 652-685 682 104.25-107.25 105.49 3 685 685 103.00 103.00 Fleshy 40 720-736 730 103.00-103.25 103.12 4 819 819 96.10 96.10 Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 5 279 279 124.00 124.00 16 410-444 435 107.00-117.00 109.81 13 488-489 489 106.50 106.50 10 517-548 535 102.50-109.25 106.49 57 550-593 574 103.00-111.50 106.47 18 618-645 638 104.00-106.25 104.74 9 659-675 663 103.75-105.75 105.30 11 700-744 740 98.00-99.00 98.09 Feeder Steers Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 4 475-477 476 103.50-104.50 103.75 6 657-658 658 100.75-101.00 100.87 Feeder Steers Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 3 588 588 103.00 103.00 Feeder Steers Medium 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 3 318-330 322 111.00-112.00 111.34 4 402 402 105.50 105.50 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 11 406-445 431 108.50-111.00 110.14 10 455-495 484 103.50-105.25 104.78 31 507-538 520 102.25-104.75 103.79 33 602-649 631 95.50-100.35 98.41 14 675-680 679 95.85-96.00 95.87 6 691 691 92.60 92.60 Fleshy 3 760 760 90.25 90.25 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 5 400-440 428 102.00-109.00 106.05 26 452-495 476 97.50-103.00 101.44 42 507-549 522 99.00-103.00 101.14 24 555-578 563 94.00-98.00 95.92 22 624-638 631 98.75-99.50 99.25 16 650-688 679 93.00-96.25 94.13 5 743 743 88.25 88.25 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 5 452 452 89.00 89.00 5 529 529 90.00 90.00 6 595 595 87.50 87.50 5 614 614 91.75 91.75 Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 3 515 515 95.00 95.00 12 662-679 672 91.25-94.75 93.14 Source: MO Dept of Ag/USDA Market News Service, Duane Robertson, Market Reporter, 573-751-5618 24 Hour Market Report 1-573-522-9244 www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/JC_LS759.txt 0715cdt md .