JC_LS763 Jefferson City, MO Mon Feb 8, 2010 MO Dept of Ag/USDA Market News West Plains- Ozarks Regional Stockyards Feeder Cattle Weighted Average Report for 02/05/2010 Receipts: 5024 Last Month: 8026 Last Year 5500 Compared to the previous Pre-Vac Sale the first of January, steers 450-750 lbs sold 2.00-5.00 higher, spots 5.00-6.00 higher on 600-650 lbs, few under 450 lbs steady, several loads over 750 lbs firm to mostly 2.00 higher. Heifers 2.00 to mostly 3.00 higher, although 5-6 weight heifers were 3.00-6.00 higher. Supply moderate, with several loads of 550-750 weight high quality, home raised mainly blk hides on tap. Demand good, in spite of several buyers being out of the market due to weather concerns, but most were sidelined because of severe mud conditions in North and Western regions. However, buyers that were able to challenge adversities were active and appeared awfully stout when faced with the right kind of merchandise. Locally, mud also an issue, as most farm trucks around the auction market appear similar in color, even to a point where mentally marking a parking vicinity a plus. Supply consisted of 59 percent steers and 41 percent heifers. Near 66 percent weighed over 600 lbs. Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 29 420-442 430 115.00-123.50 120.07 62 450-483 460 112.00-121.50 117.16 119 503-546 526 107.50-114.00 112.97 100 555-597 580 100.00-112.00 106.45 10 556 556 115.50 115.50 Gaunt 311 600-647 629 100.00-107.75 105.34 96 650-676 661 100.25-106.00 103.09 35 657-695 671 95.00-96.00 95.62 Fleshy 232 706-748 726 95.00-101.75 98.98 52 733-748 740 94.00-97.00 94.81 Fleshy 214 752-795 763 92.50-98.00 95.58 61 813-844 830 92.00-94.50 93.23 71 859-877 871 90.00-92.00 91.49 Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 11 335-340 338 125.00-130.00 126.80 Thin 5 398 398 109.00 109.00 Fleshy 8 437 437 118.00 118.00 45 512-535 526 110.00-113.50 111.86 118 558-596 579 97.50-110.00 104.78 8 585 585 95.00 95.00 Fleshy 83 610-649 635 96.00-105.00 100.38 77 650-686 669 92.50-101.75 95.87 121 706-735 720 91.50-99.00 97.16 127 751-799 784 91.00-95.50 92.07 24 810-848 821 91.00-93.00 92.12 75 818-826 824 92.50-94.00 92.80 Gaunt 10 852-860 855 88.00-90.00 89.20 15 871-880 873 86.00 86.00 Fleshy 5 978 978 84.00 84.00 Feeder Steers Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 14 409 409 112.50 112.50 Thin 42 507-545 536 94.00-103.00 100.00 10 599 599 94.00 94.00 29 610-648 634 94.00-97.00 95.83 22 718-743 731 92.50-96.50 94.25 18 753-768 763 90.00-94.00 92.68 Feeder Steers Medium and Large 2-3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 5 746 746 77.50 77.50 Feeder Steers Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 6 1116 1116 80.00 80.00 Feeder Steers Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 20 908 908 88.00 88.00 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 45 400-425 417 104.00-109.25 107.44 42 467-496 482 97.00-103.00 99.37 14 496 496 92.50 92.50 Fleshy 40 513-537 528 95.00-97.50 96.02 41 527 527 104.00 104.00 Fancy 85 554-593 572 92.50-100.00 95.90 148 600-649 627 90.00-95.50 93.37 59 658-695 674 88.00-92.00 89.97 71 721-742 731 88.00-92.00 89.10 5 797 797 89.00 89.00 36 833 833 87.00 87.00 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 10 344 344 103.00 103.00 Thin 18 395 395 101.00 101.00 84 406-446 430 100.00-110.50 102.65 51 453-489 466 95.00-103.00 98.85 44 519-529 525 94.00-98.00 95.63 125 555-597 568 90.00-98.00 93.88 6 583 583 88.00 88.00 Fleshy 92 601-641 622 87.50-92.75 90.65 184 651-699 674 85.00-92.50 89.18 95 701-744 731 86.00-91.00 87.82 14 739-748 745 84.00-85.00 84.65 Fleshy 21 757-785 773 87.50-90.00 88.55 18 768-799 779 84.00-88.50 86.75 Fleshy 43 851 851 85.50 85.50 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 33 383 383 107.00 107.00 Thin 6 433 433 98.00 98.00 7 490-493 493 85.00-93.00 91.86 19 502-530 509 90.00-97.00 94.09 25 572-577 574 92.00-93.50 92.66 46 601-605 602 87.50-90.00 87.94 34 661-687 683 87.50-89.00 88.79 10 745 745 86.00 86.00 12 802 802 80.00 80.00 Feeder Heifers Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 13 558-565 559 86.00-86.50 86.42 Feeder Heifers Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 7 757 757 86.50 86.50 Source: MO Dept of Ag/USDA Market News Service, Dave Smith, Market Reporter 24 Hour Market Report 1-573-522-9244 www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/JC_LS763.txt 0659cst md .