JC_LS763 Jefferson City, MO Wed Jul 8, 2009 MO Dept of Ag/USDA Market News West Plains- Ozarks Regional Stockyards Feeder Cattle Weighted Average Report for 07/07/2009 Receipts: 4331 Last Week: 3633 Year Ago: 2154 Compared to last week, steers and heifers were steady to 2.00 higher, with several 650-750 weight steers 2.00 to mostly 3.00 higher. Supply moderate. Demand good, although best, for the most part, on weaned calves w/shots and yearling cattle. Even though too few bunches of 250-325 lb feather weight steer calves on offer for a market test, several individual sales were dollars improved over previous sales, as some local replacements going on attempting to keep their dollars per head down on the little fellows. Locally, several folks becoming in bad need of rain, with another round of heat in the immediate forecast. Supply consisted of 51 percent steers and 49 percent heifers. Near 63 percent weighing over 600 lbs. Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 17 307-349 344 126.00-130.00 128.09 7 305 305 147.50 147.50 Fancy 38 410-435 423 109.00-115.00 112.64 29 450-491 473 109.00-112.50 111.66 100 504-543 528 104.00-112.50 107.57 17 511 511 114.50 114.50 Thin 83 560-594 583 101.50-108.00 105.13 127 600-648 624 100.50-110.00 104.68 65 650-686 667 100.50-106.50 101.74 25 657-680 673 95.00-98.00 96.67 Fleshy 100 700-738 715 96.50-104.00 101.00 42 754-799 768 93.50-97.50 96.16 96 800-840 818 93.50-98.75 96.65 18 862-885 863 94.00-94.50 94.47 57 900 900 95.35 95.35 Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 11 381-385 384 112.50-116.50 115.42 18 405-421 408 108.50-113.00 111.92 18 465-490 481 104.50-109.00 107.82 21 516-545 526 105.00-111.00 107.13 25 556-594 570 100.00-107.00 103.80 6 564 564 98.00 98.00 Fleshy 83 605-642 626 100.00-107.00 103.50 88 653-699 684 95.50-102.50 98.48 12 712-721 720 97.00-102.50 101.59 92 753-795 782 95.00-97.25 96.62 103 828-849 842 92.50-95.50 94.70 78 857-892 876 91.50-94.50 92.88 6 903 903 93.00 93.00 Feeder Steers Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 12 416-435 427 105.00 105.00 17 471-490 479 103.00-107.50 105.41 9 506 506 105.00 105.00 17 556-588 574 98.00-105.00 101.35 46 612-629 627 99.00-99.25 99.22 18 710-729 727 94.50-97.50 97.17 19 752-776 758 96.00-97.00 96.66 3 830-840 837 92.50-94.00 93.00 20 861 861 93.00 93.00 Feeder Steers Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 6 541 541 98.00 98.00 5 693 693 97.00 97.00 Calves 5 789 789 96.50 96.50 Feeder Steers Large 2-3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 6 951 951 80.00 80.00 Feeder Holstein Steers Large 3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 6 431 431 70.00 70.00 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 11 325-335 334 106.00-107.50 107.37 30 418-422 419 99.50-106.50 104.37 29 470-498 485 95.00-100.00 97.94 81 502-546 516 92.00-100.00 97.29 140 551-598 572 91.00-98.25 95.26 93 615-641 630 92.50-95.50 94.06 72 655-683 664 94.25-96.50 95.37 213 706-745 741 94.50-96.25 96.04 82 752-782 757 94.00-95.25 95.07 20 759-799 773 90.00-91.50 90.96 Fleshy 11 840 840 89.00 89.00 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 6 328 328 95.50 95.50 10 357-385 374 104.50-107.00 105.46 17 403-444 430 94.50-100.00 95.69 57 451-499 488 92.00-97.00 95.65 44 502-546 527 93.00-97.00 95.13 90 552-599 582 92.00-96.00 94.27 106 600-639 615 91.00-95.00 94.01 63 660-663 661 90.00-92.00 91.00 52 710-743 729 92.50 92.50 100 751-777 767 90.00-92.50 90.53 61 813-845 827 88.00 88.00 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 35 358-396 384 90.00-102.00 93.08 15 472-497 484 90.00-96.00 93.16 22 500-525 514 90.00-96.00 90.81 13 501 501 97.00 97.00 Thin 30 567-595 582 89.00-94.50 92.43 6 562 562 89.00 89.00 Fleshy 17 600-621 612 90.00-96.00 90.96 15 662-687 671 87.50-93.50 91.76 11 715-730 724 85.00-91.00 87.99 5 755-775 771 87.50-90.00 87.99 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 2-3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 8 423 423 87.50 87.50 Feeder Heifers Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 6 560 560 95.00 95.00 Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 14 515-540 522 100.00-107.00 104.93 Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 7 507-518 512 99.00-103.00 101.26 12 570-580 573 91.50-99.00 94.74 7 624 624 85.00 85.00 Fleshy 6 668-695 677 89.00-94.00 92.29 13 825 825 82.00 82.00 Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 5 566 566 99.00 99.00 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 0714cdt md .