JC_LS771 Jefferson City, MO Thu Feb 4, 2010 MO Dept of Ag/USDA Market News Springfield-Springfield Livestock Marketing Center Feeder Cattle Weighted Average Report for 02/03/2010 Receipts: 1730 Last Week: 1953 Year Ago: 2347 Compared to last week, steers under 800 lbs 2.00 to 5.00 higher, over 800 lbs not well tested, Holsteins steady on a light test, heifers under 600 lbs 1.00 to 3.00 higher, over 600 lbs steady. Demand good, supply moderate. After coming through what has been a tough winter so far, cattle have flesh conditions that are favorable to buyers. A Special Wean Vac sale was held in conjunction with the regular feeder cattle sale. The feeder supply included 44 percent steers, 06 percent Holsteins, 43 percent heifers, 08 percent bulls, with 37 percent over 600 lbs. Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 28 368-398 385 129.00-131.50 131.13 49 474-483 478 111.50-122.25 119.65 80 506-548 546 116.50-117.00 116.98 15 555-572 567 102.00-107.50 103.43 90 603-645 631 100.50-109.00 105.63 10 601 601 105.00 105.00 Calves 12 665 665 103.00 103.00 3 680 680 93.00 93.00 Calves 91 700-749 713 96.50-103.25 100.35 3 793 793 93.00 93.00 Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 12 311-330 314 118.00-124.00 122.95 10 396 396 121.00 121.00 7 405-438 419 110.00-116.00 113.36 24 461-495 478 106.00-108.00 107.38 41 503-523 513 102.00-108.50 106.26 30 553-584 575 95.00-109.00 101.30 17 603-623 611 94.00-100.00 96.93 28 654-695 666 92.50-97.00 94.63 4 768 768 94.50 94.50 6 850-858 854 91.50-93.00 92.25 3 1018 1018 81.50 81.50 Feeder Steers Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 3 232 232 112.00 112.00 3 497 497 101.00 101.00 Thin 11 556 556 94.00 94.00 3 645 645 93.00 93.00 Feeder Steers Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 8 583 583 104.50 104.50 7 642 642 98.50 98.50 8 965 965 88.00 88.00 Feeder Steers Medium 3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 4 628 628 60.00 60.00 11 728 728 67.75 67.75 Feeder Holstein Steers Large 3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 17 561-577 572 68.00-69.50 68.61 12 608-643 633 66.00-70.00 67.21 23 680 680 64.75 64.75 6 760 760 65.00 65.00 5 797 797 60.50 60.50 Thin 18 868-887 879 62.75-63.00 62.86 4 861 861 61.50 61.50 Thin Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 38 397 397 107.50 107.50 20 408-440 419 105.00 105.00 76 468-491 487 102.50-106.75 105.98 44 500-541 516 95.50-100.00 98.00 92 557-595 589 92.00-96.50 95.43 40 650-686 674 91.50-93.00 92.35 14 717-730 722 89.00-89.50 89.14 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 11 300-305 304 97.00-109.00 105.77 9 363-395 381 96.00-100.00 98.51 50 402-441 420 95.00-101.50 98.20 6 478 478 100.00 100.00 30 506-534 515 93.00-99.00 94.56 67 550-598 569 85.00-93.50 91.28 20 611-635 622 90.00-92.00 91.50 3 605 605 86.50 86.50 Calves 7 664 664 88.50 88.50 10 720-735 729 86.00-88.00 87.40 3 763 763 82.50 82.50 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 4 446 446 90.00 90.00 5 439 439 97.00 97.00 Thin 3 453 453 85.00 85.00 3 510-525 515 85.00 85.00 6 568-590 580 81.00-85.00 82.64 8 607-633 620 80.00 80.00 Feeder Heifers Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 8 547 547 92.00 92.00 15 565-581 575 86.00-90.00 87.57 5 703 703 87.50 87.50 5 828 828 84.50 84.50 Feeder Heifers Medium 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 7 446 446 89.00 89.00 Thin Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 6 430-448 436 116.00-119.00 117.52 6 451 451 113.00 113.00 12 543-548 546 100.00-102.50 101.59 13 592-596 594 96.50-97.50 97.04 6 672 672 92.00 92.00 15 661-669 665 88.50-90.00 89.30 Calves Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 5 458 458 108.50 108.50 3 507 507 104.00 104.00 Thin 9 559-572 563 97.50-102.00 100.48 6 557 557 104.50 104.50 Thin 9 664-683 672 85.50-91.50 88.79 5 713 713 87.50 87.50 Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 7 645 645 81.50 81.50 Feeder Bulls Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 7 582 582 97.00 97.00 Source: MO Dept of Ag/USDA Market News Service, Rick Huffman, Market Reporter, 573-751-5618 24 Hour Market Report 1-573-522-9244 www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/JC_LS771.txt 0654cst md .