JC_LS771 Jefferson City, MO Thu Jul 8, 2009 MO Dept of Ag/USDA Market News Springfield-Springfield Livestock Marketing Center Feeder Cattle Weighted Average Report for 07/08/2009 Receipts: 2201 Last Week: 1199 Year Ago: 1312 Compared to last week, steers, Holstein steers under 700 lbs and heifers under 600 lbs steady to 3.00 higher. Feeder steers, Holstein steers over 700 lbs and heifers over 600 lbs steady. Demand wavered and turned lighter through the day with closing sales of calves and yearlings steady at best. Demand moderate to good, supply moderate. Live Cattle and Feeder Cattle contracts traded lower at the CME. Corn contracts were lower with the exception of July contracts up a few cents. The feeder supply included 38 percent steers, 16 percent Holsteins, 39 percent heifers, 07 percent bulls, with 47 percent over 600 lbs. Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 21 453-495 475 115.50-117.50 116.86 56 511-546 525 107.00-115.00 111.41 5 530 530 104.00 104.00 Fleshy 53 550-596 582 103.00-111.00 105.43 15 633-636 634 103.00-105.50 104.33 3 630 630 99.00 99.00 Calves 39 652-698 672 102.50-105.00 104.23 13 652 652 99.00 99.00 Calves 14 719 719 103.50 103.50 13 774-784 778 96.00-99.00 97.32 15 820 820 102.50 102.50 Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 6 363-388 376 109.00-110.00 109.48 3 378 378 113.00 113.00 Thin 3 448 448 111.00 111.00 26 450-487 471 100.00-110.00 105.97 37 505-548 526 99.50-106.50 103.53 54 555-596 572 96.50-108.50 101.01 19 607-641 629 99.00-104.50 102.09 32 610-642 626 95.00-100.00 97.16 Calves 18 651-676 665 96.00-100.00 97.75 23 700-749 724 92.00-101.00 95.66 11 718-744 737 91.50-93.00 92.60 Fleshy 30 750-779 761 90.00-99.00 96.42 9 841 841 92.00 92.00 7 884 884 90.50 90.50 Fleshy Feeder Steers Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 5 452 452 105.50 105.50 Feeder Steers Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 14 513-545 522 105.00-106.00 105.70 7 574 574 102.00 102.00 6 612 612 99.00 99.00 Calves 26 654-691 682 94.00-97.00 95.48 Feeder Steers Medium 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 10 502 502 95.00 95.00 19 557-572 568 92.00-95.50 94.60 Feeder Holstein Steers Large 3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 4 233 233 70.00 70.00 6 398 398 76.00 76.00 35 461-492 469 73.00-77.00 75.92 14 520-540 524 74.00-78.00 77.12 39 550-599 586 70.00-72.00 71.53 13 603-634 620 70.00-71.00 70.45 10 684 684 71.00 71.00 20 726-749 739 68.00-69.50 68.59 11 761 761 68.00 68.00 29 825-835 832 68.00-70.50 69.64 27 867-885 881 70.00-70.50 70.16 44 915 915 69.00 69.00 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 4 391 391 95.00 95.00 17 403-447 435 104.00-108.00 104.90 27 450-493 472 100.00-104.00 102.35 48 508-538 518 98.50-102.50 99.68 36 566-587 577 95.50-100.50 98.14 3 578 578 91.00 91.00 Fleshy 13 604-628 610 91.50-94.00 92.09 Calves 20 651-687 672 89.50-94.50 90.52 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 3 263 263 102.00 102.00 22 421-449 434 91.50-103.50 97.06 26 463-498 483 93.50-99.50 96.69 65 500-546 536 85.00-95.50 91.53 43 559-599 583 85.00-93.50 88.16 26 612-644 626 83.00-93.50 90.45 18 604-629 610 90.00 90.00 Calves 19 650-671 664 85.00-90.00 88.85 82 700-737 721 87.00-96.00 94.88 7 773-795 789 82.00-87.00 83.40 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 8 433-448 443 85.00-87.50 85.61 6 505-515 511 85.00 85.00 21 550-588 574 80.00-85.00 83.82 16 602-640 612 85.00-90.00 86.28 21 655-678 664 80.00-88.50 85.49 15 700-743 720 83.00-86.50 85.03 12 937 937 85.00 85.00 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 2-3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 3 513 513 83.00 83.00 4 676 676 80.00 80.00 Feeder Heifers Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 4 499 499 99.00 99.00 6 503-538 520 92.00-94.00 92.97 15 559-582 576 86.50-90.00 89.09 3 818 818 89.00 89.00 Feeder Heifers Medium 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 11 521 521 80.00 80.00 Thin Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 4 378 378 115.00 115.00 3 443 443 115.00 115.00 8 529-535 532 103.50-107.50 105.51 10 612-640 624 89.00-97.00 92.28 Calves Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 12 424-425 424 106.50-108.00 106.88 12 464-478 473 97.50-105.50 100.20 4 499 499 105.50 105.50 Thin 4 539 539 102.00 102.00 10 565-595 585 85.00-99.00 94.64 11 646-649 648 85.00-90.00 86.82 14 651-672 660 85.50-92.50 88.55 Feeder Bulls Medium 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 4 350 350 93.00 93.00 13 614-626 618 82.50-86.00 84.91 5 762 762 82.00 82.00 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 0704cdt md .