MD_LS154 Madison, WI Mon, Apr. 28, 2008 USDA-WDATCP Market News Summary of Wisconsin feeder cattle auction at Bloomington, Wis. Friday, Apr. 25, 2008. Receipts: cattle 3000 (70% with an overnight stand) Demand: Moderate to good for Holsteins, moderate to good for beef cattle. Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 5 320-343 335 125.00-132.00 129.77 30 350-396 381 124.00-137.50 127.12 28 400-448 436 111.00-127.00 124.58 42 456-496 478 112.00-126.00 119.08 46 500-544 528 112.00-124.00 121.36 116 552-599 569 108.00-124.00 116.77 66 603-641 622 107.00-120.00 116.19 98 654-690 663 107.00-122.50 117.31 51 702-746 735 100.00-111.00 108.57 100 759-794 766 100.00-111.75 109.16 92 805-838 828 97.00-107.00 103.83 20 868-896 884 90.50-104.00 96.05 5 900-925 917 94.00-99.00 96.00 5 955-970 964 86.00-93.00 88.77 Feeder Steers Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 8 425-448 440 78.00-110.00 98.02 26 452-498 471 71.00-110.00 90.92 41 500-533 521 72.00-110.00 96.91 34 570-598 584 81.00-107.00 97.50 29 600-633 629 103.50-105.00 104.74 11 664-680 669 85.00-96.50 93.95 6 735-749 744 90.00-95.00 94.18 Feeder Holstein Steers Large 3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 14 282-292 290 80.00-84.00 80.83 6 300-308 304 71.00-78.00 75.30 92 354-399 385 70.00-83.00 75.69 69 406-445 430 70.00-80.00 76.11 88 450-498 469 70.00-81.00 73.89 17 490 490 60.00 60.00 Dutch Belted 69 500-549 529 68.00-75.50 71.53 132 552-599 577 65.00-75.00 71.14 86 600-645 613 63.00-75.50 69.92 134 650-695 675 65.00-73.00 69.03 59 703-749 723 61.00-72.50 69.31 31 750-798 785 60.00-73.00 70.63 75 807-841 812 65.00-75.00 72.82 57 852-895 873 65.00-74.50 70.80 5 903-935 916 59.00-63.50 61.50 33 1010-1035 1033 60.00-72.00 71.29 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 5 250-280 268 115.00-120.00 117.52 8 313-317 316 115.00-117.00 115.50 13 350-398 378 105.00-115.00 109.51 25 413-439 431 100.00-108.00 103.13 69 457-499 476 98.00-110.00 103.92 116 508-545 525 100.00-111.00 105.10 101 554-596 570 94.00-105.00 98.77 164 605-648 628 98.00-107.75 104.16 113 652-698 666 94.00-106.00 99.18 48 700-748 716 88.00-98.50 93.25 43 753-770 763 89.00-92.50 91.43 45 807-845 814 82.00-94.50 90.86 5 935 935 72.50 72.50 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 5 315-320 316 100.00-106.00 104.78 19 352-388 366 90.00-100.00 97.87 16 419-448 433 70.00-98.00 88.64 21 450-497 485 80.00-95.00 91.78 35 500-545 524 75.00-95.00 89.33 8 555-573 569 90.00 90.00 13 610-623 621 86.50-99.00 88.44 23 659-690 674 87.00-93.00 91.58 6 779 779 68.00 68.00 Source: Wisconsin Dept. of Ag-USDA Market News Service, Madison, WI Bob Hunter 608/206-7901 www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/MD_LS154.txt 007:00c rhh