MG_LS135 Montgomery, AL Thu Jul 9, 2009 USDA-AL Dept of Ag Market News Opp, AL Weighted Average Report for 07/08/2009 Receipts: 525 Last Week: 000 Year Ago: 473 Compared to last week; No trends no sale last week due to Holiday. Supply consisted of 9 percent slaughter cows, 2 percent slaughter bulls, 9 percent replacement cows and pairs and 80 percent feeders of which 6 percent were over 600 lbs. The feeder supply included 2 percent steers, 55 percent bulls and 43 percent heifers. Slaughter Cows Breaker 75-80% Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 800-1200 1100 44.00 44.00 5 1200-1600 1430 41.50-48.50 44.24 1 1200-1600 1346 41.50 41.50 Low Dressing Slaughter Cows Boner 80-85% Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 8 800-1200 1102 46.00-51.00 48.80 1 800-1200 1120 52.50 52.50 High Dressing 11 1200-1600 1317 47.00-51.00 49.05 Slaughter Cows Lean 85-90% Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 6 800-1200 1088 42.00-45.00 44.07 2 800-1200 1020 37.00 37.00 Low Dressing 1 1200-1600 1215 41.00 41.00 Slaughter Bulls Y.G. 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 500-1000 990 49.00 49.00 Low Dressing 2 1000-1500 1450 55.00 55.00 Low Dressing 2 1500-3000 1858 59.00-61.00 60.03 2 1500-3000 1740 54.50-55.00 54.78 Low Dressing Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 300-350 335 125.00 125.00 1 700-750 720 88.00 88.00 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 300-350 335 108.00 108.00 4 500-550 534 86.00-88.00 87.49 1 550-600 550 84.00 84.00 8 600-650 618 80.00-85.00 83.52 2 650-700 665 84.00-85.00 84.50 1 700-750 710 81.00 81.00 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 350-400 358 91.00-95.00 92.99 2 400-450 410 88.00-90.00 89.00 6 450-500 458 86.00-89.00 87.01 9 500-550 521 81.00-85.00 83.88 2 550-600 572 79.00-81.00 80.00 1 700-750 740 80.00 80.00 1 850-900 860 72.00 72.00 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 3 200-250 238 97.00-100.00 97.94 1 250-300 295 95.00 95.00 3 300-350 315 92.00 92.00 6 350-400 373 85.00-89.00 87.13 11 400-450 430 83.00-87.00 85.17 2 450-500 475 80.00 80.00 3 500-550 540 77.00-78.00 77.67 1 500-550 525 80.00 80.00 Brahman X 1 550-600 560 80.00 80.00 Brahman X 1 700-750 740 70.00 70.00 Feeder Heifers Small and Medium 3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 250-300 280 90.00 90.00 4 300-350 312 86.00-87.00 86.52 3 350-400 378 81.00-83.00 82.00 3 400-450 445 80.00 80.00 Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 200-250 240 135.00 135.00 3 300-350 322 117.00-122.00 119.23 6 350-400 361 104.00-108.00 106.66 3 650-700 680 87.00 87.00 2 800-850 835 76.00 76.00 Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 3 200-250 227 117.00-120.00 117.88 2 300-350 330 115.00-116.00 115.52 3 350-400 380 100.00-108.00 102.46 5 400-450 425 95.00-100.00 97.94 8 450-500 469 93.00-96.00 93.87 1 500-550 540 90.00 90.00 1 550-600 580 87.00 87.00 5 600-650 612 82.00-86.00 84.61 1 650-700 680 80.00 80.00 1 700-750 705 77.00 77.00 Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 3 200-250 245 112.50 112.50 5 250-300 285 107.00-112.00 110.24 3 300-350 315 104.00-105.00 104.66 1 350-400 385 97.00 97.00 4 400-450 414 93.00-95.00 94.02 5 450-500 466 87.00-90.00 88.58 5 500-550 519 83.00-85.00 83.81 10 550-600 562 81.00-84.00 83.08 2 550-600 555 80.00 80.00 Brahman X Feeder Bulls Small and Medium 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 3 300-350 315 110.00 110.00 1 450-500 480 91.00 91.00 Feeder Bulls Small and Medium 3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 8 400-450 418 87.00-90.00 89.11 4 450-500 480 84.00 84.00 6 500-550 533 80.00-81.00 80.16 Open and Bred Replacement Cows Young to Middle Aged Aged Large 2 Large 3 0-3 mos ------------- 700.00 4-6 mos ------------- 645.00 Medium 2 Medium 3 0-3 mos 505.00-565.00 350.00-525.00 4-6 mos 575.00-790.00 470.00-635.00 Small 2 Small 3 0-3 mos 285.00-410.00 305.00-370.00 Replacement Pairs Young to Middle Aged Cows with Calves 100-300 lbs Aged Medium 2 Medium 3 740.00-750.00 680.00-700.00 Small 2 Small 3 650.00-730.00 395.00-570.00 Source: USDA-Alabama Dept of Ag Market News, Montgomery, AL David Hataway, Market Reporter, 334-223-7488 For more information contact: montgomery.LGMN@usda.gov www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/MG_LS135.txt 0800cdt dh/st .