MG_LS135 Montgomery, AL Thr Aug 28, 2008 Alabama Dept Ag-USDA Market News Opp, Alabama - Farmers Cooperative Market, Inc. Weighted Average Report for 08/27/2008 Receipts: 375 Last Week: 357 Year Ago: 688 No trends available, market not reported last week. Supply consisted of 9 percent slaughter cows; bulls, 2 percent; Replacement cows and pairs 8 percent; Feeder cattle 81 percent of which 13 percent over 600 lbs. In the feeder supply 3 percent steers, 60 percent bulls and 37 percent heifers. Slaughter Cows Breaker 75-80% Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 1200-1600 1330 55.00 55.00 Slaughter Cows Boner 80-85% Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 9 800-1200 1096 55.00-59.00 57.18 1 800-1200 1130 63.50 63.50 High Dressing 1 800-1200 1080 54.50 54.50 Low Dressing 5 1200-1600 1354 54.50-59.00 56.70 1 1200-1600 1370 62.50 62.50 High Dressing 3 1200-1600 1205 54.00 54.00 Low Dressing Slaughter Cows Lean 85-90% Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 5 800-1200 901 46.00-50.00 48.05 1 800-1200 810 43.00 43.00 Low Dressing 1 1200-1600 1350 46.00 46.00 Slaughter Bulls Y.G. 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 1000-1500 1328 60.00-64.00 61.85 Low Dressing 1 1500-2200 1635 71.00 71.00 2 1500-2200 1698 58.00-65.00 61.33 Low Dressing Feeder Steers Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 600-650 638 95.00-98.00 96.52 1 650-700 650 96.00 96.00 1 700-750 730 97.00 97.00 1 750-800 775 94.00 94.00 Feeder Steers Medium and Large 3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 650-700 670 94.00 94.00 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 500-550 525 93.00 93.00 1 550-600 550 92.00 92.00 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 300-350 300 105.00 105.00 3 400-450 425 96.00-98.00 97.00 5 450-500 475 91.00-93.00 92.00 3 500-550 535 90.00-91.00 90.67 3 550-600 568 90.00-91.00 90.66 3 600-650 612 88.00-90.00 88.68 2 700-750 720 84.00-87.00 85.46 1 750-800 750 85.00 85.00 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 300-350 340 97.00 97.00 4 350-400 370 95.00-97.00 95.52 3 400-450 433 89.00-92.50 91.32 10 450-500 477 87.00-90.00 88.90 9 500-550 528 85.00-87.00 85.88 5 550-600 558 84.00-88.00 85.62 1 600-650 610 80.00 80.00 1 650-700 650 82.50 82.50 1 750-800 775 77.00 77.00 Feeder Heifers Small and Medium 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 400-450 440 94.00 94.00 Feeder Heifers Small and Medium 3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 4 300-350 320 90.00-95.00 91.84 1 350-400 350 86.00 86.00 2 400-450 410 85.00 85.00 Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 3 350-400 358 114.00-116.00 114.68 1 400-450 425 109.00 109.00 1 450-500 450 103.00 103.00 1 600-650 625 100.00 100.00 Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 300-350 310 115.00 115.00 8 350-400 369 105.00-112.00 108.87 3 350-400 368 106.00-108.00 106.68 Brahman X 3 400-450 407 106.00-108.00 106.67 2 450-500 458 99.00-100.00 99.51 1 500-550 535 97.00 97.00 2 550-600 575 92.00 92.00 5 600-650 633 90.00-93.00 91.17 3 650-700 677 87.00-90.00 88.98 1 700-750 700 84.00 84.00 2 750-800 770 82.50-83.00 82.75 Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 250-300 285 112.00-113.00 112.51 2 350-400 390 102.00 102.00 11 400-450 415 97.00-104.00 99.05 10 450-500 463 95.00-97.00 95.41 11 500-550 535 90.00-95.00 91.25 9 550-600 578 89.00-91.00 90.12 3 600-650 623 89.00-90.00 89.67 7 650-700 685 85.00 85.00 Brahman X 1 700-750 700 80.00 80.00 Feeder Bulls Small and Medium 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 350-400 388 100.00-104.00 102.01 1 400-450 400 101.00 101.00 1 450-500 485 95.00 95.00 Feeder Bulls Small and Medium 3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 250-300 290 107.50 107.50 2 300-350 308 100.00-102.00 100.99 1 350-400 385 98.00 98.00 3 400-450 427 94.00-96.00 95.33 2 450-500 470 91.00 91.00 Open and Bred Replacement Cows Young to Middle Aged Aged Large 2 Large 3 4-6 mos 800.00 ------------- Medium 2 Medium 3 0-3 mos 465.00-688.00 ------------- 4-6 mos 595.00-670.00 ------------- Small 2 Small 3 0-3 mos 360.00-500.00 210.00-330.00 4-6 mos 510.00 410.00-455.00 Replacement Pairs Young to Middle Aged Cows with Calves 100-300 lbs Aged Medium 2 Medium 3 750.00 650.00-700.00 Small 2 Small 3 670.00-690.00 400.00-575.00 Source: Alabama Dept of Ag-USDA Market News, Montgomery, AL David Hataway, Market Reporter phone: 334-223-7488 E-mail: Montgomery.lgmn@usda.gov www.ams.usda.gov/LSMarketNews/MG_LS135.txt 0815cdt dh/dl .