MG_LS137 Montgomery, AL Thu Nov 19, 2009 USDA-AL Dept of Ag Market News Moulton, AL Weighted Average Report for 11/18/2009 ***This report will not be issued next Thursday in observance of the holiday week.*** Receipts: 574 Last Week: 543 Year Ago: 506 Compared to last week: Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Too few steers to trend. Feeder bulls steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder heifers 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Fleshy calves discounted 5.00 to 10.00. Demand on feeders moderate. Replacement cows and pairs mostly steady. Supply consisted of 7 percent slaughter cows; bulls 1 percent; replacement cows and pairs 8 percent and feeder cattle 84 percent. In the feeder supply 8 percent were steers, 43 percent bulls, and 49 percent heifers. Near 12 percent of the run weighed over 600 lbs. Slaughter Cows Breaker 75-80% Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 1200-1600 1475 37.50 37.50 1 1600-2000 1675 37.00 37.00 Slaughter Cows Boner 80-85% Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 11 800-1200 1075 37.00-40.00 38.59 1 800-1200 1125 41.50 41.50 High Dressing 1 800-1200 1185 35.00 35.00 Low Dressing 4 1200-1600 1285 37.00-40.00 39.26 2 1200-1600 1330 40.50-42.00 41.18 High Dressing Slaughter Cows Lean 85-90% Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 700-800 790 31.00 31.00 Low Dressing 4 800-1200 1030 35.00-35.50 35.26 3 800-1200 917 32.00-33.50 32.52 Low Dressing Slaughter Bulls Y.G. 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 1500-3000 1670 51.00 51.00 1 1500-3000 1750 46.00 46.00 Low Dressing Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 350-400 395 115.00 115.00 1 400-450 405 115.00 115.00 1 650-700 655 85.00 85.00 Feeder Steers Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 300-350 345 115.00 115.00 1 350-400 385 111.00 111.00 1 400-450 425 111.00 111.00 2 550-600 565 89.00 89.00 2 600-650 635 83.00 83.00 3 700-750 720 75.00-78.00 76.65 Feeder Steers Medium and Large 3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 300-350 340 113.00 113.00 1 400-450 435 97.00 97.00 1 400-450 440 92.00 92.00 Brahman X 3 450-500 475 90.00-97.00 93.57 1 600-650 630 81.00 81.00 1 650-700 665 78.00 78.00 1 700-750 705 74.00 74.00 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 400-450 435 89.00 89.00 3 450-500 480 84.00-88.00 85.28 1 500-550 510 84.00 84.00 1 600-650 625 75.00 75.00 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 300-350 345 93.00 93.00 3 350-400 365 89.00-93.00 91.27 7 400-450 424 84.00-89.00 86.09 1 400-450 425 80.00 80.00 Fleshy 10 450-500 473 79.00-85.00 82.24 5 500-550 520 77.00-81.00 79.16 1 500-550 545 73.00 73.00 Brahman X 4 550-600 568 73.00-78.00 75.71 1 550-600 560 72.00 72.00 Brahman X 3 600-650 632 72.00-73.00 72.33 1 600-650 635 65.00 65.00 Brahman X 16 650-700 696 67.50-72.00 67.76 1 800-850 815 60.00 60.00 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 250-300 270 93.00 93.00 Brahman X 3 300-350 327 90.00-95.00 91.89 3 300-350 332 83.00-85.00 84.32 Brahman X 6 350-400 372 84.00-89.00 86.79 4 350-400 381 80.00-82.00 80.72 Brahman X 6 400-450 420 79.00-85.00 82.27 6 400-450 432 75.00-80.00 76.46 Brahman X 6 450-500 479 77.00-80.00 78.63 7 450-500 477 70.00-74.00 71.37 Brahman X 6 500-550 519 74.00-78.00 76.14 2 500-550 512 65.00-68.00 66.48 Brahman X 13 550-600 573 67.00-73.00 71.91 2 550-600 575 60.00 60.00 Brahman X Feeder Heifers Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 300-350 340 85.00 85.00 2 350-400 360 84.00-85.00 84.49 2 450-500 480 70.00-72.00 70.98 2 600-650 605 69.00 69.00 Feeder Heifers Small and Medium 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 350-400 360 89.00 89.00 4 400-450 434 80.00-83.00 81.47 4 450-500 475 76.00-80.00 77.45 1 500-550 515 74.00 74.00 1 500-550 530 70.00 70.00 Fleshy Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 5 350-400 377 112.00-117.00 115.15 2 400-450 412 110.00 110.00 1 600-650 630 82.00 82.00 Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 200-250 245 125.00 125.00 2 250-300 292 120.00 120.00 3 300-350 318 115.00-120.00 117.60 8 350-400 378 108.00-115.00 111.43 6 400-450 412 103.00-108.00 106.31 1 400-450 440 93.00 93.00 Brahman X 7 450-500 473 94.00-101.00 96.63 4 500-550 521 87.00-93.00 90.68 7 550-600 574 80.00-86.00 82.95 1 550-600 560 81.00 81.00 Brahman X 2 600-650 632 78.00-80.00 78.99 1 650-700 670 71.00 71.00 Fleshy 3 700-750 725 68.00-74.00 70.28 1 750-800 760 67.00 67.00 2 800-850 835 61.00-63.00 61.99 1 850-900 860 60.00 60.00 Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 250-300 282 115.00 115.00 2 250-300 268 105.00-107.00 105.97 Brahman X 1 300-350 310 115.00 115.00 3 350-400 390 100.00 100.00 5 400-450 432 95.00-99.00 95.98 1 400-450 435 89.00 89.00 Brahman X 7 450-500 474 89.00-95.00 92.21 3 450-500 458 88.00-89.00 88.67 Brahman X 4 500-550 516 83.00-89.00 86.45 4 550-600 579 75.00-81.00 78.45 2 550-600 575 72.00-73.00 72.50 Brahman X 2 600-650 605 75.00-76.00 75.50 1 650-700 670 72.00 72.00 1 650-700 695 66.00 66.00 Brahman X 1 850-900 855 57.00 57.00 Feeder Bulls Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 550-600 568 73.00-79.00 75.93 1 650-700 660 66.00 66.00 1 700-750 715 64.00 64.00 Feeder Bulls Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 350-400 385 93.00 93.00 2 550-600 558 65.00-66.00 65.50 2 650-700 672 60.00-63.00 61.46 2 700-750 710 60.00 60.00 Feeder Bulls Small and Medium 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 300-350 325 110.00 110.00 2 350-400 370 104.00-107.00 105.46 3 400-450 425 94.00-98.00 96.29 5 450-500 471 89.00-94.00 91.92 1 450-500 490 84.00 84.00 Fleshy 2 500-550 520 84.00-90.00 86.91 1 500-550 530 79.00 79.00 Fleshy 3 550-600 565 81.00-84.00 81.98 1 550-600 595 75.00 75.00 Fleshy Open and Bred Replacement Cows Young to middle aged Aged Medium 2 Medium 3 0-3 mos 370.00-420.00 278.00 4-6 mos 420.00-550.00/570.00-630.00 Heifers 425.00 7-9 mos 550.00-630.00 430.00 Small 2 Small 3 0-3 mos 280.00-310.00/350.00 Heifer 200.00-255.00 4-6 mos 320.00/510.00 Heifer 310.00 Replacement Pairs Young to middle aged cows with calves 100-300 lbs Aged Medium 2 Medium 3 650.00 ------------- Small 2 Small 3 530.00-570.00 Down to 430.00 450.00 Replacement Pairs 3 in 1 Bred Young to middle aged cows with calves over 300 lbs. Aged Small 2 Small 3 630.00 ------------- Source: USDA-Alabama Dept of Ag Market News, Montgomery, AL Russell Thorne, Market Reporter, 334-223-7488 For more information contact: montgomery.lgmn@usda.gov www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/MG_LS137.txt 0830cst rt/st .