MG_LS138 Montgomery, AL Thu Nov 5, 2009 USDA-AL Dept of Ag Market News Linden, AL Weighted Average Report for 11/04/2009 Receipts: 401 Last Week: 425 Year Ago: 753 Compared to last week slaughter cows steady, bulls steady. Feeder classes 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Replacement cows steady per head. Supply consisted of 10 percent slaughter cows, 2 percent slaughter bulls, 3 percent replacement cows and pairs and 85 percent feeders of which 28 percent were over 600 lbs. The feeder supply included 30 percent steers, 23 percent bulls and 47 percent heifers. Slaughter Cows Breaker 75-80% Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 1200-1600 1425 40.00-41.00 40.55 Slaughter Cows Boner 80-85% Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 3 800-1200 1085 42.00 42.00 4 800-1200 1020 37.50-39.50 38.32 Low Dressing 3 1200-1600 1287 41.50-44.00 42.94 4 1200-1600 1314 37.50-38.50 38.00 Low Dressing Slaughter Cows Lean 85-90% Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 3 800-1200 1038 39.50-40.00 39.83 8 800-1200 955 28.00-36.50 33.58 Low Dressing 1 1200-1600 1340 35.00 35.00 Low Dressing Slaughter Bulls Y.G. 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 1000-1500 1320 43.00 43.00 Low Dressing 1 1500-3000 1835 50.00 50.00 5 1500-3000 1740 41.00-45.50 43.76 Low Dressing Feeder Steers Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 3 300-350 328 113.00-118.00 115.30 1 350-400 390 104.00 104.00 4 400-450 439 103.00-104.00 103.49 4 450-500 466 100.00-103.00 101.26 5 500-550 529 87.00-99.00 92.50 10 550-600 574 81.50-85.50 83.19 4 600-650 628 80.00-83.00 81.26 1 600-650 630 79.00 79.00 Brahman X 7 650-700 664 80.00-82.00 81.07 10 700-750 720 76.00-84.00 81.50 3 750-800 773 81.50-83.50 82.67 6 800-850 827 75.50-80.50 78.74 Feeder Steers Medium and Large 3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 300-350 325 106.00-115.00 110.36 1 400-450 405 95.00 95.00 2 450-500 472 85.50-88.00 86.74 1 500-550 500 90.00 90.00 1 550-600 550 82.00 82.00 1 600-650 640 71.00 71.00 Brahman X 1 650-700 660 75.00 75.00 Brahman X 1 750-800 760 75.00 75.00 Feeder Steers Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 600-650 635 81.50 81.50 1 700-750 735 81.00 81.00 1 950-1000 995 64.00 64.00 Feeder Steers Small and Medium 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 550-600 565 79.00 79.00 1 600-650 605 78.00 78.00 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 250-300 278 104.00-107.00 105.43 5 300-350 329 95.00-104.00 99.18 8 350-400 371 88.00-95.00 90.34 11 400-450 424 79.00-89.00 85.45 2 400-450 420 80.00-82.00 81.00 Brahman X 4 450-500 480 82.50-85.00 83.24 1 450-500 485 75.00 75.00 Brahman X 6 500-550 523 73.50-75.00 74.33 1 500-550 540 72.00 72.00 Brahman X 19 550-600 571 72.00-76.00 73.00 1 550-600 570 70.00 70.00 Brahman X 1 550-600 585 68.00 68.00 Fleshy 6 600-650 623 70.00-74.50 72.66 9 650-700 664 71.50-74.50 72.97 5 700-750 724 69.00-72.50 70.52 1 750-800 750 68.00 68.00 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 200-250 225 102.50 102.50 5 250-300 262 95.00-102.00 98.42 2 300-350 320 83.00-95.00 88.62 5 350-400 374 80.00-84.00 82.57 2 400-450 412 81.00-84.00 82.45 2 400-450 405 69.00-73.50 71.28 Brahman X 4 450-500 470 70.00-76.00 72.20 3 500-550 517 70.00 70.00 1 550-600 595 60.00 60.00 Feeder Heifers Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 450-500 490 77.00 77.00 1 500-550 520 68.00 68.00 Feeder Heifers Small and Medium 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 300-350 320 91.00 91.00 1 350-400 390 82.00 82.00 1 450-500 485 76.00 76.00 Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 200-250 215 130.00 130.00 4 250-300 272 117.50-122.50 120.40 1 300-350 320 110.00 110.00 1 350-400 360 113.00 113.00 9 400-450 422 95.00-105.00 99.66 5 450-500 467 89.00-100.00 95.85 3 500-550 525 85.00-95.00 88.85 1 550-600 575 80.00 80.00 3 600-650 618 74.00-78.00 76.29 1 600-650 620 70.00 70.00 Brahman X 3 650-700 668 65.00-67.50 66.51 2 750-800 778 63.50-66.00 64.75 Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 250-300 265 115.00 115.00 3 300-350 317 100.00-106.00 103.59 4 350-400 374 95.00-103.00 98.12 1 350-400 355 93.00 93.00 Brahman X 3 400-450 413 92.00-97.00 94.31 1 400-450 415 90.00 90.00 Brahman X 3 450-500 473 86.00-87.00 86.32 1 500-550 540 76.00 76.00 1 550-600 575 77.00 77.00 1 750-800 790 63.00 63.00 Open and Bred Replacement Cows Young to middle aged Aged Medium 2 Medium 3 0-3 mos 495.00 ------------ 4-6 mos ------------ 480.00 Small 2 Small 3 0-3 mos 335.00-405.00 280.00 4-6 mos 360.00 ------------ 7-9 mos 545.00 ------------ Replacement Pairs: Young to Middle Aged Cows with Calves 100-300 lbs Aged Large 2 Large 3 ------------ ------------ Medium 2 Medium 3 ------------ ------------ Small 2 Small 3 ------------ ------------ Source: USDA-AL Dept of Ag Market News, Montgomery, AL Joe Dorrill, Market Reporter, 334-223-7488 For more information contact: montgomery.LGMN@usda.gov www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/MG_LS138.txt 0800cst jd/st .