MG_LS143 Montgomery, AL Wed Feb 3, 2010 USDA-AL Dept of Ag Market News Arab, AL Weighted Average Report for 02/02/2010 Receipts: 646 Last Week: 1117 Year Ago: 590 Compared to last week: Slaughter cows 4.00 higher, bulls 2.00 higher. All feeder classes steady. Demand on feeders good to very good. Replacement cows and pairs mostly steady. Supply consisted of 13 percent slaughter cows, 2 percent slaughter bulls, 12 percent replacement cows and pairs and 73 percent feeders. In the feeder supply 5 percent were steers, 47 percent bulls, and 48 percent heifers. Near 3 percent of the run weighed over 600 lbs. Slaughter Cows Breaker 75-80% Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 800-1200 1135 46.50 46.50 Low Dressing 1 1200-1600 1330 48.00 48.00 Slaughter Cows Boner 80-85% Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 3 800-1200 1075 50.00-52.00 51.15 8 1200-1600 1374 50.00-52.50 51.19 3 1200-1600 1375 53.00-55.50 53.82 High Dressing 1 1200-1600 1230 49.00 49.00 Low Dressing Slaughter Cows Lean 85-90% Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 10 800-1200 1006 46.00-49.00 47.19 14 800-1200 1011 41.00-45.00 42.70 Low Dressing 4 1200-1600 1238 48.50-49.00 48.63 Slaughter Bulls Y.G. 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 3 1000-1500 1332 55.00-58.00 56.77 Low Dressing 4 1500-3000 1749 60.00-63.50 61.68 6 1500-3000 1762 55.50-59.00 57.76 Low Dressing Feeder Steers Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 350-400 380 117.00 117.00 1 400-450 435 109.00 109.00 4 450-500 487 108.00 108.00 1 500-550 520 102.00 102.00 Feeder Steers Small and Medium 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 400-450 410 107.00 107.00 1 450-500 480 101.00 101.00 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 200-250 225 105.00-110.00 107.33 2 350-400 382 100.00 100.00 5 400-450 424 95.00-100.00 97.13 4 450-500 478 89.00-95.00 91.67 6 500-550 533 86.00-89.00 87.65 4 550-600 569 85.00-87.00 85.99 1 600-650 630 82.00 82.00 1 650-700 660 80.00 80.00 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 300-350 320 100.00 100.00 3 350-400 375 95.00-98.00 96.28 14 400-450 421 89.00-95.00 92.08 11 450-500 473 85.00-90.00 87.68 8 500-550 521 83.00-86.00 83.97 2 550-600 558 83.00 83.00 2 600-650 622 79.00-81.00 79.97 2 700-750 732 72.00-74.00 72.98 1 750-800 780 70.00 70.00 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 200-250 240 95.00 95.00 Brahman X 1 300-350 345 93.00 93.00 8 350-400 384 88.00-92.00 89.72 2 350-400 380 84.00-85.00 84.49 Brahman X 5 400-450 420 84.00-88.00 85.95 4 400-450 429 79.00-83.00 80.70 Brahman X 9 450-500 469 81.00-84.00 82.42 2 500-550 512 81.00 81.00 2 600-650 622 76.00-77.00 76.49 Feeder Heifers Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 450-500 470 81.00 81.00 1 500-550 510 78.00 78.00 Feeder Heifers Small and Medium 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 450-500 470 89.00 89.00 2 500-550 525 85.00-87.00 85.96 Feeder Heifers Small and Medium 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 4 400-450 424 84.00-89.00 86.18 3 450-500 465 82.00-84.00 82.98 1 500-550 505 82.00 82.00 Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 300-350 345 120.00 120.00 2 400-450 435 110.00-112.00 110.98 2 450-500 472 108.00-109.00 108.49 3 500-550 525 101.00-108.00 103.91 3 550-600 578 97.00-101.00 98.99 2 600-650 625 90.00-95.00 92.44 1 750-800 770 78.00 78.00 Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 250-300 290 120.00 120.00 3 300-350 335 115.00-120.00 116.59 5 350-400 372 111.00-115.00 112.95 11 400-450 424 104.00-110.00 107.86 12 450-500 472 100.00-105.00 102.22 5 500-550 527 94.00-100.00 96.32 1 500-550 540 90.00 90.00 Brahman X 5 550-600 562 90.00-94.00 92.78 3 600-650 632 85.00-89.00 86.64 1 750-800 765 71.00 71.00 Brahman X Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 200-250 230 120.00 120.00 1 250-300 290 115.00 115.00 2 300-350 320 107.00-108.00 107.48 Brahman X 1 350-400 380 105.00 105.00 3 350-400 378 104.00 104.00 Brahman X 5 400-450 430 99.00-103.00 100.96 1 400-450 440 94.00 94.00 Brahman X 4 450-500 481 92.00-98.00 94.42 3 450-500 480 89.00-94.00 90.92 Brahman X 4 500-550 512 89.00-92.00 90.49 3 550-600 590 84.00-86.00 84.99 Feeder Bulls Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 400-450 430 98.00 98.00 2 500-550 522 89.00-92.00 90.46 Feeder Bulls Small and Medium 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 400-450 415 110.00 110.00 1 450-500 480 100.00 100.00 2 550-600 575 94.00-98.00 95.95 Feeder Bulls Small and Medium 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 200-250 225 120.00 120.00 2 250-300 265 117.00-118.00 117.50 2 350-400 385 105.00-107.00 105.99 4 400-450 420 101.00-104.00 102.73 3 450-500 462 98.00-100.00 98.99 4 500-550 521 91.00-95.00 92.23 Open and Bred Replacement Cows Young to middle aged Aged Large 2 Large 3 0-3 mos ------------- ------------- 4-6 mos ------------- ------------- 7-9 mos ------------- ------------- Medium 2 Medium 3 0-3 mos 420.00-500.00/560.00 Heifers 390.00-420.00 4-6 mos 550.00-600.00 410.00-480.00 7-9 mos 660.00-740.00/760.00 Heifer 480.00-600.00 Small 2 Small 3 0-3 mos 340.00-370.00 245.00-315.00 4-6 mos 420.00-540.00 320.00-370.00 7-9 mos 550.00-570.00 450.00-480.00 Replacement Pairs Young to middle aged cows with calves 100-300 lbs Aged Large 2 Large 3 ------------- ------------- Medium 2 Medium 3 ------------- 520.00-590.00 Small 2 Small 3 660.00 520.00-590.00 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_LS143.txt 0745cst rt/st .