MG_LS143 Montgomery, AL Wed Jul 8, 2009 AL Dept of Ag-USDA Market News Arab, AL Weighted Average Report for 07/07/2009 Receipts: 1275 Last Week: 0 Year Ago: 1390 No trends available market closed last week for holiday. Supply consisted of 10 percent slaughter cows; bulls 2 percent; replacement cows and pairs 4 percent. Feeder cattle 84 percent of which 4 percent were over 600 lbs. In the feeder supply 5 percent were steers, 58 percent bulls, and 37 percent heifers. Slaughter Cows Breaker 75-80% Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 800-1200 1130 50.50 50.50 2 1200-1600 1520 50.50-51.50 51.01 2 1200-1600 1345 46.50-47.00 46.74 Low Dressing Slaughter Cows Boner 80-85% Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 10 800-1200 1034 48.00-51.00 49.22 2 800-1200 1115 51.50-52.00 51.76 High Dressing 7 800-1200 1109 45.00-47.00 45.86 Low Dressing 10 1200-1600 1368 47.50-51.00 48.91 12 1200-1600 1331 51.50-54.00 52.51 High Dressing 2 1200-1600 1392 45.00 45.00 Low Dressing 3 1600-2000 1767 47.50-50.00 48.72 1 1600-2000 1705 52.50 52.50 High Dressing 1 1600-2000 1870 47.00 47.00 Low Dressing Slaughter Cows Lean 85-90% Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 14 800-1200 1011 45.00-48.00 46.58 12 800-1200 1050 40.00-44.00 41.76 Low Dressing 6 1200-1600 1393 46.00-48.00 47.17 9 1200-1600 1297 40.00-44.50 43.08 Low Dressing Slaughter Bulls Y.G. 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 1000-1500 1425 61.00-61.50 61.26 3 1000-1500 1213 55.00-58.00 56.15 Low Dressing 13 1500-3000 1740 59.00-63.00 61.13 4 1500-3000 1729 63.50-64.50 64.02 High Dressing 1 1500-3000 1525 55.50 55.50 Low Dressing Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 10 550-600 592 99.00 99.00 Feeder Steers Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 450-500 475 106.00 106.00 1 550-600 580 95.00 95.00 1 650-700 695 90.00 90.00 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 450-500 490 96.00 96.00 3 500-550 520 95.00-96.00 95.66 3 550-600 587 92.00-95.00 93.32 1 600-650 605 92.00 92.00 2 650-700 660 89.00 89.00 1 750-800 755 83.00 83.00 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 300-350 328 102.00-103.00 102.48 9 450-500 481 93.00-96.00 93.87 1 450-500 485 89.00 89.00 Brahman X 10 500-550 534 90.00-94.00 91.68 3 500-550 530 84.00-89.00 85.93 Brahman X 5 550-600 569 88.00-91.00 89.38 2 550-600 570 83.00-84.00 83.50 Brahman X 3 600-650 632 84.00-87.00 85.98 1 650-700 680 82.00 82.00 1 650-700 660 81.00 81.00 Brahman X Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 350-400 390 92.00 92.00 Brahman X 11 400-450 435 92.00-94.00 92.26 3 400-450 420 89.00-92.00 89.96 Brahman X 10 450-500 484 87.00-91.00 88.68 7 450-500 469 84.00-86.00 85.13 Brahman X 7 500-550 528 86.00-88.00 86.69 3 500-550 527 78.00-81.00 79.30 Brahman X 6 550-600 570 85.00-86.00 85.16 1 550-600 555 77.00 77.00 Brahman X 4 650-700 674 78.00-79.00 78.74 1 650-700 670 74.00 74.00 Brahman X 1 700-750 745 75.00 75.00 Feeder Heifers Small and Medium 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 350-400 385 94.00 94.00 2 400-450 442 92.00-93.00 92.50 1 450-500 455 92.00 92.00 Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 300-350 340 117.00-122.00 119.46 2 500-550 532 98.00-100.00 98.99 1 550-600 595 96.00 96.00 1 600-650 640 93.00 93.00 3 650-700 688 86.00-89.00 87.32 Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 3 250-300 278 119.00-122.00 120.28 2 300-350 322 114.00-115.00 114.50 9 400-450 432 101.00-107.00 103.37 13 450-500 472 98.00-102.00 100.28 3 450-500 477 94.00-95.00 94.66 Brahman X 16 500-550 521 93.00-99.00 95.34 4 550-600 580 91.00-93.00 91.99 4 600-650 622 90.00-92.00 90.99 5 650-700 677 85.00-89.00 86.38 3 700-750 717 82.00-85.00 83.66 1 700-750 710 78.00 78.00 Brahman X 1 750-800 770 79.00 79.00 2 800-850 815 78.00 78.00 Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 200-250 230 118.00-120.00 119.00 1 200-250 220 113.00 113.00 Brahman X 1 250-300 265 114.00 114.00 1 300-350 325 107.00 107.00 1 300-350 325 102.00 102.00 Brahman X 1 350-400 390 101.00 101.00 5 350-400 379 95.00-98.00 95.97 Brahman X 10 400-450 428 96.00-101.00 98.45 2 400-450 425 93.00-95.00 93.96 Brahman X 14 450-500 482 93.00-96.00 94.27 6 450-500 478 89.00-90.00 89.33 Brahman X 8 500-550 519 90.00-93.00 91.23 7 500-550 534 85.00-89.00 86.40 Brahman X 1 550-600 560 89.00 89.00 2 550-600 580 82.00-83.00 82.49 Brahman X 1 600-650 645 84.00 84.00 1 600-650 625 82.00 82.00 Brahman X 1 650-700 665 83.00 83.00 2 700-750 730 79.00-81.00 79.98 3 700-750 722 76.00-78.00 76.99 Brahman X 1 750-800 755 78.00 78.00 Feeder Bulls Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 600-650 630 86.00-87.00 86.49 Feeder Bulls Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 500-550 510 88.00 88.00 1 550-600 590 85.00 85.00 Feeder Bulls Small and Medium 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 500-550 520 97.00 97.00 2 550-600 572 94.00 94.00 1 650-700 660 88.00 88.00 Feeder Bulls Small and Medium 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 250-300 295 114.00 114.00 1 300-350 305 114.00 114.00 1 350-400 365 105.00 105.00 2 400-450 430 100.00-102.00 100.98 4 450-500 474 95.00-100.00 97.21 3 500-550 508 93.00-95.00 93.66 1 550-600 570 91.00 91.00 Open and Bred Replacement Cows Young to middle aged Aged Medium 2 Medium 3 0-3 mos 480.00-560.00 ------------- 4-6 mos 618.00-660.00 550.00 7-9 mos ------------- 550.00 Small 2 Small 3 0-3 mos 390.00-460.00 279.00-350.00 4-6 mos 510.00-610.00 360.00-450.00 7-9 mos 630.00 480.00-520.00 Replacement Pairs Young to middle aged cows with calves 100-300 lbs Aged Medium 2 Medium 3 1000.00-1040.00 940.00 1145.00-1150.00 Heifers Small 2 Small 3 960.00 590.00-680.00 Down to 320.00 Source: Alabama Dept of Ag-USDA 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 0800cdt rt/st .