MG_LS146 Montgomery, AL Wed Feb 3, 2010 USDA-AL Dept of Ag Market News Ft Payne, AL Weighted Average Report for 02/02/2010 Receipts: 823 Last Week: 756 Year Ago: 681 Compared to last week: Slaughter cows 2.00 to 5.00 higher, bulls 3.00-4.00 higher. Feeder cattle mostly steady. Replacement cattle mostly steady. Supply consisted of 11 percent slaughter cows, 3 percent slaughter bulls, 4 percent replacement cows and pairs and 82 percent feeders. The feeder supply included, 1 percent steers, 61 percent bulls and 38 percent heifers. Near 9 percent of the run weighed over 600 lbs. Slaughter Cows Breaker 75-80% Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 3 1200-1600 1388 47.00-50.00 48.36 1 1200-1600 1375 45.00 45.00 Low Dressing Slaughter Cows Boner 80-85% Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 12 800-1200 1058 48.00-53.00 50.31 1 800-1200 1195 59.25 59.25 High Dressing 8 800-1200 1074 45.00-47.50 46.29 Low Dressing 9 1200-1600 1351 48.00-53.00 50.75 4 1200-1600 1406 55.00-57.50 55.96 High Dressing 5 1200-1600 1338 43.50-47.50 46.02 Low Dressing 2 1600-2000 1672 54.00-54.25 54.12 High Dressing Slaughter Cows Lean 85-90% Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 5 800-1200 1015 44.50-48.50 45.92 3 800-1200 1123 40.00-41.00 40.34 Low Dressing 1 1200-1600 1285 43.50 43.50 Slaughter Bulls Y.G. 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 3 1000-1500 1377 61.50-62.50 61.99 1 1000-1500 1305 63.00 63.00 High Dressing 1 1000-1500 1230 53.50 53.50 Low Dressing 4 1500-3000 1658 59.00-62.50 60.97 9 1500-3000 1766 63.00-67.50 65.18 High Dressing 2 1500-3000 1662 56.50-57.00 56.76 Low Dressing Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 500-550 515 103.00 103.00 1 550-600 555 99.00 99.00 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 200-250 225 110.00 110.00 4 300-350 321 100.00-109.00 102.52 3 350-400 390 96.00-97.00 96.67 9 400-450 415 94.00-100.00 96.50 8 450-500 478 89.00-94.00 90.22 1 500-550 530 89.00 89.00 6 550-600 578 82.00-87.00 84.53 3 600-650 620 78.00-81.00 80.01 1 650-700 650 83.00 83.00 1 750-800 765 79.50 79.50 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 250-300 278 96.00-100.00 97.98 3 300-350 333 94.00-98.00 96.03 5 350-400 360 90.00-93.00 91.81 6 400-450 415 85.00-89.00 87.84 6 450-500 473 84.00-88.00 86.02 1 450-500 470 80.00 80.00 Brahman X 7 500-550 513 82.00-85.00 83.28 1 550-600 560 80.00 80.00 1 600-650 630 74.00 74.00 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 250-300 288 93.00-95.00 94.03 2 300-350 345 87.00-90.00 88.50 2 350-400 362 85.00-88.00 86.53 1 450-500 460 81.00 81.00 1 550-600 595 74.00 74.00 1 600-650 615 71.00 71.00 Feeder Heifers Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 350-400 395 85.00 85.00 1 500-550 535 77.00 77.00 Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 250-300 288 126.00-127.00 126.49 1 300-350 335 123.00 123.00 8 350-400 369 112.00-118.00 115.31 15 400-450 421 107.00-115.00 110.60 15 450-500 478 101.00-111.00 106.03 12 500-550 516 95.00-105.00 100.18 6 550-600 562 92.00-96.00 94.01 9 600-650 618 86.00-92.00 88.19 1 650-700 695 83.00 83.00 1 700-750 725 80.00 80.00 1 750-800 765 80.00 80.00 Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 200-250 245 122.00 122.00 6 300-350 318 110.00-116.00 111.71 5 350-400 377 106.00-109.00 107.03 13 400-450 429 97.00-104.00 101.67 9 450-500 475 94.00-99.00 96.04 7 500-550 524 88.00-94.00 91.87 4 550-600 578 85.00-87.00 85.76 1 600-650 600 84.00 84.00 1 700-750 735 75.00 75.00 1 800-850 800 74.00 74.00 1 850-900 885 71.00 71.00 Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 200-250 205 106.00 106.00 1 300-350 320 109.00 109.00 3 350-400 367 100.00-102.00 100.99 1 400-450 400 91.00 91.00 3 450-500 478 87.00-91.00 89.32 1 550-600 575 75.00 75.00 Feeder Bulls Small and Medium 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 200-250 240 114.00 114.00 1 500-550 525 80.00 80.00 Open and Bred Replacement Cows Young to Middle Aged Aged Large 2 Large 3 0-3 mos ------------- ------------- 4-6 mos 700.00 ------------- 7-9 mos 700.00 ------------- Medium 2 Medium 3 0-3 mos ------------- hef 700.00 ------------- 4-6 mos 625.00-650.00 hef 800.00 ------------- 7-9 mos 685.00 ------------- Small 2 Small 3 0-3 mos ------------- ------------- 4-6 mos 425.00 hef 625.00 ------------- 7-9 mos 500.00-575.00 400.00 Replacement Pairs Young to Middle Aged Cows with Calves 100-300 lbs Aged Large 2 Large 3 ------------- ------------- Medium 2 Medium 3 725.00 ------------- Small 2 Small 3 600.00-725.00 475.00-575.00 Source: USDA-Alabama Dept of Ag Market News, Montgomery, AL Ben Pack, Market Reporter, 334-223-7488 For more information contact: montgomery.LGMN@usda.gov www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/MG_LS146.txt 0745cst bp/st .