MG_LS148 Montgomery, AL Wed Jul 8, 2009 USDA-AL Dept of Ag Market News Uniontown, Alabama Weighted Average Report for 07/07/2009 Receipts: 1140 Last Week: N/S Year Ago: 730 Supply consisted of 6 percent slaughter cows, 2 percent slaughter bulls, 5 percent replacement cows and pairs and 87 percent feeders of which 20 percent were over 600 lbs. The feeder supply included 28 percent steers, 24 percent bulls and 48 percent heifers. Slaughter Cows Breaker 75-80% Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 1200-1600 1345 45.00 45.00 Slaughter Cows Boner 80-85% Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 9 800-1200 1018 45.00-49.00 47.54 1 800-1200 920 50.50 50.50 High Dressing 9 800-1200 1067 42.00-44.00 42.61 Low Dressing 5 1200-1600 1289 46.00-49.50 47.50 3 1200-1600 1277 50.50-52.00 51.33 High Dressing 3 1200-1600 1275 40.50-43.50 41.66 Low Dressing 1 1600-2000 1665 45.50 45.50 1 1600-2000 1600 45.50 45.50 Low Dressing Slaughter Cows Lean 85-90% Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 700-800 795 40.00 40.00 5 800-1200 1082 39.00-42.00 40.89 5 800-1200 1034 35.00-38.50 36.83 Low Dressing Slaughter Bulls Y.G. 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 4 1000-1500 1315 57.00-59.00 57.90 3 1000-1500 1395 53.00-53.50 53.15 Low Dressing 11 1500-3000 1714 56.00-61.00 57.47 1 1500-3000 1515 55.00 55.00 Low Dressing Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 300-350 335 124.00 124.00 4 350-400 372 115.00-118.00 115.98 2 650-700 660 94.00 94.00 8 700-750 725 92.00 92.00 1 750-800 765 90.00 90.00 Feeder Steers Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 250-300 295 122.00 122.00 5 300-350 328 115.00-118.00 116.64 5 350-400 382 110.00-112.00 110.81 4 400-450 412 105.00-107.00 105.99 12 450-500 481 101.00-104.00 101.82 16 500-550 539 97.00-100.00 99.50 21 550-600 578 93.00-98.00 95.23 38 600-650 623 92.00-96.00 94.39 7 650-700 679 88.00-92.00 89.57 3 700-750 725 86.00-89.00 87.35 3 750-800 767 83.00-89.00 84.98 Feeder Steers Medium and Large 3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 450-500 490 98.00 98.00 3 500-550 512 93.00-96.00 94.01 4 550-600 584 88.00-91.00 89.74 4 650-700 668 82.00-86.00 84.00 3 750-800 795 80.00 80.00 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 250-300 275 108.00 108.00 2 350-400 360 97.00 97.00 6 400-450 440 96.50 96.50 4 450-500 475 93.00-94.00 93.49 3 500-550 520 92.00-94.00 92.68 3 550-600 570 90.00-91.00 90.67 3 600-650 628 88.00-90.00 88.99 1 700-750 715 86.00 86.00 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 8 300-350 330 95.00-100.00 97.59 12 350-400 386 91.00-95.00 92.51 1 350-400 375 85.00 85.00 Brahman X 13 400-450 428 90.00-94.00 91.48 5 400-450 438 84.00-86.00 85.21 Brahman X 33 450-500 487 87.00-92.00 89.37 2 450-500 480 82.00 82.00 Brahman X 42 500-550 540 85.00-91.00 86.99 1 500-550 540 82.00 82.00 Brahman X 12 550-600 580 84.00-89.50 86.53 1 550-600 580 78.00 78.00 Brahman X 27 600-650 627 82.00-87.00 85.10 1 600-650 605 77.00 77.00 Brahman X 5 650-700 674 83.00-84.00 83.51 3 700-750 740 77.00-79.00 78.34 1 700-750 740 72.00 72.00 Brahman X 4 750-800 774 74.00-79.00 77.23 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 6 300-350 333 88.00-92.00 90.32 9 350-400 378 85.00-90.00 87.67 9 400-450 423 84.00-88.00 85.85 11 450-500 476 82.00-86.00 84.27 10 500-550 532 80.00-84.00 81.29 6 550-600 582 80.00-83.00 80.82 8 600-650 626 75.00-80.00 77.61 2 650-700 672 75.00-78.00 76.47 Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 5 400-450 413 105.00-109.00 105.99 1 450-500 470 102.00 102.00 Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 4 300-350 329 108.00-112.00 110.76 6 350-400 382 102.00-105.00 103.35 2 350-400 395 95.00 95.00 Brahman X 16 400-450 430 98.00-104.00 101.44 3 400-450 420 92.00-95.00 93.05 Brahman X 11 450-500 475 95.00-99.00 97.01 2 450-500 475 90.00 90.00 Brahman X 7 500-550 520 92.00-95.00 92.99 1 500-550 530 85.00 85.00 Brahman X 8 550-600 574 88.50-92.00 90.33 5 600-650 618 85.00-92.00 86.78 1 650-700 680 86.50 86.50 1 700-750 725 80.00 80.00 1 750-800 760 70.00 70.00 Brahman X Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 4 300-350 324 100.00-101.00 100.26 7 350-400 381 96.00-101.00 98.43 9 400-450 424 92.00-96.00 93.89 10 450-500 474 87.00-94.00 89.20 8 500-550 528 85.00-89.00 87.37 9 550-600 571 80.00-85.00 82.03 5 600-650 615 79.00-83.00 80.22 Feeder Bulls Small and Medium 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 400-450 420 95.00 95.00 Open and Bred Replacement Cows Young to middle aged Aged Medium 2 Medium 3 0-3 mos 500.00-580.00 410.00 7-9 mos ------------- 550.00 Small 2 Small 3 0-3 mos 440.00-490.00 270.00-305.00 Replacement Pairs: Young to Middle Aged Cows with Calves 100-300 lbs Aged Medium 2 Medium 3 850.00-875.00 650.00-700.00 Small 2 Small 3 700.00-775.00 600.00-625.00 Board Sale: Feeder Steers: Medium and Large 1-2 53 head 900 lbs 88.00; 110 head 910 lbs 91.40. Cattle sold with 3 percent shrink and 4 cent slide up only. Source: USDA-Alabama Dept Ag Market News, Montgomery, AL Johnny Z Little, Market Reporter, 334-223-7488 For more information contact: montgomery.LGMN@usda.gov www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/MG_LS148.txt 0745cdt jl/dl .