MG_LS150 Montgomery, AL Tue Nov 17, 2009 USDA-AL Dept of Ag Market News Florence, AL Weighted Average Report for 11/16/2009 ***This report will not be issued next Tuesday in observance of the holiday week*** Receipts: 920 Last Week: 1143 Year Ago: 730 Compared to last week: Slaughter cows 2.00 lower, bulls 1.00 lower. Feeder steers and bulls steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs 1.00 higher, over 600 lbs 2.00 lower. Demand on feeders moderate to good. Replacement cows and pairs 100.00 per head higher. Supply consisted of 11 percent slaughter cows; bulls 1 percent; replacement cows and pairs 8 percent and 80 percent feeders. In the feeder supply 8 percent were steers, 52 percent bulls, and 40 percent heifers. Near 10 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 1145 38.00 38.00 1 1200-1600 1585 38.00 38.00 1 1600-2000 1600 36.00 36.00 Low Dressing Slaughter Cows Boner 80-85% Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 9 800-1200 1131 37.50-40.00 38.12 7 800-1200 1154 34.00-36.00 35.42 Low Dressing 15 1200-1600 1336 37.50-40.00 38.57 9 1200-1600 1386 41.00-43.50 42.27 High Dressing 4 1200-1600 1335 36.00 36.00 Low Dressing 1 1600-2000 1675 38.50 38.50 Slaughter Cows Lean 85-90% Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 14 800-1200 1099 34.00-37.00 35.55 8 800-1200 988 30.00-33.00 31.47 Low Dressing 5 1200-1600 1295 34.00-36.00 34.91 2 1200-1600 1298 30.00-33.00 31.42 Low Dressing Slaughter Bulls Y.G. 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 1000-1500 1415 49.00 49.00 2 1500-3000 1748 52.00-52.50 52.23 1 1500-3000 1530 45.00 45.00 Low Dressing Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 300-350 315 130.00 130.00 1 400-450 430 112.00 112.00 2 450-500 468 110.00-112.00 110.98 1 500-550 540 94.00 94.00 1 800-850 820 79.00 79.00 Feeder Steers Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 4 350-400 371 114.00-118.00 115.46 3 400-450 418 105.00-112.00 108.57 2 450-500 458 105.00-106.00 105.50 1 500-550 530 93.00 93.00 2 600-650 620 80.00-84.00 81.97 1 650-700 660 80.00 80.00 1 750-800 760 75.00 75.00 Feeder Steers Medium and Large 3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 200-250 235 123.00 123.00 1 250-300 260 122.00 122.00 1 300-350 330 112.00 112.00 1 350-400 390 105.00 105.00 3 400-450 427 97.00-103.00 98.95 2 500-550 505 89.00-91.00 90.00 1 600-650 610 83.00 83.00 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 250-300 285 103.00 103.00 1 300-350 305 103.00 103.00 2 350-400 382 97.00-99.00 97.99 2 400-450 442 89.00-90.00 89.50 2 450-500 492 84.00-85.00 84.50 3 500-550 530 81.00-83.00 81.98 2 550-600 575 80.00-81.00 80.49 1 600-650 605 80.00 80.00 4 650-700 667 70.50 70.50 Fleshy Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 250-300 260 101.00 101.00 1 250-300 290 97.00 97.00 Brahman X 3 300-350 328 97.00-98.00 97.32 1 300-350 330 91.00 91.00 Brahman X 13 350-400 378 89.00-96.00 92.61 2 350-400 360 88.00-91.00 89.48 Brahman X 12 400-450 425 84.00-89.00 87.30 12 450-500 474 81.00-85.00 82.22 11 500-550 520 79.00-81.00 79.94 7 550-600 573 76.00-79.00 77.41 4 600-650 632 72.00-73.00 72.50 1 600-650 620 71.00 71.00 Fleshy 3 650-700 680 69.00-72.00 70.30 1 650-700 655 68.00 68.00 Fleshy 3 700-750 720 68.00 68.00 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 200-250 240 97.00 97.00 1 250-300 285 95.00 95.00 3 300-350 337 89.00-92.00 90.31 3 300-350 317 87.00-91.00 88.62 Brahman X 5 350-400 375 85.00-90.00 87.53 10 400-450 428 81.00-84.00 82.37 2 400-450 432 76.00-80.00 77.97 Brahman X 9 450-500 478 77.00-81.00 78.53 3 450-500 462 75.00-76.00 75.66 Brahman X 8 500-550 521 74.00-78.00 75.97 4 550-600 576 72.00-75.00 73.47 2 550-600 555 71.00-72.00 71.50 Brahman X 1 600-650 640 70.00 70.00 1 750-800 755 64.00 64.00 Feeder Heifers Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 400-450 420 87.00 87.00 1 500-550 510 78.00 78.00 Feeder Heifers Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 300-350 330 85.00 85.00 1 350-400 375 85.00 85.00 3 450-500 465 77.00-78.00 77.67 1 600-650 615 70.00 70.00 Feeder Heifers Small and Medium 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 350-400 380 90.00 90.00 1 450-500 455 84.00 84.00 1 500-550 545 77.00 77.00 2 550-600 575 75.00 75.00 Feeder Heifers Small and Medium 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 350-400 390 87.00 87.00 2 400-450 418 83.00-85.00 83.99 1 450-500 475 78.00 78.00 1 500-550 545 75.00 75.00 2 550-600 565 75.00 75.00 Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 250-300 275 125.00-127.00 125.98 1 300-350 320 122.00 122.00 4 350-400 380 112.00-119.00 115.40 3 400-450 432 106.00-112.00 108.28 4 450-500 469 99.00-106.00 103.66 1 500-550 510 98.00 98.00 4 550-600 585 85.00-91.00 86.93 4 600-650 618 81.00-86.00 83.22 4 700-750 725 73.00-76.00 74.49 2 750-800 760 71.00-71.50 71.25 Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 4 250-300 278 120.00-125.00 122.15 3 300-350 317 117.00-120.00 118.96 14 350-400 376 109.00-115.00 112.45 14 400-450 422 100.00-107.00 104.27 15 450-500 480 93.00-101.00 96.82 3 450-500 485 88.00-89.00 88.32 Brahman X 13 500-550 523 85.00-92.00 88.81 10 550-600 580 80.00-85.00 82.06 2 550-600 568 76.00-79.00 77.47 Brahman X 8 600-650 624 76.00-80.00 77.85 6 650-700 674 70.00-76.00 72.16 4 700-750 718 70.00-72.00 70.74 1 750-800 765 70.00 70.00 Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 200-250 210 118.00 118.00 1 250-300 275 113.00 113.00 1 250-300 255 112.00 112.00 Brahman X 2 300-350 322 99.00-105.00 101.84 Brahman X 6 350-400 357 95.00-106.00 104.07 4 350-400 372 94.00-99.00 96.44 Brahman X 11 400-450 423 92.00-99.00 95.57 3 400-450 437 89.00-91.00 89.65 Brahman X 9 450-500 473 86.00-92.00 89.61 1 450-500 495 80.00 80.00 Brahman X 5 500-550 520 80.00-86.00 83.16 7 550-600 579 76.00-80.00 77.83 1 550-600 570 74.00 74.00 Brahman X 1 600-650 605 75.00 75.00 2 650-700 688 68.00-69.00 68.49 Feeder Bulls Small and Medium 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 400-450 445 99.00 99.00 2 450-500 465 109.00-112.00 110.48 3 500-550 523 87.00-92.00 89.93 3 600-650 605 80.00-81.00 80.67 Feeder Bulls Small and Medium 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 300-350 335 107.00 107.00 4 400-450 425 95.00-100.00 97.93 4 450-500 474 89.00-94.00 91.43 3 500-550 512 87.00-88.00 87.33 1 550-600 560 81.00 81.00 1 600-650 625 74.00 74.00 7 650-700 694 70.50 70.50 1 700-750 710 67.00 67.00 Open and Bred Replacement Cows Young to middle aged Aged Large 2 Large 3 0-3 mos ------------- 500.00 4-6 mos 720.00-750.00/870.00 Heifer ------------- Medium 2 Medium 3 0-3 mos 470.00-580.00 375.00-400.00 4-6 mos 580.00-695.00/835.00-860.00 Heifers 395.00-480.00 7-9 mos 700.00-750.00 490.00-585.00 Small 2 Small 3 0-3 mos 400.00-470.00 255.00 7-9 mos 600.00 ------------- Replacement Pairs Young to middle aged cows with calves 100-300 lbs Aged Large 2 Large 3 900.00-920.00 820.00 Medium 2 Medium 3 ------------- 530.00-660.00 Down to 415.00 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_LS150.txt 0830cst rt/st .