MG_LS154 Montgomery, AL Fri Feb 5, 2010 USDA-AL Dept of Ag Market News Cullman, Alabama Weighted Average Report for 02/04/2010 Receipts: 921 Last Week: 1022 Year Ago: 346 Compared to last week slaughter cows 2.00-3.00 higher, bulls 1.00- 2.00 higher. Feeder classes 1.00-3.00 higher. Replacement cows mostly steady. Supply consisted of 7 percent slaughter cows, 1 percent slaughter bulls, 6 percent replacement cows and pairs and 86 percent feeders. The feeder supply included 17 percent steers, 42 percent bulls and 41 percent heifers. Near 17 percent of the run weighed over 600 lbs. Slaughter Cows Breaker 75-80% Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 4 1200-1600 1485 52.50-55.00 53.64 1 1600-2000 1870 56.00 56.00 1 1600-2000 1660 48.00 48.00 Low Dressing Slaughter Cows Boner 80-85% Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 10 800-1200 1080 49.00-52.00 50.52 1 800-1200 1020 54.00 54.00 High Dressing 7 800-1200 1071 44.00-47.00 45.79 Low Dressing 8 1200-1600 1334 49.50-53.50 51.65 5 1200-1600 1316 54.00-59.00 56.82 High Dressing 6 1200-1600 1334 44.00-47.00 45.94 Low Dressing Slaughter Cows Lean 85-90% Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 3 800-1200 997 41.00-44.00 43.09 6 800-1200 991 35.00-38.50 36.94 Low Dressing 2 1200-1600 1210 36.00 36.00 Low Dressing Slaughter Bulls Y.G. 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 1000-1500 1070 53.00 53.00 Low Dressing 3 1500-3000 1863 62.00-63.00 62.50 2 1500-3000 1500 65.00 65.00 High Dressing 2 1500-3000 1692 56.00-58.00 57.03 Low Dressing Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 3 500-550 533 104.00-105.00 104.68 6 550-600 575 103.50 103.50 16 650-700 680 93.50 93.50 Feeder Steers Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 4 350-400 376 108.00-111.00 109.22 2 400-450 415 105.00 105.00 1 450-500 480 103.00 103.00 11 500-550 534 97.00-102.00 98.15 6 550-600 580 94.00 94.00 3 600-650 610 94.00 94.00 7 650-700 660 87.00 87.00 7 700-750 715 88.50 88.50 Feeder Steers Medium and Large 3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 3 350-400 380 100.00-102.00 100.65 3 450-500 470 96.00-98.00 97.30 2 500-550 525 94.00 94.00 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 200-250 245 115.00 115.00 3 350-400 387 95.00-97.00 95.64 3 400-450 427 94.00-95.00 94.32 13 450-500 478 92.00-98.00 92.95 3 500-550 535 91.00-93.00 91.65 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 7 250-300 263 97.00-100.00 99.19 10 300-350 334 92.00-96.00 93.67 11 350-400 385 89.00-94.00 91.75 19 400-450 433 88.00-93.00 89.86 13 450-500 478 85.00-91.00 87.34 10 500-550 522 82.00-87.00 84.28 9 550-600 583 80.00-84.00 80.99 3 600-650 633 79.00-81.00 79.66 7 650-700 668 77.00-81.00 78.14 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 8 300-350 330 85.00-90.00 88.06 8 350-400 372 82.50-87.00 84.35 8 400-450 428 79.00-84.00 82.25 18 450-500 480 77.00-81.00 80.50 8 500-550 522 75.00-81.00 78.34 8 550-600 574 73.00-79.00 75.61 5 600-650 624 72.00-75.00 73.41 3 650-700 673 70.00-75.00 71.63 Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 250-300 270 125.00 125.00 1 300-350 310 114.00 114.00 6 350-400 372 108.00-113.00 109.16 3 400-450 423 105.00-107.00 106.01 3 450-500 473 102.00-104.00 103.34 5 500-550 525 97.00-102.00 99.18 5 550-600 576 95.00-98.00 96.59 1 600-650 615 93.00 93.00 2 650-700 680 86.00-87.00 86.51 Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 4 250-300 280 117.00 117.00 6 300-350 331 108.00-110.00 109.14 14 350-400 378 100.00-107.00 103.39 24 400-450 425 98.00-104.00 101.41 13 450-500 472 95.00-101.00 97.46 10 500-550 526 89.00-94.00 91.91 9 550-600 581 85.00-93.00 89.44 7 600-650 634 83.00-88.00 85.70 6 650-700 678 79.00-84.00 81.50 16 700-750 739 80.00-82.00 80.12 4 750-800 769 74.00-77.00 75.73 Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 5 300-350 314 99.00-104.00 101.34 4 350-400 375 95.00-98.00 96.48 13 400-450 425 91.00-96.00 94.30 6 450-500 482 86.00-92.00 87.78 5 500-550 526 83.00-86.00 83.98 5 550-600 574 79.00-84.00 81.18 7 600-650 620 75.00-80.00 77.13 Open and Bred Replacement Cows Young to middle aged Aged Large 2 Large 3 0-3 mos 610.00-710.00 ------------- 4-6 mos 690.00-715.00 ------------- 7-9 mos 790.00-850.00 ------------- Medium 2 Medium 3 0-3 mos 470.00-475.00 395.00 4-6 mos 615.00 440.00-460.00 7-9 mos ------------- 575.00 Small 2 Small 3 0-3 mos 425.00-455.00 ------------- 4-6 mos 435.00-490.00 300.00-410.00 7-9 mos 540.00-545.00 445.00-505.00 Replacement Pairs: Young to Middle Aged Cows with Calves 100-300 lbs Aged Large 2 Large 3 ------------- ------------- Medium 2 Medium 3 810.00-870.00 560.00-650.00 Small 2 Small 3 700.00 450.00 Source: USDA-Alabama Dept of Ag Market News, Montgomery, AL Johnny Little, Market Reporter, 334-223-7488 For more information contact: Montgomery.lgmn@usda.gov www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/MG_LS154.txt 0730cst jl/dl .