MG_LS156 Montgomery, AL Fri May 9, 2008 AL-USDA Dept of Ag Market New Decatur, Alabama - Valley Stockyard, Inc. Weighted Average Report for 05/08/2008 Receipts: 575 Last Week: 580 Year Ago: 798 Compared to last sale slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher, bulls 1.00-3.00 higher; feeder cattle steady to 2.00 lower; replacement cattle mostly steady. Supply consisted of 23 percents slaughter cows; bulls 2 percent; Replacement cows and pairs 10 percent; Feeder cattle 65 percent of which 20 percent over 600 lbs. In the feeder supply 18 percent steers, 40 percent bulls and 42 percent heifers. Slaughter Cows Breaker 75-80% Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 10 1265-1555 1432 56.00-59.00 57.39 10 1280-1560 1394 52.00-55.50 54.40 Low Dressing 1 1685 1685 59.00 59.00 2 1610-1780 1695 52.00-53.00 52.53 Low Dressing Slaughter Cows Boner 80-85% Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 14 890-1175 1040 55.00-59.00 56.47 5 1005-1165 1099 60.00-63.00 61.10 High Dressing 19 835-1180 1043 50.00-54.00 52.91 Low Dressing 13 1210-1475 1307 55.00-59.00 56.87 9 1295-1475 1395 60.00-64.00 61.34 High Dressing 4 1200-1290 1246 51.00-54.00 52.98 Low Dressing Slaughter Cows Lean 85-90% Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 8 900-1015 941 48.50-51.00 49.46 4 805-1190 965 44.50-46.50 45.24 Low Dressing Slaughter Bulls Y.G. 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 6 1650-2050 1842 68.00-70.00 69.34 1 1760 1760 77.00 77.00 High Dressing 4 1515-2100 1774 62.00-65.00 64.01 Low Dressing Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 3 450-485 472 108.00-112.50 110.29 2 530-535 532 108.00-114.50 111.23 3 550-585 572 110.00-115.00 111.69 1 620 620 111.50 111.50 2 665-680 672 102.50-103.50 102.99 2 725-745 735 100.00-101.00 100.51 1 765 765 99.00 99.00 Feeder Steers Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 7 450-490 466 103.00-107.50 105.50 3 500-545 527 100.50-106.50 103.99 3 555-560 557 100.50-103.50 101.66 1 625 625 99.50 99.50 Feeder Steers Medium and Large 3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 610 610 90.00-93.00 91.50 Feeder Steers Large 3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 370 370 96.00 96.00 Feeder Steers Small and Medium 3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 405 405 95.00 95.00 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 580 580 95.00 95.00 3 610-645 630 90.00-95.00 93.04 1 765 765 84.50 84.50 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 280 280 114.00 114.00 1 350 350 104.00 104.00 3 405-430 413 95.00-99.00 96.71 5 475-483 481 96.50 96.50 15 500-540 519 90.00-94.50 93.56 18 550-585 562 89.50-95.50 90.46 6 605-645 617 86.00-89.50 88.55 1 655 655 87.00 87.00 2 725-735 730 83.50 83.50 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 315 315 103.00 103.00 2 420-445 432 90.50-92.00 91.27 1 445 445 86.00 86.00 Brahman X 2 450-485 468 87.00-89.00 87.96 3 500-530 518 87.00-90.50 88.19 3 590-595 593 80.00-85.50 83.49 1 605 605 83.00 83.00 Feeder Heifers Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 380 380 95.50 95.50 1 480 480 90.00 90.00 1 595 595 88.00 88.00 Feeder Heifers Large 3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 380 380 85.00 85.00 Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 480 480 104.50 104.50 3 525-545 537 98.00-106.00 102.66 3 555-570 560 97.00-98.00 97.67 1 665 665 90.00 90.00 Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 410-420 415 103.00-109.50 106.29 4 455-485 469 103.00-105.00 104.14 1 450 450 103.00 103.00 Thin 5 500-540 519 95.00-100.00 97.47 9 555-590 578 90.00-96.00 93.16 1 595 595 89.00 89.00 Brahman X 8 600-630 616 87.00-94.00 91.36 3 680-695 688 85.50-86.50 86.00 1 730 730 87.00 87.00 Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 270-295 282 110.00-112.50 111.31 2 315-330 322 106.00-110.00 107.95 2 385 385 106.00 106.00 6 410-445 418 97.00-103.00 101.49 1 525 525 87.00 87.00 2 565-570 568 86.00-88.50 87.26 6 605-645 632 82.00-86.50 84.77 2 675-690 682 80.00-83.50 81.73 Feeder Bulls Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 645 645 87.00 87.00 Feeder Bulls Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 390 390 92.00 92.00 1 600 600 76.00 76.00 Feeder Bulls Large 3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 500 500 75.00 75.00 Feeder Bulls Small and Medium 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 625 625 91.50 91.50 Feeder Bulls Small and Medium 3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 385 385 89.00 89.00 - Open and Bred Replacement Cows Young to Middle Aged Aged Large 2 Large 4-6 mos 730.00 -------------- Medium 2 Medium 3 0-3 mos 500.00-600.00 -------------- 4-6 mos 540.00-690.00 -------------- 7-9 mos 590.00-650.00 -------------- Small 2 Small 3 0-3 mos 480.00-500.00 290.00-370.00 650.00 4-6 mos 480.00-490.00 330.00 640.00 7-9 mos 450.00 390.00-440.00 Replacement Pairs Young to Middle Aged Cows with Calves 100-300 lbs Aged Medium 2 Medium 3 750.00 -------------- Small 2 Small 3 670.00-790.00 630.00 810.00* Source: AL-USDA Dept of Ag Market News Service Ben Pack, Market Reporter, Phone: 334-223-7488 E-mail: Montgomery.lgmn@usda.gov www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/MG_LS156.txt 0630cdt bp/dl .