MG_LS157 Montgomery, AL Thu Feb 4, 2010 USDA-AL Dept of Ag Market News Livingston, AL Weighted Average Report for 02/03/2010 Receipts: 389 Last Week: 468 Year Ago: 377 Compared to last week: Slaughter cows 3.00 higher, slaughter bulls 1.00-3.00 higher. Feeder classes 3.00-4.00 higher. Replacement cows mostly steady. Supply consisted of 12 percent slaughter cows, 2 percent slaughter bulls, 6 percent replacement cows and pairs and 80 percent feeders. The feeder supply included 39 percent steers, 20 percent bulls and 41 percent heifers. Near 18 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 1462 51.50-53.50 52.49 3 1600-2000 1720 54.50-55.50 55.00 Slaughter Cows Boner 80-85% Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 16 800-1200 1104 48.00-52.00 49.85 4 800-1200 1168 53.00-56.00 54.61 High Dressing 2 800-1200 1032 45.00-46.50 45.70 Low Dressing 4 1200-1600 1266 47.50-52.50 49.94 8 1200-1600 1349 53.00-56.00 54.43 High Dressing Slaughter Cows Lean 85-90% Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 5 800-1200 1011 42.00-45.00 43.26 1 800-1200 905 39.50 39.50 Low Dressing Slaughter Bulls Y.G. 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 1000-1500 1120 62.00 62.00 1 1000-1500 1475 65.00 65.00 High Dressing 1 1000-1500 1345 53.00 53.00 Low Dressing 3 1500-3000 1758 60.00-64.00 62.37 3 1500-3000 1592 64.50-65.00 64.83 High Dressing Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 200-250 240 133.00 133.00 2 250-300 295 130.00 130.00 1 350-400 395 115.00 115.00 5 400-450 436 110.00-113.00 110.99 2 450-500 470 108.00-109.00 108.51 3 500-550 525 103.00-105.00 104.35 3 550-600 570 99.00-100.00 99.66 4 600-650 640 98.00-100.00 99.25 1 650-700 680 94.00 94.00 Feeder Steers Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 200-250 245 125.00 125.00 2 250-300 292 119.00-120.00 119.50 3 300-350 330 115.00-120.00 117.65 9 350-400 378 108.00-112.00 109.86 7 400-450 423 104.00-109.00 106.70 21 450-500 479 100.00-105.00 102.48 5 500-550 531 100.00-102.00 100.60 1 550-600 570 93.00 93.00 5 600-650 619 90.00-96.00 92.78 3 650-700 670 90.00 90.00 6 700-750 738 84.00-88.00 85.66 1 750-800 760 85.00 85.00 Feeder Steers Medium and Large 3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 300-350 328 105.00-108.00 106.42 1 350-400 390 102.00 102.00 3 400-450 410 100.00-102.00 100.67 4 450-500 474 94.00-97.00 95.74 2 550-600 582 87.00-89.00 87.98 1 650-700 685 82.00 82.00 1 700-750 740 82.00 82.00 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 200-250 245 115.00 115.00 1 300-350 345 101.00 101.00 6 350-400 382 97.00-104.00 100.54 3 400-450 422 95.00-99.00 96.94 3 450-500 475 94.00-97.00 95.33 7 500-550 523 90.00-95.00 91.27 1 550-600 570 88.00 88.00 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 250-300 288 97.00-101.00 98.95 5 300-350 317 95.00-98.00 96.41 9 350-400 369 92.00-96.00 93.88 9 400-450 426 89.00-94.00 91.22 11 450-500 485 85.00-90.00 87.27 12 500-550 522 83.00-88.00 84.56 7 550-600 580 80.00-85.00 81.87 2 600-650 615 80.00 80.00 1 650-700 665 78.00 78.00 1 700-750 725 75.00 75.00 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 5 300-350 322 87.00-91.00 88.64 5 350-400 382 86.00-89.00 86.99 5 400-450 428 85.00-87.00 85.60 5 450-500 481 80.00-83.00 81.00 3 500-550 520 73.00-79.00 76.33 3 550-600 572 75.00-78.00 76.96 1 600-650 605 75.00 75.00 Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 450-500 465 105.00 105.00 1 500-550 530 104.00 104.00 1 550-600 595 100.00 100.00 1 600-650 645 92.00 92.00 2 650-700 675 88.00 88.00 Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 200-250 220 122.00 122.00 3 300-350 333 109.00-110.00 109.66 4 400-450 422 98.00-102.00 99.98 6 450-500 482 95.00-100.00 97.64 3 500-550 513 95.00-97.00 96.34 3 550-600 583 87.00-89.00 88.33 4 600-650 622 84.00-88.00 85.49 4 650-700 672 81.00-84.00 82.49 1 700-750 725 79.00 79.00 Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 300-350 315 99.00-101.00 99.98 5 450-500 467 90.00-93.00 91.00 5 500-550 525 80.00-83.00 81.60 3 600-650 617 79.00-81.00 79.68 2 650-700 670 75.00-79.00 77.03 Open and Bred Replacement Cows Young to middle aged Aged Large 2 Large 3 0-3 mos ------------- ------------- 4-6 mos ------------- ------------- 7-9 mos 740.00-780.00 ------------- Medium 2 Medium 3 0-3 mos 520.00-540.00 ------------- 4-6 mos 610.00-630.00 ------------- 7-9 mos 700.00 535.00 Small 2 Small 3 0-3 mos 400.00-420.00 ------------- 4-6 mos 520.00-570.00 ------------- 7-9 mos 590.00 ------------- Replacement Pairs: Young to Middle Aged Cows with Calves 100-300 lbs Aged Large 2 Large 3 ------------- ------------- Medium 2 Medium 3 ------------- ------------- Small 2 Small 3 620.00 ------------- 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_LS157.txtMG_LS157.txt 0800cst jl/st .