MG_LS158 Montgomery, AL Tue Feb 9, 2010 USDA-AL Dept of Ag Market News Ashville, AL Weighted Average Report for 02/08/2010 Receipts: 409 Last Week: 539 Year Ago: 652 Compared to last week: Slaughter cows mostly steady, bulls steady to 1.00 higher. Feeder cattle steady to 2.00 lower. Replacement cattle mostly steady. Supply consisted of 10 percent slaughter cows, 1 percent slaughter bulls, 8 percent replacement cows and pairs and 81 percent feeders. The feeder supply included, 12 percent steers, 38 percent bulls and 50 percent heifers. Near 8 percent of the run weighed over 600 lbs. Slaughter Cows Boner 80-85% Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 5 800-1200 1058 48.50-51.00 49.71 2 1200-1600 1425 54.00-55.75 54.84 High Dressing 4 1200-1600 1291 43.00-46.00 44.85 Low Dressing Slaughter Cows Lean 85-90% Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 4 800-1200 919 44.50-47.00 45.76 8 800-1200 982 38.00-42.50 39.81 Low Dressing Slaughter Bulls Y.G. 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 3 1500-3000 1797 59.50-62.75 60.64 1 1500-3000 1740 65.00 65.00 High Dressing 2 1500-3000 1698 55.50-58.00 56.88 Low Dressing Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 9 400-450 449 110.00 110.00 1 450-500 495 108.00 108.00 1 600-650 605 91.00 91.00 Feeder Steers Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 350-400 365 108.00 108.00 Feeder Steers Small and Medium 3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 7 450-500 471 88.00 88.00 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 3 300-350 303 100.00 100.00 5 400-450 418 95.00 95.00 4 450-500 458 90.00 90.00 3 500-550 518 89.00 89.00 1 550-600 565 84.00 84.00 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 300-350 322 95.00-96.00 95.50 5 350-400 361 92.00-98.00 94.22 1 350-400 390 91.00 91.00 Brahman X 7 400-450 414 92.00-93.00 92.86 3 450-500 470 84.00-86.00 85.34 2 500-550 535 83.00 83.00 1 550-600 550 80.00 80.00 2 550-600 575 75.00 75.00 Brahman X 3 600-650 618 75.00-79.00 77.28 1 650-700 680 73.00 73.00 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 8 350-400 372 83.00-92.00 88.46 1 400-450 440 83.00 83.00 3 550-600 573 75.00-77.00 75.65 Feeder Heifers Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 500-550 522 79.00 79.00 1 550-600 570 74.00 74.00 Feeder Heifers Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 3 300-350 325 87.00-91.00 88.92 2 450-500 480 78.00-79.00 78.51 Feeder Heifers Small and Medium 3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 3 250-300 289 84.00-85.00 84.68 1 350-400 365 80.00 80.00 Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 3 300-350 313 119.00-123.00 120.36 3 400-450 417 107.00-109.00 108.34 2 450-500 492 104.00-105.00 104.50 1 500-550 500 102.00 102.00 1 550-600 575 93.00 93.00 3 600-650 628 88.00-89.00 88.67 Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 4 300-350 330 110.00-112.00 110.78 10 350-400 373 104.00-107.00 106.17 2 400-450 410 100.00-102.00 101.02 1 400-450 400 97.00 97.00 Brahman X 3 450-500 492 93.00-100.00 96.32 2 500-550 518 85.00-89.00 86.99 Brahman X 2 550-600 570 85.00-87.00 86.03 1 600-650 620 83.00 83.00 Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 300-350 322 103.00-109.00 105.84 1 350-400 350 97.00 97.00 2 400-450 432 95.00 95.00 1 450-500 450 91.00 91.00 2 500-550 532 84.00-85.00 84.49 3 650-700 672 69.00-70.00 69.33 Feeder Bulls Small and Medium 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 400-450 412 92.00-93.00 92.51 Open and Bred Replacement Cows Young to Middle Aged Aged Large 2 Large 3 0-3 mos ------------- ------------- 4-6 mos 700.00-735.00 ------------- 7-9 mos ------------- ------------- Medium 2 Medium 3 0-3 mos 500.00-535.00 485.00 4-6 mos 565.00-620.00 ------------- 7-9 mos 650.00-665.00 ------------- Small 2 Small 3 0-3 mos 350.00-430.00 210.00-300.00 4-6 mos 400.00-485.00 ------------- 7-9 mos ------------- ------------- Replacement Pairs Young to Middle Aged Cows with Calves 100-300 lbs Aged Large 2 Large 3 ------------- ------------- Medium 2 Medium 3 ------------- ------------- Small 2 Small 3 600.00-710.00 500.00-540.00 Source: USDA-Alabama Dept of Ag Market News, Montgomery, AL Ben Pack, Market Reporter, 334-223-7488 For more information contact: montgomery.LGMN@usda.gov www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/MG_LS158.txt 0800csst bp/st .