MG_LS156 Montgomery, AL Fri Dec 12, 2008 AL Dept of Ag-USDA Market News Decatur, Alabama - Valley Stockyard, Inc. Weighted Average Report for 12/11/2008 Receipts: 525 Last Week: 583 Year Ago: 675 Compared to last week slaughter cows 2.00-4.00 lower, bulls mostly steady. Feeder cattle 3.00-6.00 lower, replacement cattle 50.00-100.00 per head lower. Supply consisted of 5 percent slaughter cows, 1 percent slaughter bulls, 14 percent replacement cows and pairs and 80 percent feeders of which 24 percent were over 600 lbs. The feeder supply included 22 percent steers, 35 percent bulls and 43 percent heifers. Slaughter Cows Breaker 75-80% Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 1200-1600 1428 41.00 41.00 Slaughter Cows Boner 80-85% Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 800-1200 1135 43.50 43.50 4 800-1200 1072 39.50-42.50 40.55 Low Dressing 1 1200-1600 1440 44.50 44.50 1 1200-1600 1535 45.50 45.50 High Dressing 1 1200-1600 1220 40.50 40.50 Low Dressing Slaughter Cows Lean 85-90% Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 800-1200 1038 37.50 37.50 1 800-1200 915 32.50 32.50 Low Dressing Slaughter Bulls Y.G. 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 1500-2200 1620 54.50 54.50 Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 550-600 590 87.50 87.50 11 700-750 741 77.50 77.50 10 750-800 787 76.75 76.75 Feeder Steers Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 4 600-650 613 73.00 73.00 12 650-700 691 72.50-75.50 73.00 1 750-800 750 71.00 71.00 Feeder Steers Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 400-450 445 76.00 76.00 1 700-750 715 60.00 60.00 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 3 450-500 470 79.00-81.00 79.65 9 500-550 520 74.00-78.50 77.86 4 550-600 555 74.50 74.50 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 350-400 375 77.00-79.00 78.03 Brahman X 2 350-400 372 61.00-66.00 63.65 Full 3 400-450 418 77.00-79.00 77.99 2 450-500 478 71.50-79.00 75.27 7 500-550 526 67.00-74.00 68.93 7 550-600 576 65.00-69.00 67.77 1 600-650 610 67.00 67.00 7 650-700 663 65.00-66.50 65.44 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 350-400 375 79.00 79.00 1 400-450 440 72.00 72.00 2 500-550 538 63.00-66.00 64.49 Feeder Heifers Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 300-350 340 75.00 75.00 1 550-600 575 62.00 62.00 Feeder Heifers Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 550-600 575 61.00 61.00 1 600-650 640 62.00 62.00 1 750-800 770 53.00 53.00 Feeder Heifers Small and Medium 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 300-350 330 77.00 77.00 Feeder Heifers Small and Medium 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 350-400 390 72.00 72.00 1 500-550 515 60.00 60.00 Feeder Heifers Small and Medium 3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 5 400-450 428 71.00 71.00 Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 500-550 502 78.50-79.50 79.00 1 550-600 550 78.50 78.50 1 600-650 625 70.50 70.50 Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 200-250 240 110.00 110.00 1 300-350 330 71.00 71.00 Full 3 400-450 420 80.00-84.00 82.37 1 400-450 440 79.50 79.50 Brahman X 4 450-500 472 78.50-80.00 79.12 1 450-500 490 75.00 75.00 Brahman X 3 500-550 527 75.00-77.50 76.19 3 550-600 567 69.50-71.50 70.32 4 600-650 619 68.00-69.50 68.88 3 650-700 665 60.00-66.50 64.14 1 900-950 905 53.50 53.50 Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 400-450 415 80.00 80.00 2 450-500 478 74.00-75.50 74.72 2 550-600 572 65.00 65.00 Feeder Bulls Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 550-600 570 69.00 69.00 1 650-700 650 61.00 61.00 Feeder Bulls Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 3 400-450 427 70.00-72.00 70.97 2 500-550 528 60.00-65.50 62.74 1 550-600 555 60.00 60.00 Feeder Bulls Large 3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 250-300 265 85.00 85.00 Feeder Bulls Small and Medium 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 350-400 395 83.00 83.00 1 400-450 440 80.00 80.00 1 450-500 450 70.00 70.00 Feeder Bulls Small and Medium 3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 300-350 320 81.00 81.00 Open and Bred Replacement Cows Young to Middle Aged Aged Large 2 Large 3 4-6 mos 630.00-700.00 590.00 7-9 mos 670.00-760.00 ------------- Medium 2 Medium 3 0-3 mos 500.00-550.00 ------------- 4-6 mos 510.00-650.00 470.00-500.00 7-9 mos 570.00-600.00 1 heifer 800.00 ------------- Small 2 Small 3 0-3 mos 400.00-500.00 240.00-360.00 4-6 mos 450.00-530.00 330.00-430.00 7-9 mos 550.00 ------------- Replacement Pairs Young to Middle Aged Cows with Calves 100-300 lbs Aged -------------- --------------- Source: Alabama Dept of Ag-USDA Market News, Montgomery, AL Ben Pack, Market Reporter, Phone: 334-223-7488 For more information contact: montgomery.LGMN@usda.gov www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/MG_LS156.txt 0800ct bp/dl .