ML_LS750 Moses Lake, WA Fri Feb 5, 2010 USDA Market News Toppenish Livestock Auction, Toppenish, WA Thursday Feeder Cattle Weighted Average report for 2/4/2010 Receipts: This Week: 1275 Last Week: 800 Last Year: 930 Compared to last Thursday at same market, feeder cattle 1.00-2.00 higher. Trade active with good demand. Slaughter cows 2.00-3.00 lower, due to some buying interests not as aggressive as last week. Slaughter bulls 2.00-3.00 higher. Trade active with moderate to good demand. Slaughter cows made up 51 percent of the offering; Slaughter bulls 10 percent, and feeders 39 percent of the supply. The feeder supply included 47 percent steers and 53 percent heifers. Near 76 percent of the run weighed over 600 lbs. Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 5 525 525 110.00 110.00 24 559-593 572 105.50-109.25 108.19 59 611-638 626 103.00-107.50 105.72 75 658-698 688 98.25-103.50 100.63 5 673 673 97.75 97.75 Full 9 707 707 100.75 100.75 8 765 765 96.50 96.50 11 814 814 93.00 93.00 5 884 884 85.00 85.00 Feeder Steers Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 5 925 925 74.00 74.00 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 10 416-420 418 105.50-109.00 107.26 15 463-482 474 105.00-105.75 105.46 22 521-549 540 104.10-106.50 104.84 24 581-582 582 100.00-104.00 103.17 29 603-628 620 94.50-100.75 98.29 5 664 664 94.25 94.25 22 733-744 740 93.25-93.75 93.57 19 754-786 765 92.00-93.75 93.03 6 830 830 81.00 81.00 Feeder Heifers Large 2-3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 5 754 754 71.50 71.50 7 888 888 50.00 50.00 5 1031 1031 62.25 62.25 23 1063 1063 52.00 52.00 11 1274 1274 55.00 55.00 Feeder Heifers Small and Medium 2-3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 5 309 309 285.00 285.00 Per Head Slaughter Cows: Pct Lean Weight Avg Dressing High Dressing Low Dressing Premium White 65-70 1450-1700 53.00-58.00 --- 48.00-53.00 Breakers 75-80 1250-1600 48.00-53.00 --- 44.00-48.00 Boners 80-85 1200-2150 47.00-52.00 53.00-55.00 42.00-47.00 Lean 85-90 1200-1900 46.00-52.00 53.50 41.00-46.00 Lean 85-90 800-1200 45.00-51.00 --- 40.00-46.00 Lean 90's 800-1200 34.00-39.00 --- 29.00-34.00 Slaughter Bulls: Weight Avg Dressing High Dressing Low Dressing Yield Grade 1-2 1500-2700 57.00-62.00 62.75-64.25 49.50-57.00 Feeder Cows Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 8 939 939 60.25 60.25 Young 7 1069 1069 51.75 51.75 Aged 6 1235 1235 56.00 56.00 Young Feeder Cows Medium and Large 2-3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 5 977 977 52.00 52.00 Young Source: USDA-Ag Market News Service, Moses Lake, WA 509-765-3611 24 Hour Market Report 1-509-765-0311 www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/ML_LS750.txt 0830p gds rlc .