ML_LS795 Moses Lake, WA Fri Aug 29, 2008 USDA Market News Weekly Combined Cattle Report - Week ending Aug 29, 2008 Market: Davenport, WA Market: Toppenish, WA Receipts: This Week: 2306 Last Week: 2349 Last Year: 2938 Compared to last week, feeder cattle 2.00-3.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls 5.00-6.00 lower. Slaughter cows made up 60 percent; slaughter bulls 10 percent, and feeders 30 percent. The feeder supply included 59 percent steers and 41 percent heifers. Near 62 percent of the run weighed over 600 lbs. Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 19 400-450 416 111.50-115.00 113.63 17 500-550 515 102.50-107.75 105.51 22 550-600 557 99.00-105.00 102.82 15 600-650 622 97.00-102.75 100.20 5 650-700 695 98.50 98.50 10 700-750 736 98.50-100.00 99.25 5 700-750 709 92.50 92.50 Full 58 750-800 788 96.25-103.25 99.09 35 800-850 828 96.50-103.00 100.69 12 850-900 878 99.50-102.00 100.75 Feeder Steers Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 5 900-950 910 97.00 97.00 Full 32 950-1000 961 98.75 98.75 5 1000-1050 1030 89.25 89.25 Feeder Steers Small and Medium 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 5 200-250 231 215.00 215.00 Per Head 5 550-600 595 93.25 93.25 Full Feeder Steers Medium and Large 2-3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 9 650-700 699 90.00 90.00 Full 5 750-800 780 90.00 90.00 Feeder Holstein Steers Large 2-3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 39 350-400 372 66.00-69.25 66.67 5 400-450 422 50.00 50.00 19 450-500 491 66.75 66.75 7 550-600 591 66.75 66.75 5 650-700 675 69.75 69.75 10 700-750 716 62.50 62.50 18 900-950 908 69.60 69.60 7 950-1000 991 56.50 56.50 Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 12 500-550 510 84.00 84.00 5 600-650 634 79.50 79.50 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 6 300-350 337 109.00 109.00 Value Added 10 400-450 427 100.50-112.00 106.01 10 450-500 463 99.50-100.50 100.00 16 500-550 529 93.50-100.00 96.11 6 550-600 559 97.00 97.00 8 550-600 571 90.75 90.75 Full 6 600-650 635 96.75 96.75 18 650-700 666 89.50-90.00 89.75 15 700-750 731 97.75-98.40 98.19 45 750-800 767 93.00-99.00 97.76 5 750-800 771 92.25 92.25 Full 9 800-850 806 98.50 98.50 8 800-850 801 85.50 85.50 Full 20 850-900 894 97.00 97.00 8 850-900 898 89.25 89.25 Full Feeder Heifers Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 11 900-950 938 82.00 82.00 12 900-950 908 90.90 90.90 Thin 5 950-1000 974 80.25 80.25 Feeder Heifers Small and Medium 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 14 450-500 489 95.00-95.25 95.15 5 500-550 525 92.00 92.00 Yearlings 5 550-600 576 91.50 91.50 Yearlings Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 2-3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 5 650-700 680 97.25 97.25 Feeder Heifers Small and Medium 2-3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 6 400-450 409 70.00 70.00 Yearlings 7 550-600 594 80.50 80.50 Yearlings Feeder Heifers Small 2-3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 6 400-450 445 71.50 71.50 Full 5 500-550 516 78.00 78.00 Full Slaughter Cows: Pct Lean Weight Avg Dressing High Dressing Low Dressing Breakers 75-80 1300-2000 42.00-47.50 -- 38.00-42.00 Boners 80-85 1300-1900 41.00-46.00 47.00-50.00 35.00-41.00 Lean 85-90 1200-1800 40.00-45.00 -- 35.00-40.00 Lean 90 800-1200 34.00-39.00 -- 29.00-34.00 Slaughter Bulls: Weight Avg Dressing High Dressing Low Dressing Yield Grade 1-2 1500-2300 55.00-61.50 65.00 50.00-55.00 Source: USDA Market News, Moses Lake, WA. 509-765-3611 24 hour price information: 509-765-0311 www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/ML_LS795.txt 0900p gds ljw .