NV_LS750 Nashville, TN Thursday, July 9, 2009 USDA-TN Dept Ag Market News Tennessee Weighted Average Tennessee Weighted Average report for Wednesday, July 8, 2009 at Knoxville, Savannah and Sweetwater Trends: Compared to last week, Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 3.00 lower. Feeder steers steady to 4.00 higher. Feeder heifers steady. Receipts: 3,502 Slaughter Cows Breakers 75-80 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 12 935-1185 1071 46.00-50.50 47.79 4 1125-1150 1139 44.50-47.00 46.01 Low Dressing 28 1210-1580 1386 43.00-53.00 48.51 8 1235-1510 1371 50.00-55.00 52.73 High Dressing 4 1655-1985 1796 48.00-51.50 49.83 Slaughter Cows Boners 80-85 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 48 840-1195 1041 44.00-53.00 47.52 9 965-1195 1099 49.50-55.50 52.07 High Dressing 17 955-1190 1078 36.00-47.50 43.07 Low Dressing 15 1215-1700 1371 42.00-52.50 47.75 8 1250-1550 1331 49.50-55.00 52.06 High Dressing 16 1215-1880 1418 37.50-47.50 45.01 Low Dressing Slaughter Cows Lean 85-90 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 6 755-830 808 34.50-45.00 41.97 19 850-1130 981 35.00-46.50 41.71 5 895-1185 1030 34.00-36.00 34.93 Low Dressing 5 1200-1245 1230 41.50-45.00 44.01 Slaughter Bulls Y.G. 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 7 1235-1485 1339 55.00-65.00 61.51 1 1250 1250 50.50 50.50 Low Dressing 12 1500-2055 1720 54.00-65.50 59.90 6 1540-2210 1795 59.00-67.50 62.59 High Dressing 1 1590 1590 55.00 55.00 Low Dressing Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 6 270-290 279 117.00-129.00 124.87 15 305-347 334 107.00-129.00 117.81 30 350-395 372 102.50-120.00 111.85 18 400-440 423 101.00-120.00 113.41 26 450-498 472 100.00-118.00 105.45 47 500-545 530 94.00-108.00 100.26 66 550-595 578 94.00-105.50 100.09 43 600-645 621 88.00-103.50 97.83 75 652-688 669 88.00-101.00 94.84 22 700-740 719 86.00-94.50 91.94 64 750-799 787 86.00-95.50 88.77 66 750 750 97.50 97.50 Load 7 800-848 831 84.00-89.00 86.13 135 800 800 95.85 95.85 Load Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 14 350-380 370 110.00-116.00 112.72 39 400-445 426 98.00-114.00 108.32 60 450-498 474 91.00-110.00 102.46 50 500-547 525 85.00-102.00 96.68 62 550-598 573 83.00-100.00 92.90 39 600-645 625 82.00-94.00 87.98 21 650-695 679 81.50-90.00 85.95 10 705-745 733 82.00-86.50 84.40 11 755-761 760 79.00-86.50 85.60 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 10 260-290 276 93.00-101.00 98.59 24 305-345 327 94.00-106.00 101.54 40 350-398 374 86.00-104.00 96.17 60 400-445 418 86.00-104.00 94.50 73 450-495 474 83.00-102.00 92.21 97 500-547 519 83.00-97.50 90.19 128 550-595 569 81.00-94.00 89.25 88 600-644 615 80.00-93.00 87.28 59 650-691 673 81.50-92.10 88.79 149 650-690 669 93.40-93.75 93.58 Load 83 654-675 664 90.30-96.50 93.46 Part Loads 20 703-745 721 77.50-88.00 82.12 136 740 740 91.35-92.40 91.88 Load 4 765-777 774 80.00-83.50 82.38 Source: Tennessee Dept of Ag-USDA Market News, Nashville, TN Lewis Langell, OIC (615) 837-5164 www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/nv_ls750.txt 0900c lwl mfw