NW_LS123 Des Moines, IA Fri Jan 12, 2007 USDA-IA Dept of Ag Market Knoxville Feeder Cattle Auction - Knoxville, IA Feeder Cattle Weighted Average Report for 01/12/2007 Receipts: 2441 Last Week: 2395 Year Ago: 2843 Compared to the previous Friday today was a big downer day for the sellers of feeder cattle. Combined with storm conditions moving into the area and a bullish corn futures market limit up, steer calves under 600 lbs. 10.00-13.00 lower, over 600 lbs. 5.00-10.00 lower was the norm. Following the same pattern heifer calves under 600 lbs. 10.00 lower, over 600 lbs. 5.00-7.00 lower. Trade was slow and demand weak. Receipts included 64.1 percent over 600 lbs., 58.7 percent steers, 40.4 percent heifers, 1 percent bulls. Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 6 330-343 336 131.00-134.00 132.47 20 357-388 378 121.00-126.00 124.07 15 403-438 422 115.50-119.00 116.88 41 469-495 483 110.00-115.00 113.30 84 513-545 530 101.00-110.00 105.63 10 503-509 506 111.00-113.50 112.26 Thin 100 560-594 585 100.00-106.00 103.36 162 603-649 629 93.50-104.00 98.78 Calves 223 651-696 677 92.50-100.25 97.65 Calves 102 702-743 719 91.75-99.00 96.64 Calves 25 795-799 798 85.25-88.00 85.69 21 768-775 770 91.50-92.00 91.62 Calves 76 812-820 813 89.25-91.00 89.60 Calves 48 857-898 879 85.50-90.00 89.22 Feeder Steers Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 11 412-448 432 100.00-106.00 102.60 10 508-548 533 91.00-96.50 92.74 6 570 570 88.50 88.50 18 618-635 630 85.00-90.00 88.32 Calves 27 664-695 676 86.75-94.50 89.71 Calves 14 673 673 99.50 99.50 Thin 11 733 733 88.50 88.50 9 719 719 93.75 93.75 Calves 7 785 785 91.50 91.50 Calves 10 760 760 98.75 98.75 Thin 41 811 811 91.50 91.50 Thin 7 864 864 87.50 87.50 Feeder Steers Medium 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 35 743 743 85.25 85.25 Calves Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 17 517 517 105.25 105.25 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 4 335 335 127.00 127.00 22 368-399 387 104.00-113.00 108.53 28 405-440 425 102.00-111.50 106.97 72 472-495 488 95.50-102.00 97.92 63 509-545 530 90.00-95.50 91.83 130 551-596 568 89.75-97.00 92.63 158 602-649 631 86.00-93.00 90.53 Calves 45 651-696 665 85.75-89.75 87.52 Calves 19 705-736 712 85.50-87.75 86.79 Calves 29 751-792 762 84.50-85.25 85.04 Calves Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 11 557-587 572 86.00-89.50 87.07 Feeder Heifers Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 5 449 449 95.00 95.00 14 509-548 533 86.00-94.00 90.17 9 551-598 577 84.00-85.75 84.74 32 614-628 624 85.00-87.00 85.49 Calves 30 664-670 668 87.25-89.25 87.91 Calves 9 710-734 726 82.75-85.00 83.48 Calves 65 762 762 86.60 86.60 Thin Feeder Heifers Medium 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 8 444-445 444 98.00-100.00 99.25 5 499 499 90.00 90.00 5 595 595 83.00 83.00 20 768 768 82.00 82.00 Calves Source: Iowa Dept of Ag-USDA Market News, Des Moines, IA 515-284-4460 e-mail: desm.lgmn@usda.gov www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/NW_LS123.txt 2016c wsf . .