NW_LS123 Des Moines, IA Fri Nov 20, 2009 USDA-IA Dept of Ag Market Knoxville, IA Feeder Cattle Auction Feeder Cattle Weighted Average Report for 11/20/2009 Receipts: 3436 Last Week: 1780 Year Ago: 2293 Compared to the previous Friday feeder steers under 550 lbs. 3.00-4.00 higher, over 600 lbs. 2.00 lower. Feeder heifers mostly 4.00-5.00 higher. Trade active and demand good. Receipts included 39.7 percent over 600 lbs., 54.7 percent steers, 44.5 percent heifers,.8 percent bulls. Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 8 270-295 289 121.00-129.00 122.87 14 313-325 316 123.50-124.50 124.28 96 378-390 386 121.00-125.25 123.76 22 428-429 429 117.00-122.00 121.09 121 443 443 126.35 126.35 Fancy 91 456-499 475 108.00-117.25 113.05 31 470 470 120.50 120.50 Fancy 86 509-537 521 104.50-111.00 107.86 120 514 514 112.00 112.00 Fancy 106 555-595 571 98.50-105.75 101.59 101 569 569 107.00 107.00 Fancy 89 606-647 626 92.25-98.50 95.47 Calves 88 638 638 102.00 102.00 Fancy 12 651-680 661 91.00-93.00 92.31 Calves 19 704 704 98.50 98.50 8 715-747 735 88.50-90.75 89.93 Calves 219 763-798 775 93.00-98.00 95.88 12 763-779 771 89.00-90.00 89.51 Calves 175 850-890 870 89.75-93.35 91.87 7 894 894 83.85 83.85 Fleshy 21 1062 1062 77.75 77.75 Fleshy Feeder Steers Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 13 505 505 109.75 109.75 16 583-594 591 94.50 94.50 13 675 675 94.00 94.00 Calves 5 757 757 89.75 89.75 Feeder Steers Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 6 558 558 87.25 87.25 18 816 816 82.25 82.25 Feeder Steers Medium 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 7 440 440 106.00 106.00 11 468 468 107.50 107.50 Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 7 377 377 121.50 121.50 6 474 474 102.00 102.00 9 509 509 94.00 94.00 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 7 209-235 220 106.00-110.00 107.83 16 296-299 298 108.00-110.50 109.88 15 305-343 329 97.00-106.00 102.65 79 352-368 367 102.00-109.00 104.30 155 401-448 432 94.00-104.25 100.28 167 465-496 490 90.00-98.85 97.59 209 500-536 530 88.00-96.75 93.92 31 557-595 576 86.25-91.50 88.90 88 599 599 94.35 94.35 Fancy 82 601-628 617 85.75-92.25 88.44 Calves 97 652-675 656 91.75-94.00 93.62 12 653-687 670 87.00-92.00 89.04 Calves 30 706 706 91.85 91.85 14 737 737 85.00 85.00 Calves 51 777 777 90.00 90.00 Replacement 66 874 874 83.75 83.75 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 47 736 736 83.00 83.00 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 13 678-689 684 89.25-89.35 89.30 Feeder Heifers Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 6 420 420 95.75 95.75 7 489 489 96.00 96.00 15 539 539 92.35 92.35 16 612 612 89.85 89.85 Calves Feeder Heifers Medium 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 7 410 410 84.00 84.00 19 575 575 94.00 94.00 Yearlings 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 1745c wsf .