NW_LS140
Des Moines, IA    Mon Apr 6, 2009    USDA-IA Dept of Ag Market
 
Sigourney, IA - Keoco Feeder Cattle Auction
Feeder Cattle Weighted Average Report for 04/06/2009
 
Receipts:  627    Two Weeks Ago: 2199    Year Ago: Not Reported
 
Compared to the sale reported two weeks ago (March 23) steer calves 
4.00-6.00 lower, heifer calves 3.00-5.00 lower.  Trade active and 
demand moderate.  Receipts included 31.7 over 600 lbs., 56.4 
percent steers, 41.4 percent heifers, 2.1 percent bulls.  The bulk of
the offerings today were smaller packages but still good guality 
feeders.

                Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1
 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price
    6      325       325       128.00         128.00
    6      384       384       124.75         124.75
   26    423-438     435    121.00-129.00     127.50
   63    462-499     478    115.25-120.00     117.45
   38    503-549     537    110.00-113.25     112.50
    9    564-589     578    106.00-107.50     106.65
   53    608-637     632     97.50-104.50     100.15
    8      720       720        97.50          97.50
    8      761       761        94.50          94.50
    5      933       933        88.50          88.50

                Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1-2
 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price
   21    383-385     383    114.50-117.50     115.22

                      Feeder Steers Medium 1
 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price
    6      627       627        94.50          94.50
   18    710-725     721     92.75-96.20       95.45

                 Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 1
 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price
    4      364       364       128.50         128.50
    6      440       440       119.75         119.75

                Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1
 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price
   42    413-438     428     98.00-103.00     100.33
   15    472-498     485     95.00-99.00       96.46
   17    528-529     529     95.00-96.50       95.53
   25    558-587     568     91.00-96.00       94.59
   29    605-639     621     90.25-94.00       92.11
   16    650-688     667     86.25-88.00       86.97

               Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1-2
 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price
    9    312-343     333    109.00-110.00     109.31
   31    356-378     364     99.00-109.00     102.93

                      Feeder Heifers Large 1
 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price
    5      424       424        99.00          99.00

                     Feeder Heifers Medium 1
 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price
    7      664       664        84.50          84.50


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_LS140.txt
 
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