NW_LS726
Des Moines, IA    Fri Jan 29, 2010    USDA-IA Dept of Ag Market
 
Tama, IA Feeder Cattle Auction
Feeder Cattle Weighted Average Report for 01/29/2010
 
Receipts:  948    Last Week:  1455
 
Special Preconditioned calf sale today: Compared to last week (Jan 
22). Feeder steers 400-500lbs $8.00-10.00 higher, over 550 mostly 
steady, feeder heifers $2.00-3.00 higher. Trade active. Demand good 
today. Supply consisted of 62.4 percent feeder steers, 37.6 percent 
feeder heifers, and 63.9 percent were over 600lbs.

                Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1
 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price
   24    411-441     422       130.00         130.00
   12    465-488     478    120.00-127.00     122.44
   47    500-538     524    112.00-118.25     115.41
   62    550-588     579    103.50-112.00     108.91
   87    605-649     630    100.00-107.00     104.12
  108    663-699     680    102.00-106.00     104.17
   89    707-749     722     97.25-103.00     100.85
   62    758-799     776     93.75-99.00       96.14
   29    802-840     812     90.50-92.75       92.19
   12      895       895        88.50          88.50

                Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1-2
 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price
    2      493       493       111.00         111.00
    4    505-518     515    102.50-105.00     103.11
    2      648       648        92.00          92.00
    2      673       673        98.00          98.00

                      Feeder Steers Medium 1
 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price
    2      620       620        99.00          99.00
    5      700       700        86.50          86.50

                Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1
 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price
    4      393       393       104.00         104.00
   14    403-438     425     97.50-104.00      98.59
   25    462-478     470     99.00-101.50     100.18
    4    540-545     542     95.00-97.00       96.00
   89    566-598     582     88.00-98.00       94.38
   48    611-646     630     94.00-98.50       95.58
   65    661-692     671     91.50-94.50       92.92
   31    711-737     720     88.00-90.00       88.77
    3    775-785     778     88.00-88.50       88.17
    4      858       858        82.75          82.75

               Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1-2
 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price
    2    305-310     308     99.00-100.00      99.50
    7    428-443     439     90.00-94.00       92.85
    9      488       488        90.00          90.00
   12    500-517     510     90.00-93.50       90.86
    5      606       606        87.50          87.50
   10    690-696     695     82.50-84.25       84.08

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_LS726.txt
 
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