NW_LS726 Des Moines, IA Mon May 4, 2009 USDA-IA Dept of Ag Market Tama, IA Feeder Cattle Auction Feeder Cattle Weighted Average Report for 05/04/2009 Receipts: 1250 Special feeder calf sale today: No comparison due to last sale reported one month ago. Trade active. Demand good today.Supply consisted of 37 percent steers, 63 percent heifers, and 69 percent were over 600lbs. Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 3 310-325 318 110.00-123.00 115.56 12 400-445 437 117.00-121.00 119.09 15 460-495 490 110.00-115.50 114.48 10 515-542 528 112.50-115.00 113.72 64 553-592 579 107.50-113.50 112.10 12 608-648 631 104.50-110.00 107.67 4 615 615 117.00 117.00 Fancy 88 652-694 679 103.00-110.00 106.90 20 726-735 729 97.00-100.50 98.85 40 730 730 110.00 110.00 Fancy 6 765-792 779 95.00-97.00 95.65 10 816-834 827 95.00-96.50 95.59 10 850-865 858 91.50-92.00 91.75 10 903-922 916 87.75-90.50 88.42 12 955 955 86.00 86.00 Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 4 468-490 474 92.50-95.00 93.15 9 551-593 571 103.00-105.00 104.57 4 665-690 684 98.00-103.50 99.34 Feeder Steers Medium 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 9 699 699 97.00 97.00 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 16 358-383 378 102.50-107.50 106.62 7 428-438 431 100.00-105.00 101.42 29 451-489 467 100.00-107.50 104.27 43 505-545 538 97.50-105.00 100.31 37 552-597 582 95.00-100.25 97.58 22 580 580 102.00 102.00 Fancy 46 605-649 617 97.75-104.00 101.24 68 663-699 686 90.00-95.00 93.69 12 740-747 746 87.00-90.00 89.50 113 765-789 769 86.00-92.75 92.10 11 783 783 90.00 90.00 Replacement 14 827 827 87.50 87.50 71 852-892 867 84.25-88.00 87.28 54 860-895 876 88.25-92.00 89.88 Replacement 20 902-908 904 88.25-90.00 88.69 Replacement 7 1004 1004 80.50 80.50 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 7 405-428 425 90.00-95.00 90.68 2 450-470 460 90.00 90.00 3 543-545 544 90.00 90.00 4 656 656 87.50 87.50 Source: Iowa Dept of Ag-USDA Market News, Des Moines, IA 515-284-4460 e-mail: desm.lgmn@usda.gov 1522C dja