NW_LS751 Des Moines, IA Mon Feb 1, 2010 USDA-IA Dept of Ag Market Russell, IA Feeder Cattle Auction Feeder Cattle Weighted Average Report for 02/01/2010 Receipts: 2057 Last Week: 2643 Year Ago: (Not reported) Compared to the sale last week: Feeder strs mostly 1.00-2.00 higher and feeder hfrs under 550 lbs. mostly 4.00-5.00 higher, feeder hfrs over 550 lbs. mostly 1.00-2.00 higher. Trade Active and Demand Good today. Receipts this week included 59 percent feeder cattle over 600 lbs; 54 percent of the feeders were strs and 46 percent were hfrs. Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 8 396 396 122.00 122.00 22 407-441 429 118.50-122.50 120.90 50 460-487 474 117.00-121.00 119.19 61 506-542 522 110.50-116.50 114.12 16 505 505 119.25 119.25 Fancy 8 544 544 107.00 107.00 Fleshy 137 551-595 577 105.00-111.50 108.53 6 563 563 116.00 116.00 Fancy 157 600-644 624 100.00-107.50 104.40 Calves 162 655-699 680 96.25-102.85 99.96 Calves 185 705-744 725 98.00-102.25 99.90 Calves 15 706 706 94.00 94.00 Fleshy 32 758-777 769 96.60-100.00 98.14 Calves 5 813 813 92.00 92.00 25 852-859 854 93.25-93.85 93.68 Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 7 643 643 98.00 98.00 Calves 8 792 792 86.00 86.00 Fleshy Feeder Steers Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 14 678-682 680 93.50-94.25 93.88 Calves 10 740 740 92.75 92.75 Calves Feeder Steers Medium 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 7 485 485 112.25 112.25 6 573 573 102.00 102.00 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 50 401-446 428 100.50-107.75 104.54 67 450-498 469 103.25-108.00 106.18 127 504-549 533 97.50-102.75 101.17 117 553-599 575 95.00-100.00 97.42 126 600-644 615 94.25-97.75 96.09 Calves 10 612 612 88.50 88.50 Fleshy 117 650-696 670 93.50-96.10 94.92 Calves 16 713-742 726 85.75-88.25 87.13 Calves 12 723 723 82.00 82.00 Fleshy 62 783 783 95.00 95.00 23 768-789 773 86.50-87.25 87.08 Calves 8 805 805 84.75 84.75 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 15 671 671 85.00 85.00 Fleshy Feeder Heifers Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 18 506 506 96.25 96.25 12 606 606 89.25 89.25 Calves 25 671-697 684 86.25-87.00 86.62 Calves Feeder Heifers Medium 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 12 535-538 537 94.00-94.50 94.29 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_LS751.txt 1643c rjt . .