NW_LS751 Des Moines, IA Mon Nov 9, 2009 USDA-IA Dept of Ag Market Russell, IA Feeder Cattle Auction Feeder Cattle Weighted Average Report for 11/09/2009 Receipts: 1837 2 weeks ago: 1567 Year Ago: 1716 Compared to the sale 2 weeks ago: Feeder strs mostly 3.00- 5.00 lower and feeder hfrs mostly 1.00-3.00 lower. Trade and Demand Moderate today. Receipts this week included 51 percent feeder cattle over 600 lbs; 61 percent of the feeders were strs and 39 percent were hfrs. Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 13 351-355 353 112.00-112.50 112.19 5 417 417 111.50 111.50 39 459-471 463 107.50-115.00 112.34 82 502-533 518 100.00-107.00 104.08 146 561-595 582 94.00-102.50 97.17 64 606-635 625 91.25-96.25 92.73 81 650-669 658 90.00-95.50 91.82 42 712-724 716 93.35-95.75 95.13 52 750-796 765 94.85-99.00 97.59 12 811 811 96.00 96.00 40 878 878 89.25 89.25 60 900 900 90.35 90.35 60 984 984 88.60 88.60 Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 9 484 484 105.50 105.50 32 595-598 596 90.00-93.50 90.99 8 634 634 90.00 90.00 97 735-745 741 84.50-88.25 85.77 Feeder Steers Medium 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 15 395-399 398 101.00 101.00 7 447 447 106.50 106.50 6 496 496 103.00 103.00 15 572-589 581 90.00 90.00 19 762 762 92.35 92.35 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 15 343 343 115.00 115.00 10 375-378 376 98.00 98.00 29 400-442 427 92.50-96.00 95.14 64 450-496 478 90.00-94.50 92.97 50 515-544 527 90.00-94.10 92.71 63 557-583 579 87.75-91.75 90.79 69 600-628 622 87.00-87.25 87.05 15 681-696 687 82.00-83.25 82.74 43 665-689 682 93.50-94.25 93.70 Yearlings 54 701-710 703 92.25-94.10 93.68 6 785 785 90.00 90.00 8 803 803 89.00 89.00 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 5 382 382 94.00 94.00 9 439 439 90.00 90.00 8 494 494 89.50 89.50 44 522-546 538 87.50-88.75 88.20 9 578 578 84.50 84.50 Feeder Heifers Medium 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 9 378 378 90.00 90.00 5 490 490 88.00 88.00 11 544 544 86.50 86.50 24 572-587 576 85.25-85.50 85.43 6 648 648 81.25 81.25 12 740 740 80.25 80.25 8 773 773 82.75 82.75 11 827 827 82.00 82.00 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 1634c rjt . .