NW_LS752 Des Moines, IA Fri Jan 29, 2010 USDA-IA Dept of Ag Market Creston, IA Feeder Cattle Auction Feeder Cattle Weighted Average Report for 01/29/2010 Receipts: 1545 Last Week: (Not reported) Year Ago: 1001 No comparison as Friday sale not reported for a month: Trade Active and Demand Good today. Receipts this week included 55 percent feeder cattle over 600 lbs; 55 percent of the feeders were strs and 45 percent were hfrs. Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 7 398 398 128.00 128.00 22 412-423 420 126.00-130.00 127.21 43 476-495 489 114.50-119.00 117.84 36 507-538 516 111.25-116.00 114.95 108 553-580 562 105.00-110.50 108.19 121 608-647 629 98.75-104.75 103.34 Calves 62 650-685 668 95.50-99.00 97.66 Calves 25 667 667 107.75 107.75 Fancy 129 702-745 722 95.00-101.75 99.80 Calves 56 761-795 782 90.00-96.25 92.99 Calves 17 810-831 822 91.00-92.00 91.56 20 847 847 88.60 88.60 Fleshy 15 853 853 90.35 90.35 Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 11 549 549 108.25 108.25 29 591-597 592 102.50 102.50 19 708-727 718 92.25-92.75 92.52 Calves Feeder Steers Medium 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 6 427 427 114.00 114.00 8 611 611 95.00 95.00 Calves 6 668 668 91.00 91.00 Calves Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 11 324-325 324 105.00-110.00 107.72 39 411-440 425 99.50-104.75 101.66 55 450-480 462 100.25-105.50 103.51 81 501-549 526 97.50-102.50 99.73 94 555-599 570 91.50-97.00 95.68 178 600-647 624 88.75-95.50 92.18 Calves 51 669-695 678 86.50-90.00 88.30 Calves 48 701-744 719 87.25-91.00 88.60 Calves 14 716 716 84.50 84.50 Fleshy 15 793 793 85.75 85.75 6 811 811 87.75 87.75 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 11 480 480 95.25 95.25 30 506-548 530 92.50-94.50 93.25 12 611-643 630 88.00-88.25 88.15 Calves Feeder Heifers Medium 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 13 478-497 487 90.00-95.50 92.59 Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 5 352 352 130.00 130.00 23 457-471 466 114.00-122.00 117.07 9 573 573 102.00 102.00 14 611 611 100.00 100.00 Calves 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_LS752.txt 1627c rjt . .