NW_LS752 Des Moines, IA Wed Jan 18, 2012 USDA-IA Dept of Ag Market Creston, IA Feeder Cattle Auction Feeder Cattle Weighted Average Report for 01/18/2012 Receipts: 2576 Last Week: 2608 Year Ago: 2533 Compared to the sale last Wednesday: Feeder strs mostly 2.00-5.00 higher and feeder hfrs under 650 lbs. mostly 3.00-6.00 higher, feeder hfrs over 650 lbs. mostly steady. Trade Very Active and Demand Very Good today. Receipts this week included 67 percent feeder cattle over 600 lbs; 56 percent of the feeders were strs and 44 percent were hfrs. Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 11 390 390 208.00 208.00 24 423-447 435 192.50-199.50 195.17 37 467-484 476 188.00-194.00 190.84 73 505-546 528 174.00-189.50 182.43 153 550-593 583 159.50-171.00 162.91 8 552 552 180.00 180.00 Fancy 219 600-648 623 156.50-164.00 160.72 Calves 283 650-691 666 149.25-160.50 155.20 Calves 5 695 695 145.25 145.25 Fleshy 303 700-738 718 151.60-156.25 154.55 Calves 5 701 701 146.50 146.50 Fleshy 179 752-797 775 146.75-151.00 147.86 Calves 25 802-807 805 145.50-146.25 146.04 16 850 850 144.10 144.10 5 885 885 128.75 128.75 Fleshy 23 927 927 139.00 139.00 Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 26 509-546 523 169.50-172.00 170.38 6 591 591 158.25 158.25 6 664 664 146.75 146.75 Calves Feeder Steers Medium 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 17 480-491 488 175.00-180.00 176.45 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 12 390 390 182.00 182.00 10 410-425 418 159.00-172.00 165.38 62 455-493 471 163.50-175.00 169.07 150 500-546 525 148.75-166.00 158.41 207 553-596 572 151.25-165.00 157.87 227 607-644 632 148.00-156.75 152.00 Calves 117 659-699 676 139.75-148.00 145.49 Calves 16 652-683 668 150.00-151.25 150.61 Replacement 24 704-743 716 140.00-143.50 141.48 Calves 19 720-741 735 136.00-136.25 136.19 Fleshy 58 706-722 720 145.00-146.75 145.99 Replacement 17 763-786 771 132.00-136.50 134.58 Calves 56 752-761 759 141.75-143.50 142.15 Replacement 20 823-834 827 133.00-135.00 133.81 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 6 445 445 155.00 155.00 12 450-480 465 160.00-162.50 161.21 8 524 524 146.50 146.50 13 590-598 594 146.75-149.50 148.03 85 619-632 625 142.00-146.75 144.65 Calves Feeder Heifers Medium 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 6 485 485 157.00 157.00 Feeder Bullocks Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 8 691 691 158.25 158.25 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 1726c rjt . .