NW_LS753 Des Moines, Ia Fri Feb 23, 2001 USDA-Ia Dept of Ag Market News Tri State Livestock Feb 23, 2001 Receipts: This Week 1280 Last Week 1879 Last Year 799 Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers steady to 2.00 higher on a light run of colored cattle. Bulk of sale were Holstein cattle. 51.7 percent feeder cattle over 600 lbs. 15.9 percent feeder steers; 49.4 percent Holsteins; 34.6 percent feeder heifers. Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1 Head Weight Avg Wt Price Avg Price 5 270 - 270 270 255.00 - 285.00 275.00 Per Head 5 318 - 318 318 330.00 - 330.00 330.00 Per Head 6 388 - 398 393 105.00 - 109.50 107.28 6 512 - 512 512 95.00 - 95.00 95.00 8 769 - 769 769 82.00 - 82.00 82.00 21 812 - 837 824 81.25 - 82.90 82.10 14 855 - 855 855 78.80 - 78.80 78.80 36 915 - 915 915 80.50 - 80.50 80.50 Feeder Steers Large 1 Head Weight Avg Wt Price Avg Price 5 1074 - 1074 1074 63.30 - 63.30 63.30 Feeder Steers Medium 1 Head Weight Avg Wt Price Avg Price 5 235 - 235 235 200.00 - 200.00 200.00 Per Head 5 430 - 430 430 101.00 - 101.00 101.00 5 490 - 490 490 91.50 - 91.50 91.50 6 503 - 503 503 85.50 - 85.50 85.50 6 625 - 625 625 84.25 - 84.25 84.25 6 668 - 668 668 75.00 - 75.00 75.00 5 728 - 728 728 78.25 - 78.25 78.25 6 917 - 917 917 75.25 - 75.25 75.25 Feeder Holstein Steers Large 3 Head Weight Avg Wt Price Avg Price 5 190 - 190 190 225.00 - 225.00 225.00 Per Head 5 226 - 226 226 265.00 - 265.00 265.00 Per Head 8 265 - 295 287 250.00 - 330.00 302.03 Per Head 6 315 - 315 315 360.00 - 360.00 360.00 Per Head 17 379 - 379 379 87.50 - 87.50 87.50 28 400 - 439 432 70.00 - 84.50 73.52 72 450 - 498 472 74.50 - 84.00 78.95 56 501 - 526 509 74.50 - 79.25 77.32 45 556 - 594 564 70.00 - 74.00 72.05 8 604 - 604 604 71.00 - 71.00 71.00 65 671 - 699 679 68.25 - 69.60 68.81 51 705 - 739 723 66.75 - 69.35 68.05 22 756 - 783 767 65.50 - 68.00 67.18 13 858 - 858 858 64.50 - 64.50 64.50 5 1064 - 1064 1064 62.75 - 62.75 62.75 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1 Head Weight Avg Wt Price Avg Price 5 248 - 248 248 250.00 - 250.00 250.00 Per Head 6 270 - 290 277 305.00 - 310.00 306.75 Per Head 13 374 - 391 386 94.00 - 97.00 96.11 5 476 - 476 476 96.25 - 96.25 96.25 13 543 - 543 543 92.75 - 92.75 92.75 45 597 - 597 597 89.50 - 89.50 89.50 8 607 - 607 607 85.25 - 85.25 85.25 11 655 - 655 655 83.25 - 83.25 83.25 6 773 - 773 773 75.25 - 75.25 75.25 44 801 - 801 801 78.70 - 78.70 78.70 83 897 - 897 897 77.40 - 77.40 77.40 Feeder Heifers Medium 1 Head Weight Avg Wt Price Avg Price 5 443 - 443 443 86.50 - 86.50 86.50 43 533 - 540 536 86.00 - 87.75 86.85 6 573 - 588 581 82.50 - 82.75 82.63 Source: Iowa Dept of Ag-USDA Market News, Des Moines, Ia 515-284-4460 www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/NW_LS753.txt 1600c smb .