NW_LS754 Des Moines, IA Tue Oct 6, 2009 USDA-IA Dept of Ag Market Humeston, IA Feeder Cattle Auction Feeder Cattle Weighted Average Report for 10/06/2009 Receipts: 1135 Last Week: (Not reported) Year Ago: 647 No comparison as sale not reported for a month: Trade and Demand Moderate today. Receipts this week included 23 percent feeder cattle over 600 lbs; 52 percent of the feeders were strs and 48 percent were hfrs. Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 6 328 328 125.00 125.00 9 384 384 119.50 119.50 10 406-423 414 111.00-112.00 111.49 64 455-494 477 103.00-109.50 107.23 87 502-534 519 99.75-107.00 102.59 142 553-593 572 90.00-96.00 93.81 10 555 555 100.00 100.00 Fancy 61 600-647 622 90.00-94.00 91.27 10 655-660 658 91.50-93.25 92.37 12 858 858 89.00 89.00 Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 10 380-395 388 110.00-111.00 110.49 9 639 639 88.00 88.00 18 691-693 692 86.75-89.00 88.00 8 711 711 94.50 94.50 Feeder Steers Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 6 748 748 91.50 91.50 Feeder Steers Medium 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 5 440 440 101.00 101.00 5 510 510 93.50 93.50 11 559 559 85.00 85.00 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 9 338 338 105.50 105.50 6 363 363 104.00 104.00 38 404-439 418 93.50-97.75 96.03 64 460-493 474 90.75-94.50 92.04 37 501-539 516 90.50-92.50 91.21 66 564-594 574 82.75-87.25 85.08 26 599 599 92.75 92.75 Yearlings 34 601-644 614 82.50-85.50 83.83 15 610-643 628 87.00-88.00 87.55 Yearlings 22 691 691 87.00 87.00 8 738 738 85.25 85.25 8 881 881 83.00 83.00 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 11 437-438 437 90.00-90.50 90.23 33 475-483 479 88.50-89.25 88.77 64 511-543 530 83.50-88.00 85.46 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_LS754.txt 1602c rjt . .