NW_LS754 Des Moines, IA Tue Feb 2, 2010 USDA-IA Dept of Ag Market Humeston, IA Feeder Cattle Auction Feeder Cattle Weighted Average Report for 02/02/2010 Receipts: 1900 2 weeks ago: 2184 Year Ago: 2800 Compared to the sale 2 weeks ago: Feeder strs mostly 3.00- 4.00 higher and feeder hfrs mostly 1.00-3.00 higher. Trade active and Demand Moderate today. Receipts this week included 62 percent feeder cattle over 600 lbs; 53 percent of the feeders were strs and 47 percent were hfrs. Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 11 365-379 371 123.00-125.50 124.16 9 438 438 122.50 122.50 5 477 477 121.00 121.00 85 511-549 526 111.25-115.00 114.18 96 550-593 573 105.25-113.85 110.03 210 601-647 626 99.50-108.00 104.25 Calves 87 654-698 675 98.25-104.25 102.00 Calves 11 674-681 677 93.00-96.00 94.63 Fleshy 84 708-748 726 97.25-102.25 99.13 Calves 133 752-799 783 92.50-99.75 95.65 Calves 108 805-830 825 93.75-95.75 95.02 21 853-868 864 92.25-93.25 92.48 9 908 908 91.00 91.00 Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 6 591 591 102.00 102.00 5 735 735 94.75 94.75 Calves Feeder Steers Medium 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 20 475-487 478 105.00-107.50 106.86 9 566 566 102.25 102.25 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 35 413-445 426 97.00-107.00 102.33 64 466-495 484 97.50-103.50 101.70 57 507-539 511 96.25-102.25 99.99 161 554-592 580 94.00-97.00 95.84 134 602-649 621 92.00-97.50 95.90 Calves 114 654-688 672 91.75-96.35 93.96 Calves 53 712-747 722 87.50-94.75 90.01 Calves 15 727-743 733 85.00-86.00 85.41 Fleshy 60 751-761 757 86.00-88.50 87.80 Calves 9 805 805 86.50 86.50 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 10 445-448 446 93.00-95.50 94.25 6 525 525 93.50 93.50 33 564-594 575 90.50-91.75 90.97 14 704 704 93.75 93.75 Calves Feeder Heifers Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 17 470-498 486 93.75-95.00 94.50 13 554-559 556 90.00-90.50 90.23 Feeder Heifers Medium 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 18 528 528 93.00 93.00 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_LS754.txt 1618c rjt . .