NW_LS756
Des Moines, IA    Wed Nov 18, 2009    USDA-IA Dept of Ag Market
 
Bloomfield, IA Feeder Cattle Auction
Feeder Cattle Weighted Average Report for 11/18/2009
 
Receipts:  835    Last Week: (Not reported)    Year Ago:  2191

No comparison as sale not reported for 6 weeks: This was mostly
a yearling sale. Trade and Demand Moderate today. Receipts this 
week included 97 percent feeder cattle over 600 lbs; 68 percent
of the feeders were strs and 32 percent were hfrs. 
   


                Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1
 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price
  137    658-678     666     96.25-99.85       98.20
   89    715-746     729     93.00-96.00       95.27
   67    756-798     780     91.00-95.00       92.87
   74    833-836     836     91.50-95.75       95.46
   33    857-869     866     92.00-94.10       93.60
   32    909-914     910     90.25-91.35       91.14
   35    954-957     955     85.10-88.50       87.33
   12     1034      1034        84.75          84.75

                Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1-2
 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price
   10      581       581        92.50          92.50
   15      783       783        88.00          88.00

                     Feeder Steers Large 1-2
 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price
    6      633       633        93.00          93.00

                      Feeder Steers Medium 1
 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price
   11    641-647     644     90.00-90.50       90.23
    8      701       701        82.50          82.50
    6      795       795        85.00          85.00
    6      808       808        87.50          87.50

                Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1
 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price
   93    663-679     666     92.50-95.85       95.15
   26    710-716     713     89.25-93.00       91.42
   15    768-785     775     87.00-90.25       88.93
   12      825       825        83.75          83.75
   22      857       857        85.50          85.50

               Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1-2
 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price
    6      577       577        86.85          86.85
    9      601       601        87.10          87.10
   51    654-679     673     85.75-88.10       87.13
   16      711       711        88.00          88.00

                    Feeder Heifers Large 1-2
 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price
    5      758       758        83.75          83.75

                     Feeder Heifers Medium 1
 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price
    6      599       599        85.60          85.60

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_LS756.txt
 
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