NW_LS756
Des Moines, IA    Wed May 27, 2009    USDA-IA Dept of Ag Market
 
Bloomfield, IA Feeder Cattle Auction
Feeder Cattle Weighted Average Report for 05/28/2009
 
Receipts:  1393    Last Week: (Not reported)    Year Ago: (Not reported)

No comparison as sale not reported for a month: Trade Active
and Demand Good today. Receipts this week included 66 percent
feeder cattle over 600 lbs; 43 percent of the feeders were strs
and 57 percent were hfrs. 
   


                Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1
 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price
   23    418-439     427    125.00-132.75     130.06
   23    452-465     459    127.50-129.00     128.35
   86    513-544     534    118.50-125.00     122.87
   26    557-596     580    118.00-119.00     118.59
   93    613-646     637    118.00-120.00     118.66   Calves
   58    654-696     672    106.75-118.00     112.81   Calves
   48    702-748     721    109.50-112.50     111.53
   10    767-770     768    105.75-106.00     105.87
  149    800-833     817    103.00-106.50     103.89

                     Feeder Steers Large 1-2
 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price
    5      725       725       106.00         106.00

                      Feeder Steers Large 2
 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price
    7      634       634       106.00         106.00   Calves

                Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1
 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price
   15    363-393     378    117.00-121.00     118.98
   10    410-436     423    112.00-115.00     113.55
   21    457-495     478    107.75-111.50     109.51
   67    502-549     518    107.50-111.25     110.34
  111    551-599     582    105.00-110.00     107.87
  125    626-633     631    104.25-105.25     104.94   Calves
   35    655-667     663    100.25-105.25     101.77   Calves
    5      751       751        94.50          94.50
  176    820-844     839     90.00-92.00       91.73
   61      855       855        90.10          90.10

               Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1-2
 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price
    7      468       468       107.00         107.00

                      Feeder Heifers Large 1
 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price
   23    616-627     624    102.50-104.00     102.89   Calves
   14    700-711     707     94.25-95.00       94.52

                    Feeder Heifers Large 1-2
 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price
   15      528       528       106.00         106.00
   15      565       565       103.50         103.50
   14    601-613     609     98.75-101.00      99.54   Calves
   17      686       686        97.50          97.50   Calves

                     Feeder Heifers Medium 1
 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price
    5      385       385       112.00         112.00
    5      543       543       105.00         105.00

                 Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 1
 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price
   10    524-538     531    111.50-113.00     112.26
    5      687       687        94.50          94.50
    5      705       705        94.00          94.00
   12      757       757        88.00          88.00

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_LS756.txt
 
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