NW_LS761 Des Moines, IA Thursday, 3/9/00 USDA-IA Dept of Ag Market News Aplington Livestock Auction Weighted Average Report for Mar. 9, 2000 Receipts: This Week 394 Trends: No trend as sale not covered last week. Slow market activity on light demand and moderate offering. Supply consisted of 74 percent feeders. Feeders consisted of 38 percent under 600 lbs, 54 percent steers, and 46 percent heifers. Slaughter Steers Choice 2 - 4 Head Weight Avg Wt Price Avg Price 1 1235 1235 68.75 68.75 16 1317 - 1365 1332 69.75 - 72.00 70.13 1 1445 1445 72.25 72.25 Slaughter Heifers Choice 2 - 4 Head Weight Avg Wt Price Avg Price 7 1115 - 1166 1156 68.00 - 71.25 69.83 5 1205 - 1235 1220 68.00 - 70.00 69.60 12 - 1339 1339 69.50 69.50 2 1470 1470 69.75 69.75 Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1 Head Weight Avg Wt Price Avg Price 7 511 - 530 520 96.00 - 103.00 99.06 10 566 - 588 582 89.00 - 95.50 93.60 5 592 592 85.50 85.50 Full 17 636 636 92.00 92.00 34 680 - 699 693 87.75 - 87.85 87.78 12 705 - 721 719 83.00 - 86.75 86.14 8 751 751 80.00 80.00 Feeder Steers Medium and Large 2 Head Weight Avg Wt Price Avg Price 6 486 486 85.00 85.00 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1 Head Weight Avg Wt Price Avg Price 8 452 - 476 461 94.50 - 99.00 96.24 5 514 514 88.00 88.00 25 621 - 630 625 80.50 - 86.00 84.00 13 702 702 77.25 77.25 17 763 - 772 766 72.50 - 77.00 75.67 Feeder Heifers Medium 1 Head Weight Avg Wt Price Avg Price 5 515 515 80.25 80.25 5 564 564 78.00 78.00 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 2 Head Weight Avg Wt Price Avg Price 8 463 463 80.00 80.00 Slaughter Cows: 47 hd 77-80 Pct Lean 38.50-42.50 81-86 Pct Lean 38.25-41.50 86-90 Pct Lean 35.00-39.00 Slaughter Bulls: YG 1 2 Hd 1600-1800 lbs 50.50-51.50 1 Hd 1900 lbs 41.50 Source: Iowa Dept of Ag-USDA Market News Des Moines, Iowa (515) 284-4460 www.ams.usda.gov/mncsreports/nw_ls761.txt 1700C JB .