SF_LS756 Sioux Falls, SD Wed Feb 3, 2010 USDA-SD Dept Ag Market News Hub City Livestock Auction - Aberdeen, SD Feeder Cattle Weighted Average Report for 02/03/2010 Receipts: 6145 Last Week: 2150 Year Ago: 3717 Compared to last week feeder steers and heifers steady to 2.00 higher overall. Demand good today, overall quality very attractive. Many offered as load lots. Steers comprised 51 percent of today's offerings, heifers 49 percent. 80 percent of supply over 600 lbs. Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 33 418-447 443 124.00-125.00 124.14 82 477-494 487 116.50-121.00 118.33 118 516-548 541 110.00-117.00 114.24 196 566-594 580 106.00-114.50 112.86 45 560 560 121.00 121.00 Fancy 34 582-598 594 105.00-105.50 105.27 Fleshy 189 604-637 627 106.50-112.50 108.50 Calves 262 653-691 667 99.75-106.00 104.17 Calves 12 692 692 94.50 94.50 Fleshy 671 700-742 725 97.00-104.25 100.75 7 700 700 96.00 96.00 Calves 9 732 732 96.00 96.00 Fleshy 190 758-797 784 96.00-100.00 97.88 302 801-836 818 93.00-97.00 95.08 280 858-885 866 92.10-95.85 94.71 16 878 878 97.00 97.00 Fancy 116 900-941 919 89.25-93.50 92.73 6 977 977 90.00 90.00 Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 12 495 495 116.00 116.00 37 643 643 101.50 101.50 Calves 7 668 668 98.00 98.00 Calves 10 702 702 93.25 93.25 19 803 803 88.00 88.00 64 809 809 91.25 91.25 Thin 7 880 880 87.75 87.75 23 905 905 88.85 88.85 Thin Feeder Steers Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 14 985 985 88.00 88.00 Feeder Holstein Steers Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 9 446 446 111.50 111.50 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 7 339 339 112.00 112.00 5 379 379 117.00 117.00 44 418-446 436 108.00-114.00 112.47 74 454-497 473 103.00-112.25 108.80 220 513-548 532 99.50-107.50 103.87 39 532 532 111.75 111.75 Fancy 124 557-583 562 97.00-106.50 102.21 40 564 564 106.00 106.00 Fancy 261 604-643 626 93.75-102.00 98.59 Calves 132 605-639 616 103.50-107.00 105.84 Replacement 277 657-683 669 94.25-98.50 96.38 Calves 31 686-696 691 90.00-90.50 90.24 Fleshy 87 681 681 102.25 102.25 Replacement 183 700-737 724 87.50-95.50 93.14 135 772-798 785 89.25-93.00 91.53 143 805-814 809 90.10-90.50 90.31 20 801 801 82.50 82.50 Fleshy 169 868-897 888 85.25-87.80 86.83 206 907-931 915 85.50-88.75 86.29 60 987 987 87.50 87.50 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 21 713-734 728 81.50-84.00 82.92 34 788-797 794 85.00-85.75 85.22 Feeder Heifers Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 236 1005-1044 1016 86.60-87.50 87.28 168 1073-1076 1075 85.50-86.60 86.12 Source: USDA-SD Dept Ag Market News, Sioux Falls, SD Mike Finkbeiner, Market Reporter 605-338-4061 www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/SF_LS756.txt 1949c mf .