SV_LS143 Louisville, KY Thurs Nov 5, 2009 USDA-KY Dept of Ag News Blue Grass South Livestock Market, Stanford Kentucky (Cattle weighed at time of sale) Cattle Receipts: 2772 Last week: 1390 Compared to Monday’s sale, steer calves sold mostly steady with the exception of 5 wgt steers selling up to 5.00 higher. Heifer calves sold mostly steady. Yearling steers sold steady to 1.00 lower. Yearling heifers were not previously tested. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold mostly steady. Slaughter Cows: Percent Lean Weight Avg-Dress Hi-Dress Lo-Dress Breakers 75-80 1095-1755 41.00-43.50 44.00-50.00 40.50 Boner 80-85 1115-1640 41.00-43.00 45.50-49.50 37.50-40.00 Lean 85-90 830-1410 38.50-41.00 42.00-47.00 32.00-38.50 Slaughter Bulls: Y.G. Weights Carcass Boning Percent Range 1 1420-1955 78-80 55.50-59.50 2 1755-2100 75-77 50.00-55.50 Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 200-300 280 101.00-110.00 105.74 4 300-400 382 102.00-105.00 102.70 25 400-500 463 94.00-106.00 100.38 46 500-600 542 90.00-103.00 96.54 63 600-700 640 83.00-90.50 87.24 162 700-800 746 84.00-91.60 89.92 80 800-900 837 83.50-89.20 88.32 Groups: 71 hd avg.w/t 730 mixed 89.95 67 hd avg.w/t 767 Charx-blk 91.60 62 hd avg.w/t 827 Charx-blk 89.20 Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 3 400-500 433 98.00 98.00 18 500-600 520 90.00-104.00 100.23 32 600-700 644 90.00-91.00 90.37 267 700-800 786 87.00-95.00 93.05 303 800-900 838 82.90-88.95 86.95 Groups: 76 hd avg.w/t 777 blk 95.00 121 hd avg.w/t 789 blk-bwf 93.20 65 hd avg.w/t 798 mixed 90.95 52 hd avg.w/t 825 Charx-blk-red 88.95 59 hd avg.w/t 828 mixed 87.50 116 hd avg.w/t 839 mixed 87.90 62 hd avg.w/t 855 mixed 82.90 Feeder Steers Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 200-300 232 103.00-115.00 108.55 5 300-400 359 102.00-106.00 103.91 13 400-500 425 88.00-106.00 99.21 9 500-600 537 86.00-90.00 88.31 3 600-700 618 88.00 88.00 Feeder Steers Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 5 600-700 651 81.00-85.00 83.43 Feeder Holstein Steers Large 3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 5 200-300 243 62.00-70.00 65.05 4 300-400 344 71.00-73.00 71.89 10 400-500 465 75.00-76.00 75.68 7 500-600 552 68.00-72.00 70.28 10 600-700 652 61.00-68.00 64.07 2 700-800 782 57.50 57.50 2 800-900 832 59.00 59.00 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 6 300-400 372 88.00-96.00 91.83 14 400-500 464 79.00-87.00 81.08 43 500-600 557 74.00-83.00 80.00 9 500-600 563 73.00 73.00 Red 17 600-700 668 74.00-85.50 79.16 135 700-800 722 88.50 88.50 Groups: 135 hd avg.w/t 722 Charx 88.50 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 23 400-500 469 80.00-80.50 80.35 53 500-600 559 74.00-79.50 76.07 84 600-700 648 74.00-87.90 86.49 316 700-800 721 76.50-89.50 86.44 Groups: 29 hd avg.w/t 563 mixed 74.00 75 hd avg.w/t 652 blk 87.90 135 hd avg.w/t 706 blk 89.50 105 hd avg.w/t 728 mixed 84.00 69 hd avg.w/t 742 blk-bwf 85.00 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 300-400 350 90.00 90.00 13 400-500 455 78.00-87.00 81.17 6 500-600 510 77.00-79.50 78.65 Feeder Heifers Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 3 500-600 598 72.50 72.50 2 600-700 690 70.00 70.00 Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 5 300-400 383 91.00-104.00 98.74 3 400-500 456 96.00-98.00 96.61 10 500-600 550 77.00-88.50 82.33 8 600-700 682 71.50-75.50 74.12 Stock Cows: Medium and Large 1-2-3: 2 years old to aged 875-1400 lbs and bred 1- 9 months 330.00-730.00. Stock Cows and Calves: Medium 2: cpl 5 to 8 years old 1100 lbs with 215-355 lb calves 500.00-780.00. Source: Kenneth Leavell (Market Specialist) Kentucky Dept of Ag-USDA Market News, Louisville, KY kenleavell@USDA.gov Phone 502-564-4896 24 Hour Toll Free Market Report 1-800-327-6568 www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/sv_1s143.txt 0:00pm.