SV_LS149 Louisville, KY Monday Aug 25, 2008 KDOA-USDA Market News West Kentucky Livestock Market, Marion Auction (cattle weighed time of sale) Receipts: 670 head Compared to last week: Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls steady. Feeder steers 4.00-6.00 higher. Feeder heifers 1.00-3.00 higher. Slaughter cows: Percent Lean Weight Price High Dressing Breaker 75-80 1015-1545 52.00-57.50 60.00 Boner 80-85 945-1255 46.00-53.00 56.50-59.50 Lean 85-90 805-1140 40.00-45.50 Slaughter Bulls: Y.G. Weights Carcass Boning Percent Price 1 1805-1955 77-78 72.00-77.50 2 1420-2070 75-77 67.00-71.50 Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 5 200-300 266 115.00-124.00 119.70 4 300-400 350 115.00-125.00 119.67 12 400-500 451 111.00-115.00 114.09 29 500-600 549 103.00-113.00 109.19 14 600-700 630 104.00-110.00 109.26 18 600-700 643 112.00 112.00 Value Enhanced 36 700-800 752 97.00-108.50 103.97 111 700-800 737 109.25-109.50 109.29 Value Enhanced 5 800-900 891 104.00 104.00 2 1000-1100 1083 87.00 87.00 Groups: 20 head 729 lbs 109.50 BBWF 65 head 742 lbs 109.25 MIX 26 head 734 lbs 109.25 CHAR Feeder Steers Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 300-400 360 110.00 110.00 1 400-500 460 101.00 101.00 7 500-600 567 89.00-97.00 91.75 12 600-700 638 85.00-97.00 89.84 9 700-800 723 84.00-85.00 84.11 1 800-900 895 88.00 88.00 Feeder Steers Small and Medium 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 8 500-600 556 86.00-87.00 86.88 Feeder Holstein Steers Large 3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 3 700-800 707 58.00 58.00 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 200-300 265 97.00-103.00 100.23 4 300-400 375 100.00-107.00 102.44 32 400-500 456 100.00-107.00 103.20 58 500-600 553 90.00-103.50 99.43 19 600-700 638 90.00-95.00 93.35 6 700-800 729 87.00-96.00 93.22 5 800-900 845 84.00-88.00 86.77 1 1000-1100 1005 85.00 85.00 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 4 300-400 371 85.00-94.00 90.65 19 400-500 467 83.00-97.00 92.26 8 500-600 562 84.00-94.00 87.29 1 600-700 640 91.00 91.00 1 700-800 785 85.00 85.00 Feeder Heifers Small and Medium 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 4 300-400 386 90.00 90.00 6 500-600 544 78.50 78.50 1 600-700 695 78.00 78.00 Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 300-400 300 117.00 117.00 15 400-500 452 101.00-112.00 106.79 10 500-600 518 103.00-109.00 106.99 15 600-700 638 88.00-94.00 91.63 10 700-800 716 88.00-93.00 92.15 Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 4 300-400 365 83.00-103.00 93.71 6 400-500 430 90.00-99.00 94.90 18 500-600 554 76.00-99.00 84.24 2 600-700 615 80.00-87.00 83.56 Feeder Bulls Small and Medium 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 300-400 360 90.00 90.00 2 500-600 500 93.00 93.00 Stock Cows: Medium and Large 1-2: Cows 5 to 9 years old and 2 to 7 months bred 550.00-870.00 per head. Stock Cows and Calves: No test. Baby Calves: Beef breeds 40.00-150.00 per head. Chip Stewart (Market Specialist) Source: Kentucky Dept of Ag-USDA Market News, Louisville, Ky Chip.stewart@usda.gov Phone: 502-582-5287 10:30 pm www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/sv_ls149.txt