WH_LS762 Kearney, NE Thu Nov 19, 2009 USDA Market News - Ne Ag Valentine, NE - Valentine Livestock Auction Feeder Cattle Weighted Average Report for 11/19/2009 Receipts: 2485 Last Week: 2278 Year Ago: 4700 Compared with last week steers and heifers trended steady with the exception of 450 pound heifers trading 4.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good for weaned offerings and higher values to EID tagged and drug free lots. Trade was active. Receipts consisted of 67 percent steers and 33 percent heifers with 55 percent of total receipts weighing over 600 pounds. Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 14 364 364 127.50 127.50 61 400-442 426 117.00-124.25 121.47 23 487-498 492 111.00-112.00 111.52 161 501-546 523 109.00-114.00 112.27 133 551-564 556 102.50-109.25 106.82 624 601-639 624 96.25-106.35 102.37 119 652-680 666 96.00-100.00 98.06 172 701-747 724 98.50-102.00 100.01 70 801 801 99.75 99.75 Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 12 484 484 108.00 108.00 54 569 569 99.00 99.00 13 832 832 92.50 92.50 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 40 350-399 385 111.75-116.00 112.79 18 414-446 431 107.00-108.00 107.43 153 453-494 478 99.00-107.00 102.00 145 506-538 522 95.00-105.00 99.43 157 557-588 568 91.75-97.75 95.74 54 605-630 614 93.25-96.75 94.72 32 743 743 94.75 94.75 68 822 822 93.50 93.50 15 950 950 87.00 87.00 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 11 521-547 535 92.00-92.50 92.28 10 705 705 89.50 89.50 6 796 796 87.50 87.50 Source: Source: USDA NE Dept of Ag Market News - Kearney, NE Market Reporter Shareen Dearmont Ph. (308) 237-7579 24 Hr Recorded Markets (308) 234-1059 www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/WH_LS762.txt 1655 .