WH_LS795 Kearney, NE Mon Nov 23, 2009 USDA Market News - NE Dept of Ag Nebraska Weekly Feeder Cattle Auction Summary - W/E 11-21-2009 Market: Bassett Livestock Auction - Bassett, NE (11-18-2009) Ericson/Spalding Auction Market - Ericson, NE (11-21-2009) Huss Livestock Market LLC - Kearney, NE (11-11-2009) Imperial Livestock Auction – Imperial, NE (11-20-2009) Lexington Livestock Market - Lexington, NE (11-20-2009) North Platte Livestock Auction - North Platte, NE (11-17-2009) Ogallala Livestock Auction Market – Ogallala, NE (11-18-2009) Tri-State Livestock Auction - McCook, NE (11-16-2009) Valentine Livestock Auction - Valentine, NE (11-19-2009) Receipts: 24,505 Last Week 15,490 Last Year 26,300 Compared to last week steers and heifers trended mostly steady to 2.00 higher with instances of 3.00 to 6.00 higher. Demand was moderate to very good. Feeder steers accounted for 56 percent of total receipts, heifers 44 percent. Weights over 600 pounds were 36 percent of the entire offerings. Feeder Steers Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 97 628-640 631 93.00-95.50 94.95 12 671 671 93.50 93.50 Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 66 301-348 326 124.00-135.00 130.97 281 350-399 379 118.00-133.00 125.72 598 400-445 424 113.00-131.75 123.63 1152 450-499 476 105.50-123.00 115.33 1822 500-549 527 100.50-114.00 108.53 132 500-516 503 114.50-121.25 118.35 Fancy 2346 550-598 574 95.00-111.75 103.89 100 550-555 552 110.50-111.00 110.67 Fancy 1761 600-647 624 94.25-106.35 101.28 774 650-689 665 90.50-105.00 98.88 1168 700-749 726 92.00-104.00 99.38 257 750-787 761 90.00-100.85 97.67 313 801-844 814 90.75-99.75 96.26 226 857-888 878 82.50-99.25 95.27 32 903-941 912 78.00-93.75 89.69 21 984-993 990 80.00-87.75 82.94 Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 12 321-341 331 121.50-122.00 121.74 82 350-394 370 114.00-116.50 115.24 121 426-447 433 100.50-115.75 111.70 318 451-499 477 100.00-112.50 107.45 75 500-543 521 82.00-103.00 98.92 206 552-593 575 92.00-100.00 95.46 155 604-648 622 90.25-98.00 94.60 78 652-696 671 92.50-95.50 94.69 5 730 730 88.00 88.00 13 832 832 92.50 92.50 Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 6 515 515 95.50 95.50 Feeder Heifers Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 54 595 595 89.00 89.00 14 704 704 85.00 85.00 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 5 281 281 111.00 111.00 41 311-342 329 108.00-120.00 112.23 337 350-399 379 101.00-117.00 109.81 795 401-449 426 97.50-116.00 106.38 1237 450-498 474 92.50-109.50 101.51 53 473-489 486 109.00-110.00 109.17 Fancy 2149 501-547 524 90.00-105.00 96.37 111 500-504 502 103.75-113.50 108.74 Fancy 1421 553-599 573 87.50-98.10 93.04 26 555 555 102.50 102.50 Fancy 782 600-646 617 85.00-98.75 92.35 350 661-698 679 85.00-98.25 92.74 178 669-680 676 100.50-107.25 103.13 Replacement 417 707-744 725 88.75-96.25 93.31 263 750-797 781 75.50-95.25 91.12 453 804-846 830 85.60-93.50 89.85 142 854-890 884 87.85-89.75 88.87 55 912-940 926 87.25-89.25 88.25 43 950-988 970 71.00-87.00 81.97 12 1017-1029 1025 75.00-83.50 80.69 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 30 328-347 342 105.00-110.00 106.28 91 367-399 376 91.00-108.00 101.50 62 414-446 436 90.50-105.00 100.04 45 470-495 483 84.50-96.00 90.81 89 515-547 530 90.00-97.50 92.72 32 565-595 586 88.00-89.75 88.53 159 614-630 620 86.50-93.00 89.85 10 705 705 89.50 89.50 38 775-796 788 80.00-87.50 83.94 11 810 810 80.00 80.00 Source: USDA Market News NE Dept of Ag - Kearney, NE (308) 237-7579 24 Hour Recorded Market Reports - (308) 234-1059 website: www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/wh_ls795.txt 1035C KLW/LAD .