JC_LS763 Jefferson City, MO Wed Sep 17, 2008 MO Dept of Ag/USDA Market News West Plains- Ozarks Regional Stockyards Feeder Cattle Weighted Average Report for 09/16/2008 Receipts: 3000 Last Week: 3687 Last Year: 4992 Compared to last week, steers under 750 lbs and heifers (all weights) were 3.00-7.00 lower, with most 650-750 weight heifers 5.00-10.00 lower, steers over 750 lbs 3.00-4.00 lower. Exception a few scattered feather and light weight steer calves under 400 lbs, of upper quality and mainly uniform blacks, in spots were steady. Supply moderate. Demand light to moderate. The annual depressed October calf market, just as a year ago, rolled around by mid-September, caused mainly by seasonal swings in day/night temperatures effecting the start-up on far too many calves, causing several orders to back out of the market somewhat until perhaps after the first frost. However, this-go round has a different feel to it with uncertainties in the economy, along with the erratic stock market causing most players to be concerned and a pinch shaky about what’s out front. Supply consisted of 49 percent steers, 9 percent bulls and 42 percent heifers. Around 46 percent over 600 lbs. Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 6 323-335 327 131.00-133.00 132.32 16 370-395 383 120.00-134.00 127.03 17 401-431 417 117.00-119.00 117.68 33 452-475 460 112.00-118.00 116.59 38 510-530 520 106.00-113.00 109.41 54 563-598 572 102.50-111.00 106.60 7 601 601 110.00 110.00 14 602-625 612 98.00-99.00 98.07 Calves 27 663-687 675 103.00-111.50 107.22 35 655-698 680 97.50-105.00 99.89 Calves 10 702-724 720 100.00-103.50 102.82 39 772-792 780 100.00-104.25 102.48 12 756-775 766 98.00-101.00 99.52 Calves 5 826 826 100.00 100.00 5 894 894 99.00 99.00 Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 14 298 298 136.00 136.00 24 323 323 130.00 130.00 5 389 389 113.00 113.00 30 413-445 419 113.00-116.00 115.18 33 465-498 481 104.00-109.00 106.83 21 500-527 516 106.00-111.00 108.13 33 569-575 571 99.50-107.00 104.03 11 627-646 639 105.00-105.50 105.18 6 696 696 104.00 104.00 20 701-717 708 99.00-103.50 102.34 6 767-778 774 102.00-102.50 102.33 156 806-838 815 100.00-101.00 100.73 32 857 857 101.00 101.00 Feeder Steers Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 16 265-291 270 100.00-101.00 100.18 6 300 300 127.00 127.00 Thin 13 400-449 421 98.00-106.00 102.24 15 451-486 465 96.00-105.00 99.49 11 536-537 536 95.00-106.00 99.00 7 570-595 574 103.50-108.00 104.17 26 616-637 623 98.00-103.00 100.00 16 635 635 102.50 102.50 Thin 6 720-742 727 98.00 98.00 7 712 712 95.00 95.00 Brahman X 50 728 728 102.00 102.00 Thin 6 802-830 811 94.50-99.00 97.24 9 905 905 94.50 94.50 Feeder Steers Medium 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 6 556-570 558 98.00-100.00 98.34 Feeder Steers Medium 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 10 428 428 105.00 105.00 Thin Feeder Holstein Steers Large 3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 5 313 313 70.00 70.00 33 515-541 525 64.00-70.00 66.41 9 590 590 65.00 65.00 49 658-668 664 70.00 70.00 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 9 320-340 329 107.00-113.00 111.28 8 387 387 106.00 106.00 50 414-449 434 100.00-108.00 105.21 56 450-475 458 98.00-105.00 102.54 34 507-546 531 95.00-102.00 99.62 33 551-587 571 93.00-99.00 96.31 19 627-644 637 91.50-95.00 93.73 5 623 623 90.50 90.50 Fleshy 46 659-696 677 91.00-96.00 93.65 11 688 688 90.00 90.00 Calves 5 763 763 92.50 92.50 9 843 843 92.00 92.00 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 30 288 288 112.50 112.50 16 310-318 314 104.00-108.00 106.61 25 386-396 390 105.00-109.00 108.12 27 400-447 435 95.00-105.00 99.01 37 453-496 478 92.50-99.00 96.35 77 503-542 528 92.50-99.00 94.44 6 500-532 511 88.50-90.00 89.02 Fleshy 27 554-587 569 91.00-98.00 93.92 49 605-647 628 90.50-95.50 94.19 32 667-696 687 92.00-93.00 92.61 6 668 668 90.00 90.00 Fleshy 8 742 742 90.00 90.00 34 758-786 768 93.50-94.00 93.72 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 4 427 427 93.00 93.00 17 519-545 526 90.00-100.00 94.85 8 516-523 518 88.00-93.00 91.74 Fleshy 55 575-599 586 88.00-97.00 92.86 24 606-640 621 87.50-94.00 91.76 8 695 695 93.00 93.00 14 707 707 87.00 87.00 39 779-797 780 86.50-93.50 92.44 5 921 921 87.50 87.50 Feeder Heifers Medium 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 6 519 519 93.00 93.00 Feeder Heifers Medium 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 8 308 308 95.00 95.00 Thin Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 13 458-495 486 99.00-106.00 100.52 3 466 466 96.00 96.00 Fleshy 14 515-543 537 98.00-103.00 100.44 16 577-599 588 100.00-101.00 100.51 9 620-624 623 93.50-96.00 94.05 Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 9 415 415 107.50 107.50 11 445 445 117.00 117.00 Fancy 7 412 412 101.00 101.00 Fleshy 7 475-485 478 111.00-112.50 112.07 20 506-524 513 102.50-108.50 104.95 18 618-639 629 90.00-97.00 93.32 12 688-693 690 89.50-95.00 92.26 6 713 713 91.50 91.50 13 778 778 88.00 88.00 5 871 871 82.50 82.50 Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 4 475 475 94.00 94.00 9 583 583 95.00 95.00 Thin 8 611-627 615 90.00-96.00 91.53 6 695 695 87.50 87.50 Source: MO Dept of Ag/USDA Market News Service, Dave Smith, Market Reporter, 573-751-5618 24 Hour Market Report 1-573-522-9244 www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/JC_LS763.txt 0816cdt md .