Boonville- Farmers Livestock Auction: Feeder Cattle Weighted Average Report for 03/09/2010
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Receipts: 1813 Last Week: 2581 Year Ago: 1391 Compared to last week, feeder steers under 550 lbs unevenly steady, heavier weights 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder heifers 1.00 to mostly 2.00 lower. Slaughter cows steady to 1.00 lower. A little something available for every kind of buyer this week, from fly weight calves to heavy yearlings with quality running the gamut as well. Cattle in a quick come on condition are still in hot demand and discounts were more evident this week on the fleshier offerings. Supply moderate to heavy and demand moderate, but particularly good for the handful of consignments of cattle weighing over 700 lbs. Cows and bulls accounted for 08 percent of the total offering. The feeder supply consisted of 59 percent steers and bulls and 41 percent heifers; 54 percent of all the feeders weighed over 600 lbs. Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 4 360 360 120.00 120.00 Fleshy 18 412-431 420 121.00-125.00 123.23 20 451-496 477 124.25-129.00 126.24 27 506-528 519 120.00-129.00 124.65 12 535-541 540 114.50-117.00 114.91 Fleshy 41 558-593 580 112.00-124.00 117.32 41 600-635 610 107.00-113.50 110.53 3 648 648 98.75 98.75 Fleshy 53 664-677 675 104.50-109.50 107.45 41 712-749 723 101.00-105.75 104.36 25 773-782 775 99.50-101.25 100.64 15 802-813 809 98.00-99.75 98.97 Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 10 371 371 120.50 120.50 13 415-449 436 117.00-118.00 117.61 3 403 403 123.00 123.00 Thin 9 450-475 462 113.50-118.50 114.75 18 649 649 106.75 106.75 183 670-699 694 104.25-106.85 105.58 10 705-740 712 100.00-106.00 104.75 Feeder Steers Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 3 737 737 103.75 103.75 Feeder Steers Medium 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 5 586 586 100.00 100.00 4 669 669 99.00 99.00 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 7 337 337 107.50 107.50 14 350-396 383 106.00-110.00 108.06 29 406-443 431 102.00-107.50 105.29 46 458-486 478 103.50-110.00 107.67 3 495 495 94.00 94.00 Fleshy 51 501-542 530 102.00-107.00 103.71 41 562-599 581 98.00-108.00 102.18 70 615-645 628 93.50-100.75 97.70 37 666-692 684 93.00-97.00 94.20 6 707 707 94.00 94.00 6 743 743 89.75 89.75 Fleshy Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 13 443-448 444 96.00-102.00 99.62 16 450-497 486 94.50-101.50 98.82 8 465-468 467 105.50-108.00 107.38 Thin 28 520-546 540 95.25-100.00 97.91 17 557-580 564 93.00-97.25 94.71 18 600-648 624 90.00-96.00 92.65 5 663 663 91.75 91.75 5 713-738 723 87.00-90.00 88.78 6 753-795 778 89.25-92.00 90.26 Feeder Heifers Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 3 792 792 91.00 91.00 Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 3 345 345 121.50 121.50 14 432-443 437 114.00-120.00 115.17 3 495 495 106.50 106.50 Fleshy 14 515-521 518 106.00-106.50 106.25 7 565-575 570 100.00-104.50 102.49 4 588 588 93.50 93.50 Fleshy 16 614-623 615 98.00-98.25 98.03 3 660 660 95.50 95.50 3 735 735 91.00 91.00 Source: MO Dept of Ag/USDA Market News Service Tracey Thompson, Market Reporter, 573-751-5618 24 Hour Market Report 1-573-522-9244 www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/JC_LS754.txt 0711cst md