Boonville- Farmers Livestock Auction: Feeder Cattle Weighted Average Report for 11/30/2010
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Receipts: 1503 Last Week: 1172 Year Ago: 1026 Compared to last week, feeder steers sold 3.00 to 4.00 higher with many instances of 6.00 higher, particularly on steers over 700 lbs. Feeder heifers traded 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady to 1.00 higher. Quality was much more attractive this week and a couple extra buyers were in the seats, both of which helped give the market a sure boost. Most of the highest prices came early in the day when larger groups were available; late sales didn’t quite have the same spark when singles and small packages were more prevalent and buyers were all but squared up. This made for some wide price spreads by the close of business. Supply moderate to heavy and demand good but moderating towards the end of the day. Cows and bulls accounted for 10 percent of the total offering. The feeder supply consisted of 63 percent steers and bulls and 37 percent heifers; 42 percent of all the feeder cattle weighed over 600 lbs. Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 10 310-342 329 143.00-143.50 143.25 5 428-438 432 126.00-129.50 128.08 29 504-530 517 126.75-134.75 130.71 4 545 545 117.00 117.00 Fleshy 49 555-578 568 123.75-128.75 126.34 25 601-620 604 118.25-124.60 123.56 6 648 648 115.25 115.25 Fleshy 31 679-688 682 117.75-118.50 118.28 65 718 718 117.25-120.75 120.48 33 758-766 762 116.00-117.75 116.84 10 807-813 808 113.25-113.50 113.45 Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 5 323-338 329 133.00-137.50 134.85 12 391-398 396 126.00-130.50 129.75 12 418-438 423 123.25-126.00 123.81 26 453-479 464 121.00-125.75 123.98 17 505-513 507 118.00-125.75 123.81 34 567-594 574 115.00-124.00 120.71 15 605-647 629 110.50-121.00 116.22 45 655-670 662 118.00-119.00 118.47 15 762-790 776 109.75-115.00 114.29 Feeder Steers Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 11 551 551 121.00 121.00 7 636 636 115.00 115.00 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 18 353-395 367 118.00-122.00 119.83 30 423-448 436 114.00-118.75 116.18 15 450-493 472 109.00-115.00 112.81 47 501-548 523 109.50-113.75 112.19 39 566-598 579 108.50-114.00 111.80 8 552 552 103.50 103.50 Fleshy 25 605-632 612 106.00-109.75 109.33 16 664-668 665 107.25-109.75 108.28 15 717 717 107.75 107.75 7 885 885 105.50 105.50 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 5 358-395 380 113.50-118.50 116.62 4 425-448 436 112.75-116.00 114.42 18 469-497 482 106.75-111.50 108.30 12 515-527 523 106.00-112.25 108.88 4 560-593 576 111.25-112.50 111.89 3 763 763 100.00 100.00 Feeder Heifers Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 14 490 490 112.50 112.50 11 582 582 110.00 110.00 Feeder Heifers Medium 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 3 432 432 95.00 95.00 Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 3 312 312 140.00 140.00 3 428 428 120.00 120.00 5 450-463 458 122.50-124.50 123.71 3 578 578 114.00 114.00 4 613 613 109.50 109.50 3 650 650 106.00 106.00 4 700-703 702 97.50-105.00 101.24 6 786 786 105.25 105.25 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 0722cst md