Boonville - Farmers Livestock Auction: Feeder Cattle Weighted Average Report for 01/03/2012
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Receipts: 1261 Last Week: 1568 Year Ago: 1786 Compared to last week’s light feeder offering, feeder steers and heifers sold sharply higher as the quality of feeders was very good through-out the auction. Demand very good. Supply moderate. Feeder offerings around 66 percent steers and bulls and 34 percent heifers. Offerings over 600 lbs around 50 percent. Cows around 9 percent. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 6 249 249 192.00 192.00 3 295 295 175.00 175.00 6 305-330 316 166.00-183.00 173.89 10 343 343 188.00 188.00 Fancy 23 350-390 357 174.00-180.50 175.46 5 353 353 187.00 187.00 Value Added 12 410-428 423 162.00-174.50 172.71 16 465-495 480 162.00-179.25 173.25 46 504-547 526 156.00-169.00 162.44 26 550-597 574 142.00-155.50 151.95 7 559 559 160.50 160.50 Fancy 71 600-643 632 141.50-151.50 148.78 5 643 643 137.50 137.50 Fleshy 37 650-698 666 141.50-148.00 144.22 77 703-748 725 133.75-148.25 141.71 44 763-784 769 135.50-142.00 139.31 14 810-846 843 136.00-142.25 141.65 18 954 954 131.00 131.00 Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 3 300-335 318 150.00-157.50 154.62 3 365-368 367 162.50-164.00 163.50 15 410-430 421 147.00-159.00 154.88 6 558-590 578 132.50-142.00 138.52 3 635-648 644 136.00-138.00 137.34 4 660-690 670 130.00-140.00 135.27 4 838 838 129.00 129.00 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 6 297 297 155.00-160.00 157.50 6 305-345 328 145.00-156.00 149.71 10 336 336 163.00 163.00 Value Added 25 355-399 380 144.00-159.50 151.71 33 400-445 423 140.00-148.00 144.78 27 450-495 478 138.00-148.00 141.58 32 500-545 520 137.00-144.75 141.84 22 553-595 564 139.00-142.75 140.86 36 603-644 618 137.75-142.75 139.61 12 660-690 682 131.50-139.00 133.30 15 711 711 135.00 135.00 7 969 969 110.50 110.50 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 7 310-340 324 127.00-140.00 136.08 5 420-445 429 123.50-136.00 128.55 10 450-490 472 127.00-139.00 133.32 5 505-540 523 127.50-135.00 131.93 10 550-585 576 126.00-138.00 132.11 11 600-640 627 124.00-135.50 129.53 4 655-680 668 129.00-135.50 133.65 8 775-786 782 131.75-132.50 132.03 Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 3 355-380 370 153.00-166.00 159.86 4 433-435 434 142.00-159.00 146.26 17 458-495 476 132.00-149.50 144.27 9 510-545 535 128.00-140.00 133.56 18 563-598 575 117.00-139.00 135.64 22 600-648 624 122.00-137.00 129.65 8 675-690 686 120.00-134.00 125.77 6 709-730 712 124.00-125.00 124.17 3 765-775 768 114.00-119.00 117.32 Feeder Bulls Medium 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 7 506 506 138.50 138.50 8 602 602 133.00 133.00 Source: MO Dept of Ag/USDA Market News Service, Boonville, MO Brian K. Fleischmann, Market Reporter, 573-751-5618 24 Hour Market Report 1-573-522-9244 www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/JC_LS754.txt 0722cst th