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Tuesday, January 06, 2009

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JC_LS769 Jefferson City, MO Thu Dec 18, 2008 MO Dept of Ag/USDA Market News Green City- Green City Livestock Auction Feeder Cattle Weighted Average Report for 12/17/2008 Receipts: 672 Week Ago: 2491 Year Ago: 1728 Compared with the previous auction; feeder steers and heifers steady to firm on a light test. Slaughter cows 4.00-5.00 higher. Icy roads and cold temperatures making it difficult to move cattle. Live and feeder cattle contracts having a nice up week so far as improving fundamentals have finally led to a rally at the CME. Demand moderate and supply light. Cows and bulls accounted for 8 percent of the run and feeders 92 percent. In the feeder supply, steers made up approximately 48 percent of the run and heifers 52 percent. Offerings over 600 lbs totaled around 30 percent. Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 38 405-445 437 115.50-119.00 117.41 8 499 499 108.25 108.25 30 513 513 110.25 110.25 43 557-595 576 104.00-108.00 105.33 35 604-633 616 99.00-106.00 102.98 25 718-745 734 86.25-86.75 86.45 4 743 743 84.75 84.75 Fleshy Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 5 499 499 107.00 107.00 7 507 507 104.00 104.00 Feeder Steers Medium 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 6 463 463 102.50 102.50 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 4 398 398 95.00 95.00 48 413-431 425 87.00-96.00 92.75 34 458-479 474 86.50-90.00 88.96 12 506-520 513 86.00-88.75 87.36 16 551 551 84.75 84.75 25 628 628 83.75 83.75 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 8 541-547 543 80.25-81.50 80.72 Fleshy 27 563-593 577 82.75-86.00 84.17 4 588 588 79.00 79.00 Fleshy 6 610 610 83.50 83.50 6 613 613 75.00 75.00 Fleshy 25 727 727 77.00 77.00 Fleshy 4 799 799 73.50 73.50 Fleshy Feeder Heifers Medium 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 4 485 485 73.00 73.00 Fleshy Slaughter Cows: Percent Lean Avg Dressing Hi Dressing Lo Dressing Breaking 70-80 Boning 80-85 38.50-42.75 43.00-44.00 33.00-36.25 Lean 85-90 32.00-33.50 Slaughter Bulls: Yield Grade 1 1670 lbs 50.25. Source: MO Dept of Ag-USDA Market News Service, Green City, MO Steve Disselhorst, Market Reporter, 573-751-5618 24 hour recorded report, 573-522-9244 www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/JC_LS769.txt 0729cst md .





 


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