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Des Moines, IA Wed May 26, 2010 USDA-IA Dept of Ag Market
Bloomfield, IA Feeder Cattle Auction
Feeder Cattle Weighted Average Report for 05/26/2010
Receipts: 1251 2 weeks ago: 1270 Year Ago: 1393
Compared to the sale 2 weeks ago: Feeder strs and hfrs under 500 lbs. mostly 7.00-10.00 lower and feeder strs and hfrs over 500 lbs. mostly 3.00-6.00 lower. Trade and Demand Moderate today. Receipts this week included
37 percent feeder cattle over 600 lbs; 43 percent of the feeders were strs and 57 percent were hfrs.
Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price
17 423-434 428 135.00-139.00 137.33
39 461-495 475 130.00-137.00 133.13
42 508-539 516 130.00-138.00 134.67
105 555-583 563 134.00-136.75 135.70
5 623 623 126.00 126.00
35 651-671 667 120.00-121.75 120.77
39 720-731 723 113.25-114.00 113.81
12 753 753 112.25 112.25
31 807-823 818 107.35-108.75 107.80
Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1-2
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price
5 417 417 133.50 133.50
10 453 453 125.00-127.00 126.00
15 508-527 517 127.00-128.50 127.84
9 630 630 117.50 117.50
Feeder Steers Large 1-2
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price
6 613 613 114.50 114.50
Feeder Steers Large 2
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price
9 579 579 114.25 114.25
12 674-692 684 109.00-110.00 109.59
Feeder Steers Medium 1
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price
5 538 538 124.00 124.00
Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price
5 346 346 124.00 124.00
28 389-395 392 123.50-125.00 124.35
25 420-433 424 119.00-123.50 122.49
64 453-494 478 120.00-123.50 121.16
81 500-549 516 118.50-126.25 122.44
69 558-584 579 115.50-119.10 117.83
30 612-640 622 109.25-116.75 111.65
129 663-686 672 110.50-113.00 112.19
9 713 713 108.75 108.75
13 855-884 871 94.50-96.00 95.32
Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1-2
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price
21 428-448 438 115.00-118.00 117.00
12 489 489 116.50 116.50
13 534-536 535 116.00-116.50 116.27
16 563-583 576 110.50-113.75 112.53
5 653 653 108.25 108.25
Feeder Heifers Medium 1
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price
6 633 633 105.25 105.25
Source: Iowa Dept of Ag-USDA Market News, Des Moines, IA
515-284-4460
e-mail: desm.lgmn@usda.gov
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