NW_LS752
Des Moines, IA Fri Sep 26, 2008 USDA-IA Dept of Ag Market
Creston, IA Feeder Cattle Auction
Feeder Cattle Weighted Average Report for 09/26/2008
Receipts: 1180
No comparison as sale not reported for 5 weeks: Trade Active and Demand Good today. Receipts this week included 43 percent feeder cattle over 600 lbs; 48 percent of the feeders were steers and 52 percent were heifers. Most of the calves were just weaned today.
Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price
9 320 320 135.00 135.00
10 386 386 127.00 127.00
47 415-435 432 119.00-120.75 120.46
23 475-485 482 114.00-115.25 114.82
41 505-544 523 109.50-110.25 109.90
24 561 561 126.50 126.50
15 621 621 113.00 113.00
25 612-618 615 113.00-116.25 114.42
6 696 696 114.50 114.50
10 728 728 114.75 114.75
32 757-764 762 108.75-109.75 109.38
125 865-875 874 105.00-106.75 105.12
Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1-2
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price
27 360-396 379 116.75-121.75 120.73
21 423-445 440 114.50-116.50 114.96
15 482 482 111.00 111.00
17 500 500 106.50-107.25 107.03
11 630 630 104.75 104.75
6 665 665 112.00 112.00 Yrl.
6 727 727 111.00 111.00
5 817 817 101.50 101.50
Feeder Steers Medium 1-2
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price
6 574 574 103.75 103.75
Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price
10 327-343 335 114.75-119.00 116.82
31 361-398 391 118.75-119.50 119.37
33 451-494 471 105.25-109.50 106.81
73 631-640 636 107.25-107.75 107.47 Yrl.
21 673-683 678 102.00-103.75 102.91 Yrl.
15 775 775 97.00 97.00
8 842 842 96.50 96.50
Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1-2
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price
12 298 298 114.50 114.50
5 328 328 110.00 110.00
12 418-428 422 103.00-107.25 105.45
14 533-547 538 103.50-106.25 104.50 Yrl
197 563-575 574 103.75-106.00 105.81 Yrl
61 850 850 94.00 94.00
Feeder Heifers Large 1-2
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price
12 839 839 94.75 94.75
Feeder Heifers Medium 1
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price
5 531 531 93.50 93.50
Feeder Heifers Medium 1-2
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price
6 370 370 107.00 107.00
Source: Iowa Dept of Ag-USDA Market News, Des Moines, IA
515-284-4460
e-mail: desm.lgmn@usda.gov
www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/NW_LS752.txt
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