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Des Moines, IA Fri Apr 27, 2012 USDA-IA Dept of Ag Market
Creston, IA Feeder Cattle Auction
Feeder Cattle Weighted Average Report for 04/27/2012
Receipts: 1540 Last Week: (Not reported)
No comparison as this was the 1st Friday sale reported this season. Trade and Demand Moderate today. Receipts this week included 57 percent feeder cattle over 600 lbs; 61 percent of the feeders were strs and 39 percent were hfrs.
Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price
24 360-371 364 204.00-216.00 209.44
18 439 439 194.75 194.75
30 454-481 460 187.00-197.00 193.07
19 533-540 536 182.25-184.50 183.32
114 554-579 570 171.50-177.50 173.43
49 601-647 629 159.00-167.75 164.24 Calves
25 651-670 662 160.25-163.75 161.63 Calves
20 661-697 684 147.25-149.00 148.39 Fleshy
124 707-747 734 147.00-154.50 150.40
54 759-795 785 144.75-148.25 145.64
37 751-791 775 139.50-142.00 140.48 Fleshy
134 824-826 825 140.10-140.25 140.18
20 907 907 131.00 131.00
Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1-2
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price
57 492-498 494 176.75-185.00 178.30
8 541 541 171.00 171.00
6 617 617 157.50 157.50 Calves
5 652 652 153.50 153.50 Calves
46 735 735 144.50 144.50
Feeder Steers Large 1-2
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price
12 538 538 174.00 174.00
6 595 595 159.00 159.00
22 736 736 145.25 145.25
Feeder Steers Medium 1
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price
5 543 543 161.00 161.00
Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price
8 300 300 185.00 185.00
7 383 383 181.50 181.50
26 400-439 421 179.25-185.25 180.95
72 455-499 459 160.50-164.00 161.01
99 510-546 529 158.25-163.00 160.39
26 551-587 574 154.00-160.50 156.71
36 631-647 644 145.00-148.75 147.89 Calves
33 653-694 665 139.75-148.50 145.71 Calves
38 711-746 728 135.00-138.00 136.54
21 719 719 134.50 134.50 Fleshy
68 825 825 130.85 130.85
Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1-2
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price
18 360-391 370 168.50-171.00 170.12
16 425-440 432 172.50-173.00 172.75
22 461-478 473 153.00-158.00 155.75
13 618-632 627 139.00-141.50 139.95 Calves
8 698 698 134.00 134.00 Calves
Feeder Heifers Large 1
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price
6 534 534 158.25 158.25
16 701 701 135.25 135.25
9 872 872 126.75 126.75
Source: Iowa Dept of Ag-USDA Market News, Des Moines, IA
515-284-4460
e-mail: desm.lgmn@usda.gov
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