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Des Moines, IA Tue Mar 2, 2010 USDA-IA Dept of Ag Market
Humeston, IA Feeder Cattle Auction
Feeder Cattle Weighted Average Report for 03/02/2010
Receipts: 1669 2 weeks ago: 1550 Year Ago: 1735
Compared to the sale 2 weeks ago: Feeder steers and heifers mostly 2.00-4.00 higher. Trade Active and Demand Good today. Receipts this week included 69 percent feeder cattle over 600 lbs; 56 percent of the feeders were steers and 44 percent were heifers.
Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price
28 433-449 437 125.00-129.50 127.13
21 464-499 480 123.50-129.25 125.20
48 501-543 519 119.00-124.00 121.39
98 554-598 574 111.50-119.00 115.36
66 603-647 626 110.00-115.50 112.21
139 654-693 680 102.75-109.50 107.96
112 705-749 716 100.00-105.75 104.31
61 772-793 783 97.00-99.25 97.95
109 833-849 841 96.35-99.25 97.83
10 877 877 93.75 93.75
67 928-929 928 90.50-92.60 92.38
Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1-2
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price
10 730-744 737 98.50 98.50
Feeder Steers Large 1
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price
16 620-642 627 106.00-106.50 106.34
Feeder Steers Large 1-2
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price
6 569 569 111.00 111.00
8 730 730 98.50 98.50
Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price
30 400-443 421 109.00-113.00 111.00
5 465 465 108.00 108.00
92 500-548 524 100.00-108.25 105.28
99 561-587 573 101.00-106.75 104.91
68 602-646 623 103.75-107.75 105.81
93 652-685 665 99.00-102.00 100.12
27 735 735 93.50 93.50
50 702-743 724 96.75-100.0 98.24Replacement
88 816 816 89.85 89.85
6 969 969 85.75 85.75
Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1-2
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price
24 660 660 96.50 96.50
Feeder Heifers Large 1
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price
17 750-781 766 90.50-91.00 90.73
Feeder Heifers Large 1-2
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price
19 580 580 99.75 99.75
Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 1
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price
10 592-598 595 100.00-107.50 103.73
7 627 627 94.00 94.00
11 696 696 95.50 95.50
13 732-743 739 93.00-94.00 93.38
Source: Iowa Dept of Ag-USDA Market News, Des Moines, IA
515-284-4460
e-mail: desm.lgmn@usda.gov
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