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Des Moines, IA Tue May 1, 2012 USDA-IA Dept of Ag Market
Humeston, IA Feeder Cattle Auction
Feeder Cattle Weighted Average Report for 05/01/2012
Receipts: 973
No comparison as sale not reported for a month: Trade Active and Demand Good today. Receipts this week included 53 percent feeder cattle over 600 lbs; 45 percent of the feeders were steers and 55 percent were heifers.
Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price
15 430-437 433 197.50-200.00 198.68
20 467-483 474 194.25-200.00 196.15
43 501-528 511 188.00-194.00 191.17
32 551-594 571 176.00-186.00 182.89
15 592 592 166.50 166.50 Fleshy
25 623-634 631 165.00-168.25 165.74 Calves
26 653-681 673 157.75-164.50 160.11 Calves
22 691-693 692 145.00-147.50 146.37 Fleshy
27 716-747 724 145.00-152.50 150.38
19 817-821 819 141.00-142.50 141.87
Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1-2
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price
6 496 496 189.00 189.00
10 539 539 180.25 180.25
26 577-596 587 166.00-175.00 169.38
8 678 678 154.00 154.00 Calves
8 738 738 139.50 139.50
Feeder Steers Large 1-2
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price
5 644 644 154.50 154.50 Calves
8 665 665 152.50 152.50 Calves
Feeder Steers Medium 1
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price
5 518 518 167.00 167.00
Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price
5 380 380 186.00 186.00
15 411-432 425 192.50-194.00 193.52
30 453-464 456 178.00-186.75 183.34
42 500-548 527 163.50-167.00 165.51
51 553-598 572 162.00-168.00 164.85
10 615-640 628 147.00-155.00 150.92 Calves
9 639 639 144.50 144.50 Fleshy
72 650-679 664 140.00-145.75 142.51 Calves
15 713 713 141.00 141.00
5 800 800 128.00 128.00
55 865 865 123.00-127.25 126.79
24 959-997 983 108.00-110.00 108.73
Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1-2
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price
5 415 415 183.00 183.00
12 486-498 491 169.00-172.00 170.73
6 560 560 157.50 157.50
21 625-633 631 140.00-144.50 141.06 Calves
5 682 682 138.00 138.00 Calves
15 756 756 128.00 128.00
Source: Iowa Dept of Ag-USDA Market News, Des Moines, IA
515-284-4460
e-mail: desm.lgmn@usda.gov
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