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Des Moines, IA Wed Jan 18, 2012 USDA-IA Dept of Ag Market
Creston, IA Feeder Cattle Auction
Feeder Cattle Weighted Average Report for 01/18/2012
Receipts: 2576 Last Week: 2608 Year Ago: 2533
Compared to the sale last Wednesday: Feeder steers mostly
2.00-5.00 higher and feeder heifers under 650 lbs. mostly
3.00-6.00 higher, feeder heifers over 650 lbs. mostly steady.
Trade Very Active and Demand Very Good today. Receipts this week included 67 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
11 390 390 208.00 208.00
24 423-447 435 192.50-199.50 195.17
37 467-484 476 188.00-194.00 190.84
73 505-546 528 174.00-189.50 182.43
153 550-593 583 159.50-171.00 162.91
8 552 552 180.00 180.00 Fancy
219 600-648 623 156.50-164.00 160.72 Calves
283 650-691 666 149.25-160.50 155.20 Calves
5 695 695 145.25 145.25 Fleshy
303 700-738 718 151.60-156.25 154.55 Calves
5 701 701 146.50 146.50 Fleshy
179 752-797 775 146.75-151.00 147.86 Calves
25 802-807 805 145.50-146.25 146.04
16 850 850 144.10 144.10
5 885 885 128.75 128.75 Fleshy
23 927 927 139.00 139.00
Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1-2
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price
26 509-546 523 169.50-172.00 170.38
6 591 591 158.25 158.25
6 664 664 146.75 146.75 Calves
Feeder Steers Medium 1
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price
17 480-491 488 175.00-180.00 176.45
Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price
12 390 390 182.00 182.00
10 410-425 418 159.00-172.00 165.38
62 455-493 471 163.50-175.00 169.07
150 500-546 525 148.75-166.00 158.41
207 553-596 572 151.25-165.00 157.87
227 607-644 632 148.00-156.75 152.00 Calves
117 659-699 676 139.75-148.00 145.49 Calves
16 652-683 668 150.00-151.25 150.61 Repalcement
24 704-743 716 140.00-143.50 141.48 Calves
19 720-741 735 136.00-136.25 136.19 Fleshy
58 706-722 720 145.00-146.75 145.99 Replcement
17 763-786 771 132.00-136.50 134.58 Calves
56 752-761 759 141.75-143.50 142.15 Replacement
20 823-834 827 133.00-135.00 133.81
Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1-2
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price
6 445 445 155.00 155.00
12 450-480 465 160.00-162.50 161.21
8 524 524 146.50 146.50
13 590-598 594 146.75-149.50 148.03
85 619-632 625 142.00-146.75 144.65 Calves
Feeder Heifers Medium 1
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price
6 485 485 157.00 157.00
Feeder Bullocks Medium and Large 1
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price
8 691 691 158.25 158.25 Calves
Source: Iowa Dept. of Ag-USDA Market News, Des Moines, IA
515-284-4460
e-mail: desm.lgmn@usda.gov
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