Agricultural Marketing
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Des Moines, IA Tue Feb 7, 2012 USDA-IA Dept. of Ag Market
Humeston, IA Feeder Cattle Auction
Feeder Cattle Weighted Average Report for 02/07/2012
Receipts: 1781 Year Ago: 1550
No comparison as sale not reported for a month. Trade active and demand very good today. Receipts this week included 68 percent feeder cattle over 600 lbs.; 69 percent of the feeders were steers and 31 percent were heifers.
Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price
10 353-379 366 213.00-225.00 218.79
20 406-437 426 201.00-208.00 205.38
21 463-495 480 191.00-195.50 192.87
39 510-520 513 186.00-195.00 189.21
11 538 538 178.50 178.50 Fleshy
67 553-597 568 168.25-184.50 173.25
16 599 599 154.00 154.00 Fleshy
187 606-647 623 161.00-170.00 165.05 Calves
165 662-689 676 161.00-169.00 166.99 Calves
176 700-748 717 159.25-164.25 162.18 Calves
20 716 716 147.00 147.00 Fleshy
82 751-783 775 149.75-153.75 151.53 Calves
21 764-777 774 145.00-147.00 145.47 Fleshy
43 809-830 824 138.75-144.00 140.35
60 827 827 150.00 150.00 Load
11 863-870 866 142.25-143.00 142.66
30 874 874 128.75 128.75 Fleshy
19 908-945 931 138.00-140.50 138.90
10 1020 1020 124.00 124.00
Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1-2
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price
6 445 445 194.00 194.00
5 484 484 185.00 185.00
10 532-545 538 180.00-181.00 180.51
17 564-572 566 164.50-165.00 164.85
25 621 621 158.00 158.00 Calves
6 664 664 152.00 152.00 Calves
Feeder Steers Large 1-2
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price
7 599 599 151.00 151.00
18 652 652 158.50 158.50 Calves
Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price
5 365 365 186.00 186.00
20 412-418 414 175.50-182.50 180.73
30 469-496 484 163.00-172.00 166.95
6 491 491 183.00 183.00 Fancy
63 503-549 524 160.50-172.75 167.97
84 550-594 577 156.00-157.50 156.52
93 601-648 632 147.50-154.00 149.36 Calves
8 604 604 144.00 144.00 Fleshy
46 652-687 675 149.00-151.75 150.69 Calves
17 654 654 136.50 136.50 Fleshy
24 715-748 732 140.00-141.50 140.73 Calves
12 758-760 759 136.50-139.00 137.54 Calves
10 809 809 133.00 133.00
6 854 854 128.00 128.00
Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1-2
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price
11 488 488 160.00 160.00
34 509-546 536 154.00-158.00 155.53
5 738 738 130.00 130.00 Calves
Feeder Heifers Large 1-2
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price
9 536 536 154.00 154.00
24 564-598 585 141.00-146.00 144.19
Source: Iowa Dept. of Ag-USDA Market News, Des Moines, IA
515-284-4460
e-mail: desm.lgmn@usda.gov
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