RA_LS755 Raleigh, NC Mon Jan 5, 2009 USDA-NC Dept of Ag Market News Weighted Average Auction Report for all markets for the week ending Thursday January 1, 2009. Cattle Receipts: 1405 Last week: No Sales Last Year: 2086 Compared to last week: Trends not available. Slaughter Cows Breakers 75-80 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 3 1300-1350 1327 43.00-53.00 48.36 3 1350-1400 1380 52.50-59.00 55.66 3 1400-1450 1417 50.00-52.50 51.49 5 1450-1500 1481 49.50-59.00 52.19 5 1550-1600 1582 46.50-54.50 50.82 4 1650-1700 1665 50.00-54.50 52.12 4 1700-1750 1719 52.00-53.50 52.38 Slaughter Cows Boners 80-85 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 3 800-850 823 44.00-51.00 47.32 6 850-900 878 44.50-50.50 47.92 12 900-950 924 42.00-53.50 47.69 8 950-1000 974 45.50-52.50 48.69 18 1000-1050 1019 44.50-54.50 49.73 11 1050-1100 1073 45.50-53.00 49.58 17 1100-1150 1127 47.00-57.00 51.21 23 1150-1200 1169 42.00-54.50 48.96 16 1200-1250 1216 42.00-53.50 47.96 17 1250-1300 1277 41.50-55.00 48.96 18 1300-1350 1320 42.00-54.50 49.69 8 1350-1400 1374 44.00-54.00 49.77 6 1400-1450 1419 43.50-48.00 46.26 6 1450-1500 1461 45.00-50.00 47.67 5 1600-1650 1623 46.00-49.50 47.50 5 1650-1700 1680 45.00-52.50 49.01 Slaughter Cows Lean 85-90 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 4 850-900 859 41.00-45.00 42.61 5 900-950 919 39.00-45.50 43.12 3 1000-1050 1018 35.00-42.50 39.18 Slaughter Bulls Y.G. 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 4 1350-1400 1355 55.00-60.50 58.13 5 1550-1600 1565 57.00-63.50 60.32 3 1750-1800 1779 60.00-62.00 61.00 Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 3 200-250 223 81.00-94.00 86.67 5 300-350 334 87.50-97.00 93.73 12 350-400 370 84.50-95.00 89.94 6 400-450 432 87.00-97.00 93.30 7 450-500 471 81.00-89.00 85.30 4 500-550 514 88.00-91.00 89.72 3 600-650 605 85.00 85.00 8 650-700 656 74.00-80.00 78.79 Feeder Steers Small 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 4 250-300 285 72.00-82.00 77.52 5 300-350 335 50.00-82.00 73.39 15 350-400 372 60.00-86.00 78.67 4 400-450 418 76.00-81.00 79.54 4 500-550 539 63.00-79.00 66.82 3 550-600 558 71.00-81.00 77.27 Feeder Steers Medium and Large 3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 5 300-350 324 71.00-85.50 76.92 5 350-400 364 73.00-78.00 75.20 5 400-450 425 73.00-80.00 75.58 Feeder Steers Small 3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 3 300-350 322 66.00-68.00 66.63 4 350-400 376 64.00-65.00 64.51 Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 9 400-450 431 80.00-95.00 87.80 18 450-500 472 71.50-95.50 85.25 30 500-550 529 70.00-88.00 80.02 14 550-600 568 73.00-89.00 78.69 19 600-650 625 63.00-85.00 70.95 6 650-700 669 68.00-74.00 70.23 8 700-750 727 64.00-74.50 67.57 Feeder Bulls Small 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 4 400-450 434 72.00-82.00 79.05 9 450-500 484 65.00-77.00 71.69 7 500-550 526 64.00-80.00 72.67 8 550-600 578 64.00-77.00 70.98 5 600-650 624 64.00-74.00 70.70 3 700-750 737 63.00-69.00 65.33 3 800-850 818 51.00-65.00 56.09 Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 4 550-600 586 69.00-79.00 73.73 3 600-650 602 64.50-74.00 69.18 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 4 200-250 224 76.00-85.00 80.11 3 250-300 275 72.00-79.00 74.16 4 300-350 337 71.00-86.00 79.15 15 350-400 375 71.00-83.00 77.12 17 400-450 427 74.50-80.00 76.01 27 450-500 474 68.50-85.00 75.22 15 500-550 518 72.00-82.00 75.54 11 550-600 579 67.50-75.00 70.87 7 600-650 618 64.00-71.00 68.46 7 650-700 661 62.00-78.00 69.48 4 700-750 726 62.50-76.00 67.32 3 800-850 825 62.50 62.50 Feeder Heifers Small 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 5 200-250 215 48.00-83.00 72.14 10 250-300 284 57.00-79.00 72.79 9 300-350 316 65.00-77.00 68.29 14 350-400 375 61.00-74.00 69.70 10 400-450 425 61.00-73.00 68.30 8 450-500 473 60.00-68.00 64.30 10 500-550 519 64.50-70.00 66.39 12 550-600 567 50.00-69.00 64.79 5 600-650 626 62.00-66.00 64.19 3 700-750 708 64.00-65.00 64.50 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 8 300-350 325 60.00-73.00 64.60 7 350-400 377 68.00-73.00 69.61 3 450-500 472 64.00-73.00 67.11 3 500-550 515 52.00-76.00 66.12 3 800-850 830 45.00-69.00 59.63 Stock Cows Medium and Large 1-2 Young Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 900-950 910 50.00 50.00 1 950-1000 960 45.50 45.50 2 1000-1050 1018 48.50-60.00 54.35 2 1100-1150 1132 47.50-58.00 52.71 Stock Cows Small and Medium 1-2 Young Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 3 750-800 777 42.00-51.50 47.19 Cow/Calf Pairs: (16) Medium and Large 1-2 900-1050 lbs young to middle age cows with 250-425 lbs calves 415.00-870.00 per pair. Large 1-2 1100-1200 lbs middle age cows with 150-400 lbs calves 625.00-860.00 per pair. Goats: Receipts 130, last week 0. Sold per head, weights estimated. Slaughter and Replacement Classes: Kids: Selection 1 under 20 lbs 20.00-25.00, 20-40 lbs 26.00-43.00, 40-60 lbs 45.00-60.00, 60-80 lbs 65.00-77.00; Selection 2 under 20 lbs 10.00-15.00, 20-40 lbs 17.50, 40-60 lbs 30.00. Yearlings: Selection 1 60-80 lbs 64.00, 80-100 lbs 87.50-94.00; Selection 2 60-80 lbs 39.00-52.50. Does/Nannies: Selection 1 50-70 lbs 45.00-70.00, 70-100 lbs 72.50-90.00, 100-140 lbs 83.00-85.00; Selection 2 50-70 lbs 30.00-39.00. Bucks/Billies: Selection 1 70-100 lbs 91.00-95.00, 100-150 lbs 110.00-130.00, 150-250 lbs 137.50-162.50. Source: NC Dept of Ag-USDA Market News Service, Raleigh, NC 919-733-7252 www.ams.usda.gov/LSMarketNews/RA_LS755.txt