Ft. Smith Livestock, Ft.Smith, AR
Weighted Average Report for Monday Nov 30, 2009

Cattle Receipts: 909 Last week: 663 Last year:

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows and bulls were steady to 2.00 higher.
Feeder steers and heifers were 2.00 to 4.00 higher.

Supply included 491 feeder calves; 300 feeder yearlings; 33 replacement cows;
70 slaughter cows; 15 slaughter bulls; and 0 replacement bulls. Feeder supply
consisted of about 40 percent English breed and English crosses; 30 percent
Exotic breed and Exotic crosses; 30 percent Brahma and Brahma crosses; and 0
percent Holsteins and other diary breeds. Feeder supply about 55 percent steers
and bulls with 45 percent heifers. Prices follow with weighted average price in
parenthesis.

Slaughter Cows:
%Lean Weight Average Dress High Dress Low Dress
Breakers 75-80% 1000-1550 39.00-42.50 44.00-48.00
Boners 80-85% 900-1400 37.00-41.50 42.00-46.00 32.00-36.50
Lean 85-90% 800-1300 35.00-39.50 40.00-44.00 30.00-34.50

Slaughter Bulls:
Weight Average Dress High Dress
Y.G. 1-2 1000-2200 52.00-57.50 58.00-62.00

Feeder Steers: Medium and Large 1 310-340 lbs (328) 120.00-127.50 (125.68);
350-395 lbs (376) 118.00-124.00 (120.41); 405-445 lbs (429) 105.00-123.00
(113.97); 450-495 lbs (477) 100.00-115.00 (107.58); 500-548 lbs (527) 98.00-
106.50 (101.69); 550-590 lbs (570) 90.00-97.00 (93.57); 600-633 lbs (612) 89.00-
95.00 (91.36); 650-660 lbs (654) 90.00-92.50 (91.12); 713-731 lbs (726) 82.00-
86.50 (85.13). Small and Medium 1 385-388 lbs (387) 76.00-85.00 (78.98).
Medium and Large 2 318-340 lbs (322) 105.00-111.00 (109.73); 375-398 lbs (390)
105.00-117.00 (112.46); 400-445 lbs (419) 90.00-100.00 (93.87); 455-497 lbs
(486) 90.00-101.00 (96.23); 500-543 lbs (532) 86.00-95.00 (90.21); 550-585 lbs
(568) 81.00-88.00 (84.05); 600-624 lbs (611) 79.00-86.00 (81.35); 668-695 lbs
(678) 80.00-88.50 (84.76).

Feeder Heifers: Medium and Large 1 350-398 lbs (377) 100.00-103.00 (101.53);
410-437 lbs (424) 92.00-100.00 (95.71); 450-487 lbs (466) 90.00-100.00 (94.42);
500-540 lbs (525) 83.50-91.00 (87.13); 555-593 lbs (580) 80.00-87.00 (83.51);
600-646 lbs (633) 76.50-83.50 (78.44); 715-735 lbs (721) 81.00-85.50 (83.24);
753-753 lbs (753) 75.00 (75.00). Small and Medium 1 300-345 lbs (324) 65.00-
88.00 (78.77); 350-395 lbs (373) 50.00-84.00 (72.14); 405-435 lbs (423) 49.00-
75.00 (67.81); 475-495 lbs (482) 53.00-79.00 (69.14). Medium and Large 2 328-
338 lbs (334) 93.00-98.00 (96.14); 350-395 lbs (375) 87.00-97.00 (93.01); 400-
445 lbs (425) 80.00-90.00 (85.11); 450-495 lbs (469) 80.00-92.00 (85.37); 500-
545 lbs (532) 70.00-82.00 (79.02); 555-590 lbs (569) 79.00-82.50 (81.45); 650-
685 lbs (670) 74.50-78.00 (76.37); 865-880 lbs (873) 57.00 (57.00).

Feeder Bulls: Medium and Large 1 303-345 lbs (311) 94.00-100.00 (95.82); 353-
375 lbs (359) 95.00-101.00 (97.26); 458-498 lbs (482) 81.00-97.00 (86.50); 500-
504 lbs (504) 75.00-83.00 (82.01); 600-630 lbs (620) 85.00-89.00 (86.17). Small
and Medium 1 465-490 lbs (478) 54.00-65.00 (59.36). Medium and Large 2 370-395
lbs (389) 85.00-88.00 (87.16); 405-445 lbs (424) 78.00-85.00 (81.09); 450-493
lbs (470) 78.50-80.00 (79.37); 505-548 lbs (534) 63.00-65.00 (63.63); 600-625
lbs (612) 67.00-75.00 (70.64); 720-740 lbs (730) 65.00-66.00 (65.49); 1030-1030
lbs (1030) 52.50 (52.50).

Replacement Cows: Pre-tested for bangs; pregnancy; and aged.
Medium and Large 1-2:
Age Weight Months Bred Price
2-6 year old 750-950 open cows 62.00-73.00
4-7 year old 850-1350 open cows 40.00-49.00
2-3 year old 1050-1300 second stage 700.00-750.00 per head
5-7 year old 900-1100 second stage 47.50-51.00

Cow-Calf Pairs:
Medium and Large 1-2:
Age Cow Weight Calf Wt. Price
2-7 year old 850-1100 100-200 590.00-785.00 per pair
5-7 year old 950-1100 200-300 600.00-825.00 per pair

Source: AR Dept of Ag-USDA Market News Service, Little Rock, AR
Dianne Hardgrave, 501-671-2200 www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/LR_LS128.txt