Ft. Smith Livestock, Ft. Smith, AR
Weighted Average Report for Monday Mar 15, 2010

Cattle Receipts: 763 Last week: 1217 Last year: 712

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows and bulls were 3.00 higher. Feeder
steers and heifers were 3.00-5.00 higher, instances higher.
Supply included 354 feeder calves; 250 feeder yearlings; 30 replacement
cows; 112 slaughter cows; 14 slaughter bulls; and 3 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% 1000-1500 51.00-55.50 56.00-60.60 46.00-50.50
Boners 80-85% 950-1400 48.00-52.50 53.00-57.50 43.00-47.50
Lean 85-90% 900-1300 46.00-50.50 51.00-55.00 41.00-45.50

Slaughter Bulls:
Weight Average Dress High Dress Low Dress
Y.G. 1-2 1000-2100 66.00-70.00 73.00-76.00 54.00-58.50

Feeder Steers: Medium and Large 1 310-345 lbs (330) 130.00-142.50 (136.22);
350-389 lbs (372) 125.00-137.50 (131.05); 400-445 lbs (422) 129.00-137.50
(132.51); 450-495 lbs (481) 124.00-134.50 (127.57); 503-545 lbs (523) 113.00-
125.00 (120.51); 550-590 lbs (568) 110.00-120.00 (117.22); 605-640 lbs (614)
110.00-117.00 (115.34); 650-660 lbs (655) 104.00-104.50 (104.25); 739-739 lbs
(739) 100.50 (100.50); 853-853 lbs (853) 93.50 (93.50). Medium and Large 2
300-348 lbs (330) 107.00-125.00 (118.71); 385-395 lbs (388) 115.00-120.00
(118.30); 400-440 lbs (420) 104.00-125.00 (114.85); 450-493 lbs (473) 110.00-
123.00 (113.67); 505-545 lbs (525) 104.00-108.00 (105.39); 555-587 lbs (579)
103.00-105.00 (104.52).
Feeder Heifers: Medium and Large 1 310-340 lbs (321) 107.50-122.50 (114.73);
350-395 lbs (368) 101.00-115.00 (108.26); 400-441 lbs (424) 109.00-116.00
(111.35); 460-485 lbs (472) 103.00-114.00 (108.14); 500-545 lbs (518) 98.00-
111.00 (104.58); 555-588 lbs (577) 93.00-104.00 (98.16); 605-635 lbs (615)
94.50-102.00 (98.32); 650-690 lbs (668) 90.00-100.50 (97.32); 770-795 lbs (783)
83.50-84.50 (83.87). Small and Medium 1 330-335 lbs (333) 85.00-90.00 (87.48).
Medium and Large 2 335-335 lbs (335) 100.00 (100.00); 360-380 lbs (369) 90.00-
100.00 (94.32); 405-440 lbs (420) 94.00-107.00 (101.90); 450-498 lbs (474)
90.00-102.00 (97.54); 510-547 lbs (533) 88.50-97.00 (94.28); 550-585 lbs (568)
88.50-92.00 (90.30).
Feeder Bulls: Medium and Large 1 360-398 lbs (385) 103.00-110.00 (107.99);
450-480 lbs (463) 105.00-107.00 (105.69); 700-700 lbs (700) 85.00 (85.00).
Medium and Large 2 405-440 lbs (417) 90.00-97.00 (93.83).

Replacement Cows: Pre-tested for bangs; pregnancy; and age.
Medium and Large 1-2:
Age Weight Months Bred Price
2-3 year old 500-950 open cows 70.00-77.00
3-6 year old 900-1150 open cows 51.00-60.00
6-7 year old 900-1250 second stage 53.00-56.50
5-6 year old 1000-1350 third stage 54.00-64.00
7+ year old 950-1150 third stage 45.00-48.00

Cow-Calf Pairs:
Medium and Large 1-2:
Age Cow Weight Calf Wt Price
2-7 year old 900-1100 100-200 700.00-800.00 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