LR_LS128
Little Rock, AR Tue Jan 26, 2010 USDA-AR Dept of Ag Market News
Ft. Smith Livestock, Ft. Smith, AR
Weighted Average Report for Monday Jan 25, 2010
Cattle Receipts: 710 Last week: NS Last year: NR
Compared to previous week: No recent comparison.
Supply included 382 feeder calve; 237 feeder yearlings; 28 replacement cows;
56 slaughter cows; 7 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; 28 percent Brahma and Brahma crosses; and 2
percent Holsteins and other dairy 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 44.00-48.50 49.00-53.50 39.00-43.50
Boners 80-85% 950-1400 42.00-46.50 47.00-51.00 37.00-41.50
Lean 85-90% 900-1300 40.00-44.50 45.00-49.00 35.00-39.50
Slaughter Bulls:
Weight Average Dress High Dress Low Dress
Y.G. 1-2 1000-2100 59.00-63.00
Feeder Steers: Medium and Large 1 310-335 lbs (324) 120.00-129.00 (123.89);
350-390 lbs (369) 120.00-131.00 (124.14); 400-447 lbs (427) 115.00-125.50
(120.72); 455-496 lbs (486) 105.00-113.00 (109.25); 500-545 lbs (516) 105.00-
116.00 (110.90); 550-595 lbs (575) 100.00-108.00 (105.42); 600-628 lbs (618)
97.00-105.00 (100.33); 735-735 lbs (735) 87.00-89.00 (88.00); 750-750 lbs (750)
94.00 (94.00). Medium and Large 2 300-335 lbs (318) 114.00-119.00 (117.01);
350-395 lbs (374) 112.50-117.50 (115.81); 400-445 lbs (431) 105.00-114.00
(112.51); 450-495 lbs (473) 92.00-104.50 (98.10); 505-545 lbs (519) 94.00-
104.00 (100.31); 550-580 lbs (571) 86.00-94.00 (90.60); 600-645 lbs (626)
86.00-95.00 (91.52); 680-680 lbs (680) 83.00 (83.00).
Feeder Heifers: Medium and Large 1 305-338 lbs (333) 102.00-110.00 (104.03);
355-395 lbs (381) 100.00-107.00 (104.48); 420-445 lbs (439) 90.00-98.00
(94.27); 450-495 lbs (469) 89.00-99.00 (93.01); 500-545 lbs (521) 85.00-94.50
(89.79); 550-590 lbs (567) 87.00-94.00 (91.24); 600-630 lbs (612) 84.00-89.00
(86.70); 690-695 lbs (694) 87.50-91.50 (91.00); 720-740 lbs (730) 82.00-85.00
(83.48). Small and Medium 1 355-395 lbs (373) 78.00-88.00 (82.64); 400-405 lbs
(403) 75.00 (75.00). Medium and Large 2 325-335 lbs (328) 90.00-97.00 (94.14);
355-375 lbs (363) 92.50-96.00 (94.19); 435-440 lbs (438) 82.00-87.00 (84.49);
450-495 lbs (468) 80.00-89.50 (85.81); 505-540 lbs (524) 80.00-85.00 (83.51);
550-595 lbs (571) 80.00-86.00 (81.99).
Feeder Bulls: Medium and Large 1 370-395 lbs (390) 100.00-105.00 (104.21);
425-443 lbs (434) 98.00-103.00 (100.45); 488-488 lbs (488) 90.00 (90.00); 505-
535 lbs (520) 87.00-90.00 (88.46). Medium and Large 2 355-370 lbs (363) 85.00
(85.00).
Replacement Cows: Pre-tested for bangs; pregnancy; and age.
Medium and Large 1-2:
Age Weight Months Bred Price
2-3 year old 600-800 open cows 60.00-64.00
3-7 year old 800-1200 open cows 41.00-57.00
7+ year old 900-1200 open cows 33.00-40.00
7+ year old 1000-1250 third stage 42.00-51.00
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
