NW_LS750 Des Moines, IA Thu Feb 19, 2015 USDA-IA Dept of Ag Market Lamoni, IA Feeder Cattle Auction Feeder Cattle Weighted Average Report for 02/19/2015 Receipts: 3190 2 week ago: 1751 Year Ago: 1714 Compared to the sale 2 weeks ago: Feeder calves under 700 pounds sold sharply higher, with type and condition playing a big factor; feeder steers weighing 700-800 pounds were steady; while steers over 800 pounds were weak to mostly 3.00 lower. Feeder heifer calves under 600 pounds sold 10.00-20.00 higher; heifers 600-750 pounds were 2.00-5.00 higher and heifers over 750 pound trended steady to 3.00 lower. Today’s offerings consisted for several load lots of steers weighing over 750 pounds. Trade Active and Demand was Good for today’s heavy offerings. Receipts this week included 83 percent feeder cattle over 600 lbs; 70 percent of the feeders were strs and 30 percent were hfrs. Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 10 366-398 383 303.00-324.00 314.74 7 446 446 294.50 294.50 14 467-477 470 276.50-285.00 281.40 13 509-531 524 271.00-291.00 285.02 13 509 509 299.00 299.00 Fancy 102 558-599 582 245.00-260.00 252.86 30 552 552 277.00 277.00 Fancy 110 607-640 628 242.00-253.50 246.74 Calves 79 653-693 668 220.50-240.00 231.17 Calves 34 690-697 695 210.00-215.00 213.39 Fleshy 386 702-747 726 207.00-228.00 213.89 Calves 10 740 740 203.00 203.00 Fleshy 263 753-792 782 201.00-211.00 204.76 Calves 242 802-848 822 188.00-200.50 196.60 276 860-898 873 182.00-192.10 189.24 109 902-918 916 185.00-189.00 185.68 47 971-995 977 169.00-176.00 174.07 104 1021-1031 1026 184.00 184.00 Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 4 328 328 299.00 299.00 2 425 425 265.00 265.00 8 470-498 491 264.00-267.00 264.72 5 533 533 256.00 256.00 14 553-575 565 236.00-247.00 242.43 9 615-631 621 221.00-231.00 226.58 Calves 13 650-690 679 210.00-222.00 217.28 Calves 50 708-748 720 200.00-213.00 205.13 Calves 3 848 848 177.00 177.00 19 1024 1024 162.50 162.50 Feeder Steers Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 3 632 632 236.00 236.00 Calves 9 672 672 216.50 216.50 Calves 26 778-779 779 192.50-196.50 195.58 Calves 2 835 835 189.00 189.00 9 873 873 186.00 186.00 Feeder Steers Medium 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 603 603 237.00 237.00 Calves 10 668-676 674 212.00-215.00 212.89 Calves 11 735 735 185.00 185.00 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 5 375-397 388 268.00-279.00 272.25 18 412-424 418 249.00-259.00 255.87 17 455-495 473 235.00-246.00 239.02 62 508-548 534 225.00-240.00 233.36 126 554-595 576 218.00-230.50 224.05 138 601-641 622 201.00-217.00 209.63 Calves 159 650-693 675 190.00-201.25 196.25 Calves 160 705-745 720 182.00-192.50 189.85 Calves 60 771-796 788 182.00-185.00 184.12 Calves 30 807-844 838 180.00-184.00 182.06 9 865 865 184.25 184.25 8 922 922 179.00 179.00 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 4 449 449 222.50 222.50 3 475 475 231.00 231.00 15 511-521 518 215.00-220.00 218.22 7 610-649 634 195.50-200.00 198.61 Calves 12 681-693 689 185.00-190.00 188.35 Calves 2 715 715 170.00 170.00 Calves 2 785 785 175.00 175.00 Calves 2 835 835 170.00 170.00 5 853 853 173.00 173.00 Feeder Heifers Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 3 712 712 191.00 191.00 Calves 4 814 814 170.00 170.00 4 1276 1276 135.00 135.00 Feeder Heifers Medium 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 3 497 497 224.00 224.00 26 569-591 587 211.00-212.50 211.22 5 696 696 187.00 187.00 Calves Feeder Heifers Medium 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 4 268 268 260.00 260.00 Source: Iowa Dept of Ag-USDA Market News, Des Moines, IA 515-284-4460 e-mail: desm.lgmn@usda.gov www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/NW_LS750.txt 1730c jp . .