NW_LS756
Des Moines, IA    Wed Oct 4, 2017    USDA-IA Dept of Ag Market
  
Bloomfield, IA Feeder Cattle Auction
Feeder Cattle Weighted Average Report for 10/04/2017
 
Receipts:  1459    

No comparison today as 2 weeks ago was a yearling sale 
and today was a calf sale: Trade Active and Demand Good
today. Receipts this week included 19 percent feeder cattle
over 600 lbs; 57 percent of the feeders were strs and 
43 percent were hfrs. 
   


                Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1
 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price
    5      213       213       250.00         250.00
    5      252       252       230.00         230.00
   14    313-329     323    200.00-217.00     205.88
   38    366-368     366    196.00-211.00     209.02
   77    400-444     426    187.00-202.50     194.44
  156    461-497     484    181.00-193.50     187.73
  123    502-546     539    165.00-184.00     181.27
   24      511       511       199.00         199.00   Fancy
  148    561-599     576    166.50-179.75     171.64
  114    600-649     631    159.00-169.50     162.23   Calves

                Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1-2
 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price
    5      368       368       180.00         180.00
   11    402-431     418    183.00-185.00     183.87
    5      476       476       176.00         176.00
   19    574-579     576    155.50-159.00     156.98
   20      690       690       154.25         154.25   Calves

                     Feeder Steers Large 1-2
 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price
   14    501-541     515    154.00-155.00     154.37
   32      770       770       147.75         147.75

                Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1
 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price
    5      251       251       200.00         200.00
   35    331-349     336    164.00-185.00     177.36
   16    353-393     372    160.00-175.00     168.48
  117    400-446     422    162.50-176.00     170.74
   73    452-494     474    155.00-163.00     161.26
   33      491       491       180.50         180.50   Fancy
  111    500-546     524    150.50-165.00     158.04
   31    506-540     524    170.00-180.25     174.79   Fancy
   47    572-586     579    152.00-156.00     154.08
   28      552       552       182.00         182.00   Fancy
   20    615-628     618    150.50-152.00     151.62   Calves
   71      819       819       144.50         144.50

               Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1-2
 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price
   18      656       656       139.00         139.00   Calves

Source:  Iowa Dept of Ag-USDA Market News,  Des Moines, IA
         515-284-4460
         e-mail:  desm.lpgmn@ams.usda.gov
         www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/NW_LS756.txt
 
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