Report Date: 5/1/2013
LR_LS147
Little Rock, AR Wed May 1, 2013 USDA-AR Coop Ext Service
Pocahontas Livestock Auction
Feeder Cattle Weighted Average Report for 04/30/2013
Receipts: 348 Last Week: 196 Year Ago: 542
Compared to last week: Slaughter cows 3.00-5.00 lower. Slaughter bulls
steady to 3.00 lower. Feeder steers under 500 lbs mostly 10.00 lower, over 500
lbs steady to 5.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs 5.00-10.00 lower, over
600 lbs mostly steady.
Supply included about 215 feeder calves; 80 yearlings; 20 replacement cows;
28 slaughter cows; 5 slaughter bulls; 1 replacement bulls. Feeder supply about
40 percent English bred and English bred crosses; 60 percent exotic breed and
exotic crosses; 0 percent Brahma and Brahma crosses; 0 percent Holsteins or
other dairy breeds. Feeder supply about 60 percent steers and bulls, 40 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 75.00-77.00 74.50
Boners 80-85% 950-1400 76.00-81.50 73.50-74.50
Lean 85-90% 900-1300 66.50-75.00 75.50 57.00-64.50
Light 85-92% 700-950 43.00-55.00
Slaughter Bulls:
Weight Average Dress High Dress Low Dress
Y.G. 1-2 1000-2000 89.50-95.00 96.00-99.50
Feeder Steers: Medium and Large 1 300-349 lbs (325) 167.00-171.00 (168.94);
350-399 lbs (375) 164.00-167.00 (165.45); 400-449 lbs (425) 160.00-168.00
(163.95); 450-499 lbs (475) 153.00-160.00 (156.11); 500-549 lbs (525) 147.00-
153.50 (150.03); 550-599 lbs (575) 142.00-147.00 (144.47); 600-649 lbs (625)
137.00-141.00 (138.98). Medium and Large 1-2 300-349 lbs thin (325) 160.00-
168.00 (163.92); 400-449 lbs thin (425) 155.00-161.00 (157.58); 500-549 lbs
thin (525) 141.00-147.50 (144.02); 600-649 lbs thin (625) 137.00-145.00
(140.96). Medium and Large 2 300-349 lbs (325) 145.00-160.00 (151.99); 350-399
lbs (375) 130.00-145.00 (137.00); 400-449 lbs (425) 146.00-153.00 (149.05);
450-499 lbs (475) 137.50-144.00 (140.92); 500-549 lbs (525) 135.00-142.50
(138.51); 550-599 lbs (575) 128.00-135.00 (131.48); 600-649 lbs (625) 130.00-
135.00 (132.47); 650-699 lbs (675) 125.00-130.00 (127.47); 700-749 lbs (725)
127.00-132.00 (129.47); 750-799 lbs (775) 124.00-127.00 (125.48); 800-849 lbs
(825) 115.00-120.00 (117.47); 850-899 lbs (875) 110.00-115.00 (112.47); 900-949
lbs (925) 112.00-116.00 (113.98).
Feeder Heifers: Medium and Large 1 300-349 lbs (325) 153.00-159.00 (155.94);
400-449 lbs (425) 140.00-142.50 (141.05); 500-549 lbs (525) 128.00-134.50
(131.80); 700-749 lbs (725) 123.00-127.00 (124.98). Medium and Large 2 300-349
lbs thin (325) 146.00-152.00 (148.94); 400-449 lbs thin (425) 137.00-141.50
(139.02); 450-499 lbs (475) 130.00-137.00 (133.86); 500-549 lbs (525) 125.00-
130.00 (127.47), thin (525) 130.00-134.00 (131.98); 550-599 lbs (575) 120.00-
125.00 (122.48); 600-649 lbs thin (625) 125.00-130.00 (127.11); 650-699 lbs
(675) 119.00-125.00 (121.97); 700-749 lbs (725) 118.00-121.00 (119.18); 750-799
lbs (775) 116.00-118.00 (116.99). Medium and Large 3 600-649 lbs (625) 108.00-
115.00 (111.15).
Feeder Bulls: Medium and Large 1 500-549 lbs (525) 143.00-152.00 (147.06).
Medium and Large 2 500-549 lbs (525) 133.00-142.50 (137.50); 600-649 lbs (625)
120.00-130.00 (124.92); 750-799 lbs (775) 115.00-117.50 (116.23).
Replacement Bulls: Yearling 830 lbs 930.00 per head.
Replacement Cows: Pre-tested for bangs; pregnancy; and age.
Medium and Large 1-2:
Age Weight Months Bred Price
2-3 Year old 800-1000 heiferettes 84.00-86.00
2-7 Year old 800-1200 third stage 800.00-1100.00 per head
second stage 750.00-980.00 per head
first stage & open 750.00-850.00 per head
8-10 Year old second & third stage 600.00-1040.00 per head
6-10 Year old thin grazing cows 77.00-83.00
Cow-Calf Pairs:
Medium and Large 1-2:
Age Cow Weight Calf Wt Price
2-7 Year old 850-1150 100-200 1010.00-1420.00 per pair
200-300 1390.00 per pair
Source: AR Coop Ext Service- USDA Market News Service, Little Rock, AR
Wade Wiedower, Market Reporter, 501-671-2200
24 Hour Market Report 501-671-2369
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