Farm markets for Wednesday January 20 2010

Wednesday---January 20, 2010

Fed Cattle

Fed Beef Steers 80.75 - 82.00 cwt

Packages up to 82.75 cwt

Mixed grading & heavy weight 70.00 - 80.00 cwt

Fed Beef Heifers lite test 80.00 - 81.00 cwt

Packages up to 82.75 cwt

Mixed grading & heavy weight 61.00 - 79.00 cwt

Fed Holstein Steers 70.00 - 75.00 cwt

Packages up to 76.50 cwt

Silage fed, heavy weight, select grade,

light-weight are 55.00 - 69.75 cwt

Market Cows

Brought mostly 38.00 - 50.00 cwt

High-yielding cows 51.00 - 59.50 cwt

Thin, full, shelly cows 20.00 - 36.00 cwt

Market Bulls 54.00 - 58.00 cwt

High-yielding bulls 60.00 - 64.50 cwt

Market Hogs

230#-280# 40.00 cwt

280#-290# 39.00 cwt

290#-300# 38.00 cwt

Sows

Under 450# 37.00 - 38.00 cwt

450-500# 39.00 cwt

Over 500# 40.00 - 42.00 cwt

Boars

Under 300# 22.00 cwt

Over 300# 14.00 cwt

Sheep

Feeder Lambs

50-70# 100.00 - 125.00 cwt

70-90# 100.00 - 115.00 cwt

Fed Lambs

110-140# Shorn 95.00 - 97.00 cwt

110-140# Unshorn 92.00 - 95.00 cwt

Ewes

Utility & Good Ewes 50.00 - 60.00 cwt

Thin & Cull Ewes 40.00 - 50.00 cwt

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