A.9. Characteristics of Bank Loans to Farmers -- Large Farm Lenders, by Size of Loan, May 3-7, 2010 Percent except as noted _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ $1,000 to $10,000 to $25,000 to $50,000 to $100,000 to $250,000 Loan characteristic All sizes $\9,999 $24,999 $49,999 $99,999 $249,999 and over _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Volume of loans (thousands of dollars) 1,106,110 35,245 70,062 91,353 123,373 235,935 550,142 Number of loans 17,824 6,387 4,583 2,701 1,850 1,546 757 Weighted average maturity (months) 1 20.10 9.90 11.68 13.88 14.36 16.83 25.45 Weighted average repricing interval (months) 2 5.71 2.17 3.05 4.83 4.64 5.43 6.77 Weighted average risk rating 3 3.50 3.12 3.21 3.25 3.37 3.51 3.63 Weighted average interest rate 4 4.89 5.68 5.42 5.39 5.06 4.75 4.71 Standard error 5 .25 .13 .18 .18 .19 .20 .41 Interquartile range 6 75th percentile 6.25 6.35 6.18 6.45 6.18 6.03 6.40 25th percentile 3.43 5.06 4.59 4.59 4.06 3.40 3.30 Purpose of loan Feeder livestock 4.87 5.50 5.57 5.43 4.93 4.88 4.19 Other livestock 4.50 5.81 5.48 5.36 4.58 4.26 4.03 Other current operating expenses 7 5.09 5.71 5.50 5.63 5.29 5.05 4.64 Farm machinery and equipment 5.85 6.88 6.14 6.00 6.08 4.78 6.04 Farm real estate 6.35 6.80 6.15 6.63 6.16 6.27 6.39 Other 8 4.23 4.75 4.55 4.16 4.06 3.92 4.30 Share of total loan volume Features of loan Floating rates 82.25 83.36 83.61 80.61 80.13 81.54 83.06 Under commitment 79.43 87.34 81.43 74.51 73.46 72.80 83.66 Callable 19.96 33.90 25.86 27.80 25.46 13.12 18.72 Purpose of loan Feeder livestock 5.46 5.10 5.70 8.69 14.30 6.47 2.50 Other livestock 5.28 5.58 7.92 7.19 5.61 6.43 4.05 Other current operating expenses 7 42.01 75.76 64.19 57.34 53.43 51.26 27.95 Farm machinery and equipment 6.84 3.85 6.16 6.20 4.21 5.27 8.49 Farm real estate 6.52 1.02 2.22 3.34 5.03 5.15 8.87 Other 8 33.89 8.69 13.81 17.25 17.41 25.43 48.14 Type of collateral Farm real estate 12.98 7.43 9.19 11.96 9.23 12.33 15.11 Other 84.90 87.86 85.99 85.05 85.02 84.86 84.53 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Note. Most large farm lenders that reported loans to farmers had more than $25 million in farm loans. For explanation of footnotes, see table A.8. 14