A.9. Characteristics of Bank Loans to Farmers -- Large Farm Lenders, by Size of Loan, May 5-9, 2003 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 $9,000 $24,000 $49,000 $99,000 $249,000 and over _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Volume of loans (thousands of dollars) 590,927 36,307 57,878 56,454 91,759 134,804 213,725 Number of loans 17,598 9,265 3,939 1,711 1,396 904 382 Weighted average maturity (months) 1 20.65 10.87 11.07 14.90 22.36 30.91 19.20 Weighted average repricing interval (months) 2 4.72 2.41 2.82 6.79 8.15 5.69 2.98 Weighted average risk rating 3 3.22 3.21 3.25 3.16 3.11 3.02 3.38 Weighted average interest rate 4 5.47 6.30 6.03 5.97 5.66 5.71 4.81 Standard error 5 .23 .17 .19 .14 .09 .27 .46 Interquartile range 6 75th percentile 6.69 7.23 6.92 6.92 6.44 7.00 6.43 25th percentile 4.33 5.36 4.86 5.00 4.86 4.33 3.32 Purpose of loan Feeder livestock 4.78 5.97 6.28 6.15 5.84 5.31 3.59 Other livestock 4.59 5.86 5.95 6.37 4.52 5.08 3.80 Other current operating expenses 7 5.96 6.42 6.16 5.96 5.70 6.26 5.59 Farm machinery and equipment 5.98 6.37 5.67 5.82 5.75 5.33 6.53 Farm real estate 6.13 6.44 6.45 6.31 6.34 6.31 5.68 Other 8 4.77 5.80 5.51 5.78 5.45 5.00 4.18 Share of total loan volume Features of loan Floating rates 81.46 84.77 82.57 71.82 76.03 75.88 88.99 Under commitment 85.28 91.78 88.12 77.76 82.64 77.55 91.41 Callable 22.73 35.01 35.88 35.04 29.75 31.64 5.20 Purpose of loan Feeder livestock 9.81 4.77 5.53 9.50 8.84 10.45 11.93 Other livestock 7.13 3.95 4.90 7.75 4.96 5.69 9.95 Other current operating expenses 7 44.79 69.68 65.31 47.39 50.89 44.91 31.64 Farm machinery and equipment 10.11 8.19 9.15 9.30 12.31 9.40 10.40 Farm real estate 4.05 .67 1.18 2.78 6.41 6.13 3.42 Other 8 24.11 12.75 13.92 23.27 16.59 23.43 32.67 Type of collateral Farm real estate 15.80 5.38 7.15 13.15 13.74 20.51 18.52 Other 75.47 84.10 84.99 82.15 82.66 70.61 69.63 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 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