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This is the full Yonder 40 index for the week ending August 22, 2008:
| Yonder 40 | Ticker | Price August 22 | Price Change 8/15 to 8/22 | Percent Change 8/15 to 8/22 |
| Alico Inc. | ALCO | $44.53 | -$0.22 | -0.5% |
| Andersons Inc. | ANDE | $44.67 | $0.57 | 1.3% |
| Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. | BNI | $103.47 | $4.60 | 4.7% |
| Berkshire Hathaway | BRKB | $3,870.00 | -$129.99 | -3.2% |
| Bassett Furniture | BSET | $10.51 | -$1.41 | -11.8% |
| Peabody Energy Corp. | BTU | $64.51 | $7.43 | 13.0% |
| Cabela’s Inc. | CAB | $11.99 | -$0.31 | -2.5% |
| ConAgra Foods Inc. | CAG | $22.10 | -$0.48 | -2.1% |
| Cato Corp. Cl A | CTR | $16.95 | -$0.85 | -4.8% |
| Citizens Communications | CZN | $11.68 | $0.00 | 0.0% |
| Deere & Co. | DE | $67.54 | $0.89 | 1.3% |
| Dean Foods Co. | DF | $25.01 | $0.18 | 0.7% |
| DIRECTV Group | DTV | $28.64 | $0.76 | 2.7% |
| Family Dollar Stores Inc. | FDO | $24.56 | -$0.81 | -3.2% |
| Fleetwood Enterprises Inc. | FLE | $2.28 | -$0.65 | -22.2% |
| FairPoint Communications | FRP | $8.57 | -$0.14 | -1.6% |
| Gaylord Entertainment Co. | GET | $32.78 | -$1.81 | -5.2% |
| Hormel Foods | HRL | $35.56 | $0.57 | 1.6% |
| International Speedway Corp. | ISCA | $37.85 | -$1.80 | -4.5% |
| Lee Enterprises | LEE | $3.87 | $0.19 | 5.2% |
| Mohawk Industries Inc. | MHK | $69.09 | -$3.87 | -5.3% |
| Monsanto Co. | MON | $118.07 | $5.61 | 5.0% |
| Mine Safety Appliances Co. | MSA | $37.00 | -$0.90 | -2.4% |
| Southwest Bancorp | OKSB | $16.70 | -$0.62 | -3.6% |
| Plum Creek Timber REIT | PCL | $47.24 | -$0.61 | -1.3% |
| Penn Virginia Corp. | PVA | $63.34 | $2.03 | 3.3% |
| Ralcorp Holdings | RAH | $59.96 | -$0.03 | -0.1% |
| Regions Financial Corp. | RF | $8.48 | -$0.62 | -6.8% |
| Sturm Ruger & Co. | RGR | $7.17 | $0.22 | 3.2% |
| Smithfield Foods | SFD | $24.15 | -$0.85 | -3.4% |
| Skywest Inc. | SKYW | $17.12 | -$0.77 | -4.3% |
| Southern Co. | SO | $37.79 | $0.35 | 0.9% |
| Stage Stores Inc. | SSI | $15.49 | -$0.42 | -2.6% |
| Tractor Supply Co. | TSCO | $41.75 | -$0.48 | -1.1% |
| Tyson Foods | TSN | $16.01 | -$0.74 | -4.4% |
| UST Inc. | UST | $53.98 | $0.07 | 0.1% |
| Waddell & Reed Financial Inc. | WDR | $31.32 | -$0.57 | -1.8% |
| Walter Industries | WLT | $93.89 | $7.33 | 8.5% |
| Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | $59.44 | $0.07 | 0.1% |
| Cimarex Energy | XEC | $53.01 | $2.83 | 5.6% |
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