RH_LS148 Richmond, VA Thu Oct 22, 2009 VA Dept of Ag-USDA Market News Blackstone, VA Weekly Feeder Cattle Sale State Graded Weighted Average for Oct 21, 2009 Feeder Cattle 225 (Steers 58; Heifers 121; Bulls 46) Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 4 400-500 484 85.00-96.00 93.19 8 500-600 552 80.00-85.25 84.54 1 600-700 670 80.00 80.00 2 700-800 708 74.00 74.00 Feeder Steers Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 400-500 468 92.00 92.00 11 500-600 541 76.00-83.50 82.46 7 600-700 634 74.00-75.00 74.85 2 700-800 758 73.50 73.50 Feeder Steers Medium and Large 3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 500-600 540 74.00 74.00 1 600-700 605 79.00 79.00 Feeder Steers Small 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 300-400 355 98.00 98.00 6 400-500 447 88.00 88.00 6 500-600 550 75.00 75.00 5 600-700 618 60.00-73.50 70.86 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 300-400 360 86.00 86.00 7 400-500 470 70.00-75.00 74.26 13 500-600 554 65.00-74.75 73.64 5 600-700 662 65.00-66.50 66.21 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 4 300-400 371 87.00 87.00 12 400-500 446 70.00-80.00 78.34 13 500-600 547 69.00-76.00 74.38 6 600-700 635 70.00 70.00 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 5 300-400 353 84.00 84.00 8 400-500 421 78.50 78.50 8 500-600 540 65.00 65.00 3 600-700 640 65.00-69.00 67.32 Feeder Heifers Small 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 7 300-400 366 80.00 80.00 12 400-500 450 64.00-66.00 64.17 16 500-600 535 55.00-64.50 63.23 1 600-700 635 60.00 60.00 Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 400-500 485 83.00 83.00 3 500-600 555 79.00 79.00 4 600-700 648 76.00 76.00 1 700-800 780 62.00 62.00 Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 300-400 355 98.00 98.00 10 400-500 450 70.00-91.00 84.72 mostly 85.00-91.00 6 500-600 573 69.00-76.50 74.01 3 600-700 643 62.00-69.00 64.43 1 700-800 715 61.00 61.00 Feeder Bulls Small 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 3 300-400 347 96.00 96.00 5 400-500 442 75.00-77.00 76.61 3 500-600 537 54.00-62.00 59.39 4 600-700 648 62.00 62.00 Blackstone, VA Livestock Auction Weekly Auction for Oct 21, 2009 Prices Based on In weights Slaughter Cattle 53 (Cows 45; Bulls 8) Slaughter Cows Breaker 75-80% Lean 850-1200 40.00-43.00 1200-1600 38.00-42.00 Slaughter Cows Breaker High Yielding 1200-1600 43.00-49.00 Slaughter Cows Boner 80-85% Lean 800-1200 36.50-40.00 1200-2000 38.00-41.00 Slaughter Cows Lean 85-90% Lean 750- 850 28.00-36.00 850-1200 30.00-35.00 Slaughter Bulls YG 1-2 1000-1500 48.00-52.00 1500-2500 48.00-52.00 Source: Vrginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services USDA-VA Market News, Richmond, VA 804.786.3947 www.vdacs.virginia.gov/marketnews market.news@vdacs.virginia.gov 0937e lae hdl .