RH_LS148 Richmond, VA Thu Apr 05, 2012 VA Dept of Ag-USDA Market News Blackstone, VA Weekly State Graded Cattle Sale State Graded Weighted Average for Apr 04, 2012 Feeder Cattle 195 (Steers 30; Heifers 91; Bulls 74) Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 300-400 380 182.00 182.00 1 400-500 445 169.00 169.00 1 800-900 830 110.00 110.00 Feeder Steers Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 12 400-500 478 169.50-170.00 169.66 2 500-600 560 125.00-158.00 140.76 4 700-800 716 130.50 130.50 Feeder Steers Medium and Large 3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 300-400 345 179.50 179.50 3 400-500 423 164.50 164.50 1 600-700 665 117.00 117.00 Feeder Steers Small 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 300-400 363 162.00 162.00 1 400-500 455 132.00 132.00 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 3 300-400 357 158.00 158.00 2 400-500 470 127.00 127.00 3 500-600 583 134.00 134.00 6 600-700 639 119.50 119.50 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 4 300-400 362 140.00-158.00 154.08 16 400-500 441 124.00-144.50 143.27 mostly 144.50 15 500-600 548 126.00-133.50 129.64 3 600-700 648 117.00-123.00 119.22 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 6 300-400 355 146.00 146.00 20 400-500 450 113.00-144.00 139.48 mostly 144.00 4 500-600 529 116.00-125.00 122.79 Feeder Heifers Small 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 5 300-400 356 146.00 146.00 3 400-500 435 120.00 120.00 1 500-600 545 118.50 118.50 Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 300-400 385 184.00 184.00 7 400-500 493 148.00-155.00 154.00 2 500-600 573 145.00 145.00 1 600-700 615 100.00 100.00 1 700-800 710 104.00 104.00 Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 12 300-400 345 150.00-184.00 178.83 mostly 184.00 31 400-500 449 144.50-169.50 156.42 9 500-600 557 138.00 138.00 1 700-800 700 105.00 105.00 Feeder Bulls Small 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 300-400 338 170.00 170.00 5 400-500 488 140.00 140.00 1 500-600 585 130.00 130.00 Blackstone VA Livestock Auction Weekly Auction for Wed Apr 04, 2012 All prices per hundredweight unless otherwise stated Slaughter Cattle 61 head Slaughter Cows 55 head Slaughter Cows Breaker 75-80% Lean 850-1200 80.00-87.00 1200-1600 86.00-92.00 Slaughter Cows Breaker High Yielding 1200-1600 93.00-96.00 Slaughter Cows Boner 80-85% Lean 800-1200 78.00-82.00 1200-2000 80.00-85.00 Slaughter Cows Boner High Yielding 1200-2000 86.00-91.00 Slaughter Cows Lean 85-90% Lean 750- 850 55.00-66.50 850-1200 55.00-67.00 Slaughter Bulls 6 head Slaughter Bulls YG 1-2 1000-1500 81.00-89.00 1500-2500 82.00 Slaughter Bulls High Yielding 1500-2500 96.00 Source: Virginia 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 0940e ndm bwr hdl .