Southside Livestock Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

Blackstone, Virginia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock (Special Graded)

Sale of Wednesday, March 31, 2021

224 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 3-weight M&L 2 heifers $129.00/cwt ≈ $453/hd at 351 lb · 13 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $135.00/cwt ≈ $610/hd at 452 lb · 13 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 2 heifers $125.62/cwt +0.62 vs last sale · ≈ $708/hd at 564 lb · 11 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	224	118	115
Feeder cattle	224	118	115

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 36, Heifers 94, Bulls 94)

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–362	359	4	124.00–154.00	$131.31	$471	—
485	485	2	137.00	$137.00	$664	—
555–591	571	9	133.50–135.00	$134.31	$767	-13.19
620	620	1	138.00	$138.00	$856	+1.00
672	672	3	131.00	$131.00	$880	-6.00
705	705	1	138.00	$138.00	$973	—
918	918	5	110.00	$110.00	$1,010	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	1	150.00	$150.00	$540	—
430	430	2	137.00	$137.00	$589	—
515	515	1	135.00	$135.00	$695	—
616	616	4	138.50	$138.50	$853	+1.50
670	670	1	116.00	$116.00	$777	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	1	137.00	$137.00	$582	—
680	680	1	132.00	$132.00	$898	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
351	351	13	129.00	$129.00	$453	—
452	452	13	135.00	$135.00	$610	—
530	530	2	126.00	$126.00	$668	+2.00
550–589	564	11	125.00–126.00	$125.62	$708	+0.62
638	638	4	112.00	$112.00	$715	+3.00
705	705	1	91.00	$91.00	$642	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
358–375	361	5	112.00–126.00	$123.09	$444	-1.91
468–488	477	6	120.00–126.00	$121.01	$577	—
550–563	561	7	114.00–126.00	$124.32	$697	+7.99
624–635	626	6	112.00–120.00	$118.65	$743	+7.65
750	750	1	92.00	$92.00	$690	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
337	337	6	128.00	$128.00	$431	—
435	435	5	133.00	$133.00	$579	+1.00
490	490	1	133.00	$133.00	$652	—
556	556	7	129.00	$129.00	$717	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–428	424	4	111.00	$111.00	$471	-7.00
540	540	2	102.00	$102.00	$551	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–375	367	3	121.00–160.00	$134.93	$495	—
422	422	6	136.00	$136.00	$574	-12.00
488	488	2	121.00	$121.00	$590	-33.00
503	503	6	129.00	$129.00	$649	-25.00
553–582	569	10	124.00–128.00	$126.00	$717	-15.00
600–643	639	10	112.00–130.00	$128.31	$820	—
685	685	1	130.00	$130.00	$890	+3.00
749	749	5	112.00	$112.00	$839	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–340	325	2	132.00–140.00	$135.82	$441	—
354	354	7	162.00	$162.00	$573	-4.00
408	408	10	149.00	$149.00	$608	-9.00
483	483	6	129.00	$129.00	$623	-21.00
505–535	520	3	123.00–129.00	$127.00	$660	—
565	565	5	129.00	$129.00	$729	-14.00
615–618	617	3	120.00	$120.00	$740	-7.00
715	715	1	112.00	$112.00	$801	+20.00

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
353	353	2	125.00	$125.00	$441	—
421	421	7	140.00	$140.00	$589	+20.00
470	470	1	133.00	$133.00	$625	—
550–560	553	3	117.00–124.00	$121.64	$673	—
615	615	1	114.00	$114.00	$701	—

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.