Southside Livestock Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Wednesday, January 19, 2022

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	74	152	136
Feeder cattle	74	152	136

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 21, Heifers 32, Bulls 21)

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
438	438	2	158.00	$158.00	$692	—
473	473	3	164.00	$164.00	$776	+5.00
585	585	1	150.00	$150.00	$878	-10.00
632–648	638	5	145.50	$145.50	$928	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465	465	2	145.00	$145.00	$674	—
533	533	3	141.00	$141.00	$752	—
680	680	1	141.00	$141.00	$959	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	155.00	$155.00	$527	—
640	640	1	137.00	$137.00	$877	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
570	570	1	132.00	$132.00	$752	+3.00
615	615	1	132.00	$132.00	$812	+22.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425–447	442	4	135.00	$135.00	$597	—
544	544	7	130.50	$130.50	$710	-4.50
550–570	560	2	115.00–125.00	$119.91	$671	-18.46
725	725	1	119.00	$119.00	$863	-21.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	1	132.00	$132.00	$409	—
395	395	1	132.00	$132.00	$521	+1.00
445	445	1	115.00	$115.00	$512	-26.50
525	525	3	124.00	$124.00	$651	—
625–633	630	3	77.00–124.00	$108.47	$683	-7.53
737	737	3	118.00	$118.00	$870	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	1	107.00	$107.00	$455	-30.00
553	553	2	115.00	$115.00	$636	—
640	640	1	111.00	$111.00	$710	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455	455	1	129.00	$129.00	$587	—
585	585	1	115.00	$115.00	$673	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
348	348	2	163.00	$163.00	$567	—
420	420	2	158.00	$158.00	$664	-2.00
488	488	2	150.00	$150.00	$732	±0.00
557	557	3	147.00	$147.00	$819	-5.00
605	605	1	132.00	$132.00	$799	-15.00
770	770	1	108.00	$108.00	$832	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	1	156.00	$156.00	$686	—
515–548	540	4	140.00–146.00	$144.57	$781	—
640	640	4	135.00	$135.00	$864	-26.00

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	1	100.00	$100.00	$305	—

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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.