Southside Livestock Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Wednesday, February 23, 2022

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	118	142	79
Feeder cattle	118	142	79

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 31, Heifers 53, Bulls 34)

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	1	169.00	$169.00	$617	—
405	405	1	179.00	$179.00	$725	+32.09
473	473	3	161.00	$161.00	$762	—
542	542	3	159.00	$159.00	$862	-9.00
620	620	4	174.00	$174.00	$1,079	—
663	663	3	163.00	$163.00	$1,081	+11.00
960	960	2	126.00	$126.00	$1,210	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	2	170.00	$170.00	$731	—
460–470	467	3	170.00–179.00	$172.96	$808	—
778	778	2	150.00	$150.00	$1,167	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	171.00	$171.00	$573	—
500	500	1	133.00	$133.00	$665	-19.00
750	750	2	145.00	$145.00	$1,088	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
595	595	1	150.00	$150.00	$892	—
628	628	2	130.00	$130.00	$816	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–390	359	8	153.00	$153.00	$549	—
427	427	5	154.00	$154.00	$658	+8.78
515	515	1	144.00	$144.00	$742	+9.00
552	552	8	144.00	$144.00	$795	—
609	609	4	135.00	$135.00	$822	+1.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
358–365	360	4	141.00–155.00	$151.45	$545	-1.55
410–425	418	2	125.00–151.00	$138.23	$578	-10.27
510–540	535	7	138.00–141.00	$140.31	$751	—
605	605	1	130.00	$130.00	$786	-4.79
734	734	5	125.00	$125.00	$918	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
336	336	4	141.00	$141.00	$474	—
428	428	2	117.50	$117.50	$503	-18.55
520	520	1	142.00	$142.00	$738	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	1	115.00	$115.00	$402	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–368	367	3	174.00–179.00	$177.34	$651	-0.66
440	440	1	163.00	$163.00	$717	—
493	493	5	157.50	$157.50	$776	-2.50
562–575	565	4	142.00–148.00	$146.47	$828	-2.53
639	639	4	142.50	$142.50	$911	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	2	176.00	$176.00	$642	-4.00
410–420	415	2	171.00	$171.00	$710	+0.18
520	520	3	154.50	$154.50	$803	—
573	573	4	148.00	$148.00	$848	+3.00
685	685	1	140.00	$140.00	$959	—
720	720	2	136.00	$136.00	$979	—
855	855	2	120.00	$120.00	$1,026	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405	405	1	150.00	$150.00	$608	-6.00

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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.