Southside Livestock Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Wednesday, February 8, 2023

175 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $148.50/cwt ≈ $650/hd at 438 lb · 10 head

light 5-weight M&L 2 heifers $151.79/cwt +17.29 vs last sale · ≈ $789/hd at 520 lb · 10 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	175	39	128
Feeder cattle	175	39	128

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 29, Heifers 71, Bulls 75)

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	187.00	$187.00	$729	—
471	471	4	196.00	$196.00	$923	—
518	518	2	183.00	$183.00	$948	+12.00
605–625	615	2	170.00–179.00	$174.43	$1,073	+19.39
725	725	2	173.00	$173.00	$1,254	—
815	815	2	165.00	$165.00	$1,345	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	1	174.00	$174.00	$748	-1.00
450	450	3	190.00	$190.00	$855	—
521	521	4	184.50	$184.50	$961	—
558	558	3	188.00	$188.00	$1,049	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
550	550	1	137.00	$137.00	$754	—
635	635	2	145.00	$145.00	$921	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405	405	1	181.00	$181.00	$733	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
362	362	6	153.50	$153.50	$556	—
438	438	10	148.50	$148.50	$650	—
475–485	478	3	142.00–144.00	$142.68	$682	+4.68
508–536	520	10	140.00–157.00	$151.79	$789	+17.29
575	575	1	140.00	$140.00	$805	—
635	635	3	146.00	$146.00	$927	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
353	353	3	152.00	$152.00	$537	—
431	431	7	149.50	$149.50	$644	+10.50
490	490	4	153.50	$153.50	$752	—
529	529	5	145.50	$145.50	$770	+10.00
630	630	6	144.00	$144.00	$907	—
728	728	2	127.00	$127.00	$925	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	1	138.00	$138.00	$518	—
468	468	2	130.00	$130.00	$608	-2.00
523–540	529	3	129.00	$129.00	$682	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
363	363	2	127.00	$127.00	$461	—
405	405	1	120.00	$120.00	$486	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
354	354	6	195.00	$195.00	$690	—
419–430	423	9	157.00–189.00	$179.01	$757	-3.99
481	481	7	189.00	$189.00	$909	+16.00
556	556	8	157.00	$157.00	$873	—
633	633	4	163.00	$163.00	$1,032	—
745	745	1	127.00	$127.00	$946	—
810	810	1	120.00	$120.00	$972	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	191.00	$191.00	$649	—
421	421	4	191.00	$191.00	$804	+5.00
501	501	7	185.00	$185.00	$927	—
565	565	6	163.50	$163.50	$924	+14.44
657	657	6	164.00	$164.00	$1,077	+28.00
750	750	2	127.00	$127.00	$952	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	1	170.00	$170.00	$629	—
418–425	420	3	90.00–147.00	$109.21	$459	—
520	520	1	132.00	$132.00	$686	—
568	568	2	133.00	$133.00	$755	—
618	618	3	132.00	$132.00	$816	—
785	785	1	127.00	$127.00	$997	—

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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.