Southside Livestock Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Wednesday, September 27, 2023

339 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $204.94/cwt ≈ $1,158/hd at 565 lb · 20 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $220.00/cwt +70.00 vs last sale · ≈ $1,021/hd at 464 lb · 20 head

light 6-weight M&L 2 heifers $202.50/cwt -1.00 vs last sale · ≈ $1,256/hd at 620 lb · 20 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	339	226	188
Feeder cattle	339	226	188

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 69, Heifers 173, Bulls 97)

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	4	238.00	$238.00	$1,059	—
553	553	5	231.50	$231.50	$1,280	-2.50
634–648	639	17	225.00–228.00	$226.07	$1,445	-6.93
715–734	733	19	216.00–219.00	$218.85	$1,604	-9.15
770	770	2	206.00	$206.00	$1,586	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
530	530	2	224.00	$224.00	$1,187	—
576	576	9	214.00	$214.00	$1,233	+4.00
610	610	1	185.00	$185.00	$1,128	—
705	705	1	186.00	$186.00	$1,311	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485	485	1	235.00	$235.00	$1,140	-3.00
500–530	523	4	175.00–232.00	$218.36	$1,142	-14.64
620	620	1	228.00	$228.00	$1,414	±0.00
750	750	1	212.00	$212.00	$1,590	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	212.00	$212.00	$827	—
450	450	1	219.00	$219.00	$986	+38.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	2	160.00–185.00	$172.50	$569	—
371	371	8	207.00	$207.00	$768	-14.00
418–425	420	3	211.00	$211.00	$886	-5.00
464	464	20	220.00	$220.00	$1,021	+70.00
543	543	12	217.00	$217.00	$1,178	-1.00
620	620	20	202.50	$202.50	$1,256	-1.00
650	650	5	202.00	$202.00	$1,313	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	1	190.00	$190.00	$703	-20.00
455	455	18	206.00	$206.00	$937	-7.25
557–577	565	20	160.00–208.00	$204.94	$1,158	—
636	636	15	197.75	$197.75	$1,258	-9.00
650	650	1	197.75	$197.75	$1,285	—
718–724	723	12	173.00–188.00	$184.27	$1,332	+7.27

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430–431	431	6	135.00–216.00	$202.53	$873	—
495	495	1	162.00	$162.00	$802	—
520–546	543	10	142.00–197.50	$190.54	$1,035	+20.54
665	665	3	185.00	$185.00	$1,230	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	1	175.00	$175.00	$674	—
420	420	1	132.50	$132.50	$556	—
460–475	465	3	120.00–199.00	$170.91	$795	+4.91
507–545	517	4	145.00–155.00	$152.36	$788	-12.64
550–583	567	4	105.00–197.00	$157.19	$891	—
620	620	2	170.00	$170.00	$1,054	-9.00
705	705	1	173.00	$173.00	$1,220	+6.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
343	343	2	227.00	$227.00	$779	—
399	399	4	223.00	$223.00	$890	—
486	486	8	231.00	$231.00	$1,123	-2.00
540	540	1	216.00	$216.00	$1,166	—
565–569	569	11	217.00–226.00	$225.19	$1,281	-0.81
649	649	13	207.50	$207.50	$1,347	-7.56
675	675	1	201.00	$201.00	$1,357	+5.00
720–734	732	8	181.00–195.00	$193.28	$1,415	+13.78
820	820	1	185.00	$185.00	$1,517	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
346	346	6	229.00	$229.00	$792	—
400–428	425	11	201.00–223.00	$221.12	$940	-14.88
488	488	10	227.00	$227.00	$1,108	-3.00
520–535	528	2	220.00–221.00	$220.49	$1,164	-1.51
563	563	2	204.00	$204.00	$1,149	-18.00
605–646	639	6	201.00–207.00	$206.05	$1,317	+13.05

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	1	133.00	$133.00	$505	—
485–492	490	4	137.00–189.00	$176.14	$863	-6.86
578–585	579	5	162.00–212.00	$201.90	$1,169	—
640	640	1	191.00	$191.00	$1,222	—

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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.