Southside Livestock Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Wednesday, January 24, 2024

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	140	50	111
Feeder cattle	140	50	111

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 43, Heifers 62, Bulls 35)

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	2	256.00	$256.00	$909	—
460–483	469	5	271.00–272.00	$271.59	$1,274	—
522	522	3	250.00	$250.00	$1,305	+1.00
563–565	564	8	252.00–257.00	$255.75	$1,442	—
644	644	5	245.00	$245.00	$1,578	+15.00
655–658	656	5	240.00–242.00	$241.20	$1,582	—
738–743	739	7	225.00–229.00	$227.85	$1,684	+15.85
805	805	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,368	—
860	860	1	175.00	$175.00	$1,505	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
530	530	1	257.00	$257.00	$1,362	+7.00
645	645	1	241.00	$241.00	$1,554	+4.00
743	743	2	225.00	$225.00	$1,672	—
925	925	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,572	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	1	197.00	$197.00	$857	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
451	451	7	215.50	$215.50	$972	—
552–563	559	8	215.00–218.75	$217.36	$1,215	—
628	628	3	194.00	$194.00	$1,218	—
685	685	1	185.00	$185.00	$1,267	—
811	811	5	167.00	$167.00	$1,354	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
368	368	4	219.00	$219.00	$806	+44.00
438	438	3	213.00	$213.00	$933	—
475	475	1	218.00	$218.00	$1,036	+21.00
510–545	522	7	202.00–218.00	$210.39	$1,098	—
562	562	6	216.00	$216.00	$1,214	+24.00
620	620	1	175.00	$175.00	$1,085	+10.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
373	373	3	214.00	$214.00	$798	+39.00
439	439	5	189.00	$189.00	$830	-6.00
470	470	1	189.00	$189.00	$888	+4.00
522	522	3	185.00	$185.00	$966	+5.00

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
423	423	2	205.00	$205.00	$867	—
505	505	1	183.00	$183.00	$924	—
595	595	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,012	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	2	244.00	$244.00	$854	—
421	421	4	265.00	$265.00	$1,116	—
492	492	3	257.00	$257.00	$1,264	+20.00
568	568	3	234.00	$234.00	$1,329	—
623	623	3	210.00	$210.00	$1,308	—
715	715	1	155.00	$155.00	$1,108	-14.00
900	900	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,260	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	1	235.00	$235.00	$717	+15.00
426	426	4	271.00	$271.00	$1,154	+46.00
490	490	1	245.00	$245.00	$1,200	—
565	565	4	225.00–238.50	$235.13	$1,328	+12.13
611	611	4	170.00	$170.00	$1,039	—
700–745	723	2	145.00–155.00	$149.84	$1,083	—
820	820	1	122.00	$122.00	$1,000	—

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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.