Southside Livestock Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Wednesday, February 28, 2024

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light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $247.54/cwt +14.54 vs last sale · ≈ $1,847/hd at 746 lb · 19 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	161	197	175
Feeder cattle	161	197	175

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 59, Heifers 69, Bulls 33)

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	1	282.00	$282.00	$1,114	—
480	480	1	287.00	$287.00	$1,378	-11.00
540	540	2	285.00	$285.00	$1,539	—
638	638	3	261.00	$261.00	$1,665	—
663	663	6	261.00	$261.00	$1,730	-9.00
734–749	746	19	244.00–249.00	$247.54	$1,847	+14.54
828–829	829	8	226.00	$226.00	$1,874	+20.33
860–893	888	7	216.50–228.00	$218.09	$1,937	+12.09

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
525	525	4	274.00	$274.00	$1,438	—
665–690	678	2	255.00	$255.00	$1,729	—
757	757	3	240.00	$240.00	$1,817	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
605–620	613	2	150.00–257.00	$204.16	$1,252	—
755	755	1	175.00	$175.00	$1,321	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	3	233.00	$233.00	$792	—
469	469	6	236.50	$236.50	$1,109	±0.00
551	551	8	227.00	$227.00	$1,251	—
636	636	8	205.00	$205.00	$1,304	-6.50
685	685	4	203.00	$203.00	$1,391	-2.00
708	708	2	190.00	$190.00	$1,345	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	220.00	$220.00	$737	—
528–545	534	3	223.00	$223.00	$1,191	+0.11
615	615	1	195.00	$195.00	$1,199	-19.98
660	660	1	187.00	$187.00	$1,234	—
705–738	727	3	190.00	$190.00	$1,381	±0.00
780	780	2	155.00	$155.00	$1,209	-14.00
800	800	3	184.00	$184.00	$1,472	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
343	343	5	243.00	$243.00	$833	—
400	400	1	207.00	$207.00	$828	-3.00
453	453	2	230.00	$230.00	$1,042	+28.75
545	545	2	220.00	$220.00	$1,199	+5.00
683	683	3	187.00	$187.00	$1,277	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
373	373	4	200.00	$200.00	$746	—
485	485	1	200.00	$200.00	$970	+23.00
543	543	2	155.00	$155.00	$842	-63.00
732	732	3	164.00	$164.00	$1,200	—

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Feeder Bulls

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
336	336	4	241.00	$241.00	$810	-49.00
388	388	2	251.00	$251.00	$974	—
480	480	5	236.00	$236.00	$1,133	-25.00
595	595	1	195.00	$195.00	$1,160	—
735	735	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,102	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
343	343	3	289.00	$289.00	$991	—
392	392	3	297.00	$297.00	$1,164	—
540	540	1	251.00	$251.00	$1,355	-15.63
647	647	3	235.00	$235.00	$1,520	—
780	780	1	175.00	$175.00	$1,365	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
422	422	3	295.00	$295.00	$1,245	±0.00
510	510	2	250.00	$250.00	$1,275	-21.50
563–585	570	3	246.00	$246.00	$1,402	+0.10
615	615	1	225.00	$225.00	$1,384	-7.53

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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.