Southside Livestock Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Wednesday, July 24, 2024

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	141	72	245
Feeder cattle	141	72	245

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 38, Heifers 53, Bulls 50)

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450	450	2	279.00	$279.00	$1,256	+2.00
537	537	8	278.00	$278.00	$1,493	—
570	570	1	278.00	$278.00	$1,585	+14.00
624	624	5	272.00	$272.00	$1,697	—
755	755	2	226.00	$226.00	$1,706	—
815	815	2	214.00	$214.00	$1,744	+26.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	280.00	$280.00	$938	—
448	448	2	279.00	$279.00	$1,250	—
500–530	508	5	270.00–282.00	$277.13	$1,408	+7.13
555	555	1	278.00	$278.00	$1,543	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
526	526	8	230.00	$230.00	$1,210	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
605	605	1	272.00	$272.00	$1,646	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	1	227.00	$227.00	$908	+27.00
458	458	4	240.00	$240.00	$1,099	+10.00
519	519	6	242.00	$242.00	$1,256	+7.00
560	560	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,232	—
633	633	3	230.00	$230.00	$1,456	—
658	658	7	230.00	$230.00	$1,513	+11.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
469	469	5	249.00	$249.00	$1,168	+19.00
555	555	1	239.00	$239.00	$1,326	+6.00
605	605	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,392	+3.00
665	665	2	228.00	$228.00	$1,516	—
735	735	5	210.00	$210.00	$1,544	+20.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
348	348	3	200.00	$200.00	$696	—
350	350	1	180.00	$180.00	$630	—
453	453	3	226.00	$226.00	$1,024	—
548	548	3	224.00	$224.00	$1,228	+4.00
630	630	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,260	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	200.00	$200.00	$690	—
470	470	1	227.00	$227.00	$1,067	+5.00
539	539	4	224.00	$224.00	$1,207	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	1	295.00	$295.00	$1,106	—
417	417	5	290.00	$290.00	$1,209	±0.00
507	507	6	269.00	$269.00	$1,364	-11.00
558	558	8	260.00	$260.00	$1,451	+18.00
648	648	4	247.00	$247.00	$1,601	—
735	735	1	212.00	$212.00	$1,558	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
422	422	5	285.00	$285.00	$1,203	-7.00
492	492	7	269.00	$269.00	$1,323	-26.00
558	558	2	260.00	$260.00	$1,451	+25.00
600	600	1	262.00	$262.00	$1,572	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
422	422	6	250.00	$250.00	$1,055	—
492	492	3	243.00	$243.00	$1,196	—
555	555	1	252.00	$252.00	$1,399	—

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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.