Southside Livestock Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Wednesday, October 2, 2024

163 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $258.00/cwt ≈ $1,393/hd at 540 lb · 15 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $230.00/cwt -2.00 vs last sale · ≈ $1,049/hd at 456 lb · 14 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $223.50/cwt -4.00 vs last sale · ≈ $1,205/hd at 539 lb · 11 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	163	149	214
Feeder cattle	163	149	214

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 66, Heifers 72, Bulls 25)

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	1	285.00	$285.00	$1,054	—
444–445	444	8	217.00–264.00	$258.11	$1,146	-6.89
540	540	15	258.00	$258.00	$1,393	—
560	560	1	258.00	$258.00	$1,445	+2.00
615–641	639	11	234.00–243.50	$242.67	$1,551	-2.82
753	753	5	223.00	$223.00	$1,679	—
920	920	1	189.00	$189.00	$1,739	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	1	240.00	$240.00	$864	—
487	487	3	267.00	$267.00	$1,300	—
549	549	4	257.00	$257.00	$1,411	—
657	657	7	237.00	$237.00	$1,557	—
740	740	3	223.00	$223.00	$1,650	—
830	830	2	192.00	$192.00	$1,594	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	1	135.00	$135.00	$554	—
515	515	1	137.00	$137.00	$706	-110.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	2	221.00	$221.00	$950	—
456	456	14	230.00	$230.00	$1,049	-2.00
539	539	11	223.50	$223.50	$1,205	-4.00
630–635	635	11	200.50	$200.50	$1,273	-11.50
736	736	4	187.00	$187.00	$1,376	+6.98

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	3	225.00	$225.00	$821	—
460–461	461	5	200.00	$200.00	$922	-31.00
536	536	9	216.50	$216.50	$1,160	+36.50
645	645	2	185.00	$185.00	$1,193	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	3	170.00	$170.00	$612	—
447	447	3	210.00	$210.00	$939	—
585	585	1	167.00	$167.00	$977	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	160.00	$160.00	$624	—
420	420	1	180.00	$180.00	$756	-40.00
595	595	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,071	—
665	665	1	157.00	$157.00	$1,044	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
421	421	4	269.00	$269.00	$1,132	+42.79
458–480	473	6	252.00–265.00	$260.80	$1,234	-6.20
560	560	4	231.00	$231.00	$1,294	-7.41
750	750	2	165.00	$165.00	$1,238	-19.00
848	848	2	153.00	$153.00	$1,297	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	170.00	$170.00	$544	—
380	380	1	205.00	$205.00	$779	—
440	440	1	175.00	$175.00	$770	—
545	545	1	215.00	$215.00	$1,172	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	1	267.00	$267.00	$1,121	—
535	535	1	238.00	$238.00	$1,273	+18.00
640	640	1	195.00	$195.00	$1,248	—

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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.