Southside Livestock Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Wednesday, December 11, 2024

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $212.60/cwt +32.60 vs last sale · ≈ $1,403/hd at 660 lb · 11 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	169	195	76
Feeder cattle	169	195	76

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 23, Heifers 100, Bulls 46)

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455	455	2	325.00	$325.00	$1,479	—
525	525	1	295.00	$295.00	$1,549	—
654	654	6	263.00	$263.00	$1,720	+8.00
710	710	1	245.00	$245.00	$1,740	—
775	775	2	250.00	$250.00	$1,938	+20.00
810	810	1	218.00	$218.00	$1,766	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460	460	2	326.00	$326.00	$1,500	+17.00
552–560	554	4	280.00–287.00	$285.23	$1,580	—
640	640	1	259.00	$259.00	$1,658	—
765	765	1	237.50	$237.50	$1,817	+20.50
810	810	1	213.00	$213.00	$1,725	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
520	520	1	285.00	$285.00	$1,482	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
353	353	4	240.00	$240.00	$847	±0.00
452	452	6	270.00	$270.00	$1,220	+34.00
547	547	7	247.00	$247.00	$1,351	—
654–688	660	11	209.00–228.00	$212.60	$1,403	+32.60
733	733	8	212.50	$212.50	$1,558	+30.50
753	753	2	180.00	$180.00	$1,355	—
831	831	4	200.00	$200.00	$1,662	—
901	901	7	195.00	$195.00	$1,757	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
359	359	4	242.50	$242.50	$871	-2.50
455–457	457	9	249.00–270.00	$267.68	$1,223	+117.68
500–535	531	8	185.00–249.50	$241.90	$1,284	+17.36
580	580	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,218	—
607	607	5	213.00	$213.00	$1,293	+14.56
700	700	1	185.00	$185.00	$1,295	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
362	362	3	252.50	$252.50	$914	—
435	435	1	254.00	$254.00	$1,105	+39.00
470	470	2	267.00	$267.00	$1,255	—
538	538	9	245.00	$245.00	$1,318	+30.00

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
472	472	3	240.00	$240.00	$1,133	—
525	525	2	225.00	$225.00	$1,181	—
625	625	2	211.00	$211.00	$1,319	—
710	710	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,136	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
313	313	4	367.50	$367.50	$1,150	—
385–395	390	2	345.00–360.00	$352.60	$1,375	+20.60
503	503	6	323.00	$323.00	$1,625	—
561	561	7	270.00	$270.00	$1,515	+30.00
639	639	4	249.00	$249.00	$1,591	+29.00
753	753	2	200.00	$200.00	$1,506	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	2	352.50	$352.50	$1,551	+52.50
493	493	4	322.00	$322.00	$1,587	—
575	575	6	270.00	$270.00	$1,552	—
618	618	2	248.00	$248.00	$1,533	+15.00
750	750	1	195.00	$195.00	$1,462	-7.00
825	825	1	152.00	$152.00	$1,254	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	1	330.00	$330.00	$1,386	—
472	472	3	302.50	$302.50	$1,428	—
540	540	1	245.00	$245.00	$1,323	—

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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.