Southside Livestock Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Wednesday, May 14, 2025

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	91	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475	475	1	397.00	$397.00	$1,886	—
600	600	1	339.00	$339.00	$2,034	-15.00
750–760	756	5	290.00–291.00	$290.40	$2,195	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450	450	1	367.00	$367.00	$1,652	—
565	565	1	338.00	$338.00	$1,910	—
733	733	2	252.00	$252.00	$1,847	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	402.00	$402.00	$1,306	+32.00
720	720	1	297.00	$297.00	$2,138	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
383	383	3	352.00	$352.00	$1,348	-8.08
400–431	425	5	310.00–352.00	$344.09	$1,462	+49.09
480	480	1	330.00	$330.00	$1,584	-12.41
535	535	7	320.00	$320.00	$1,712	+4.23
630	630	1	262.00	$262.00	$1,651	—
658	658	3	268.00	$268.00	$1,763	-2.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
352	352	6	382.00	$382.00	$1,345	+22.00
400–410	403	3	327.00–351.00	$342.87	$1,382	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
548	548	2	292.00	$292.00	$1,600	—
550	550	2	287.00	$287.00	$1,578	-10.00
650	650	1	245.00	$245.00	$1,592	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	1	310.00	$310.00	$1,240	-11.61

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	3	415.00	$415.00	$1,390	—
417	417	5	405.00	$405.00	$1,689	+25.00
491	491	7	390.00	$390.00	$1,915	—
563	563	2	342.00	$342.00	$1,925	+19.00
641	641	9	319.50	$319.50	$2,048	-0.34
855	855	1	257.00	$257.00	$2,197	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	420.00	$420.00	$1,449	+15.00
424	424	7	415.00	$415.00	$1,760	+12.26
484	484	4	400.00	$400.00	$1,936	+23.00
545	545	1	340.00	$340.00	$1,853	+10.00
580	580	1	324.00	$324.00	$1,879	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
573	573	2	317.00	$317.00	$1,816	—

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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.