Southside Livestock Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Wednesday, May 21, 2025

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	85	—	—

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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	405.00	$405.00	$1,600	—
449	449	4	387.00	$387.00	$1,738	—
526	526	4	347.00	$347.00	$1,825	—
555–560	556	5	360.00–379.00	$375.17	$2,086	—
657	657	3	349.00	$349.00	$2,293	—
745	745	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,862	—
948	948	2	247.00	$247.00	$2,342	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
363	363	2	425.00	$425.00	$1,543	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	1	385.00	$385.00	$1,636	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
368	368	2	385.00	$385.00	$1,417	+33.00
440	440	9	352.00	$352.00	$1,549	+7.91
549	549	7	325.00	$325.00	$1,784	+5.00
680–683	682	3	281.00–285.00	$282.33	$1,925	+14.33
709	709	7	271.00	$271.00	$1,921	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
369–375	370	7	335.00–395.00	$386.31	$1,429	+4.31
435	435	6	300.00	$300.00	$1,305	-42.87
590	590	1	340.00	$340.00	$2,006	—
660	660	1	285.00	$285.00	$1,881	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470	470	1	270.00	$270.00	$1,269	—
565	565	1	295.00	$295.00	$1,667	+8.00
660	660	1	275.00	$275.00	$1,815	+30.00
720	720	2	257.00	$257.00	$1,850	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415	415	1	315.00	$315.00	$1,307	+5.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	1	430.00	$430.00	$1,354	+15.00
370	370	1	370.00	$370.00	$1,369	—
437	437	3	395.00	$395.00	$1,726	-10.00
505	505	1	330.00	$330.00	$1,666	—
735	735	1	265.00	$265.00	$1,948	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	375.00	$375.00	$1,200	-45.00
478	478	2	365.00	$365.00	$1,745	-35.00

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	1	435.00	$435.00	$1,566	—
618	618	2	280.00	$280.00	$1,730	—

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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.