Southside Livestock Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Wednesday, December 17, 2025

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	145	—	—

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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	440.00	$440.00	$1,738	—
548	548	5	376.00	$376.00	$2,060	—
655–693	680	6	344.00–365.00	$350.74	$2,385	+10.74
715–743	734	3	331.00–334.00	$331.97	$2,437	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	450.00	$450.00	$1,508	—
450	450	1	410.00	$410.00	$1,845	—
548	548	4	374.00	$374.00	$2,050	+4.00
595	595	1	375.00	$375.00	$2,231	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	1	425.00	$425.00	$1,785	—
535	535	1	335.00	$335.00	$1,792	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
354–365	356	5	340.00–370.00	$363.85	$1,295	—
400–445	434	4	307.00–320.00	$317.00	$1,376	—
452	452	9	336.00	$336.00	$1,519	+18.57
551	551	9	320.00	$320.00	$1,763	+10.00
631–638	633	7	280.00–284.00	$282.85	$1,790	—
700–722	718	5	220.00–290.00	$276.34	$1,984	+36.34

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	4	365.00	$365.00	$1,241	—
420–440	437	6	320.00–330.00	$328.40	$1,435	+15.40
548	548	8	316.00	$316.00	$1,732	+36.00
680	680	3	286.00	$286.00	$1,945	—
708	708	2	235.00	$235.00	$1,664	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
346	346	4	360.00	$360.00	$1,246	+130.00
420	420	1	230.00	$230.00	$966	—
546	546	7	295.00	$295.00	$1,611	—
630	630	1	270.00	$270.00	$1,701	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	2	267.00	$267.00	$1,188	—
528	528	4	237.00	$237.00	$1,251	-13.00
620	620	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,302	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
358	358	2	450.00	$450.00	$1,611	—
414–435	418	5	425.00	$425.00	$1,776	—
468	468	2	395.00	$395.00	$1,849	—
567	567	5	350.00	$350.00	$1,984	—
652	652	6	285.00	$285.00	$1,858	—
740	740	1	237.00	$237.00	$1,754	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	1	445.00	$445.00	$1,669	+60.00
400–422	417	4	415.00–425.00	$422.60	$1,762	+37.60
495	495	4	385.00	$385.00	$1,906	+55.00
537	537	3	351.00	$351.00	$1,885	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
558	558	5	325.00	$325.00	$1,814	—
655	655	1	227.00	$227.00	$1,487	—

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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.