Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-01-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 15, Heifers 20, Bulls 14)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $231.88/cwt on 8 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −132.89 against this barn's trailing median of $364.76.

Average price

$231.88

8 head · 566 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,312

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$85

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$17.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.45

vs VA average

−73.37 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	565	234.00	1,322	7thin
Medium and Large 3	570	217.00	1,237	1thin

One grade step is worth $17.00/cwt here — about $85 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

30 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $402.15, low $300.75, median $364.76 across 30 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale8 hd

231.88

—

VA average2 barns · 60 hd

236.33

−4.45

National average163 barns · 22,771 hd

305.24

−73.37

This barn, trailing median30 sales

364.76

−132.89

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

21 lots · USDA AMS · Southside Livestock Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Blackstone, VA

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,650	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,395	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,322	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	390	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	995	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	570	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,237	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	435	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	979	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,827	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,136	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,391	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	928	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,269	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,332	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	233.13/cwt	212.00–240.00	1,093	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	653	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,384	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,014	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,234	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,492	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	835	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,336	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,314	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	590	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,457	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,251	1

How this sale compares

Virginia weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Virginia auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Virginia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Southside Livestock Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Blackstone, VA

Wed Jan 8, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Richmond, VA (LS-RH)

Receipts 49Last week 115Year ago 21

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 15, Heifers 20, Bulls 14)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	450	309.00	309.00
1	550–600	550	300.00	300.00
5	600–650	628	291.00	291.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	295.00	295.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	390	260.00	260.00
4	450–500	469	212.00–240.00	233.13
7	550–600	565	234.00	234.00
1	600–650	640	218.00	218.00
2	650–700	653	212.00	212.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	255.00	255.00
1	400–450	435	225.00	225.00
1	550–600	570	217.00	217.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	235.00	235.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	465	273.00	273.00
1	600–650	605	204.00	204.00
2	700–750	720	185.00	185.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	450	278.00	278.00
1	550–600	590	247.00	247.00
5	650–700	666	224.00	224.00
1	700–750	710	185.00	185.00
2	800–850	835	160.00	160.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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