Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-01-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 59, Heifers 90, Bulls 88)

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $288.87/cwt on 30 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −87.43 against this barn's trailing median of $376.30.

Average price

$288.87

30 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,568

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$44

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$2.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.67

vs VA average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	539	289.42	1,559	24
Medium and Large 2	559	286.67	1,603	6thin

One grade step is worth $2.75/cwt here — about −$44 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

23 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $440.10, low $329.37, median $376.30 across 23 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 sale30 hd

288.87

—

VA average5 barns · 223 hd

287.20

+1.67

This barn, trailing median23 sales

376.30

−87.43

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

56 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	549	259.50/cwt	259.50–259.50	1,425	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	734	186.25/cwt	165.00–209.00	1,367	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	485	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,455	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	278.27/cwt	278.00–280.00	988	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,406	1
Steers	Small 1	500–550	525	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,533	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	730	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,402	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	271.50/cwt	271.50–271.50	1,243	8
Steers	Small 1	450–500	480	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,186	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	689	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,674	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	521	313.73/cwt	270.00–321.00	1,635	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,240	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	641	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,776	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	740	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,813	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	290.72/cwt	270.00–302.00	1,346	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	448	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,434	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	679	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,935	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	552	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,744	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	539	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,676	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,665	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,946	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,830	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	503	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,459	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	653	255.50/cwt	255.50–255.50	1,668	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	845	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,563	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,290	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,464	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,121	1
Steers	Small 1	600–650	630	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,197	2
Steers	Small 1	550–600	558	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,763	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,041	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	538	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,318	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,129	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	737	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	538	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,264	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	629	242.92/cwt	240.00–243.50	1,528	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,155	1
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	410	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	820	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,404	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	728	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,536	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,228	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	453	268.21/cwt	245.00–270.25	1,215	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	370	270.56/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,001	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	595	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,493	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	567	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,644	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	680	265.50/cwt	265.50–265.50	1,805	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	246.50/cwt	246.50–246.50	1,560	6
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	390	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,041	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	419	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,508	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	305	322.50/cwt	320.00–325.00	984	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	337.98/cwt	265.00–355.00	1,420	14
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	458	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,260	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,418	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	491	313.07/cwt	297.00–314.00	1,537	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	289.07/cwt	220.00–294.00	1,619	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,174	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 29, 2025

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

Receipts 237Last week 22Year ago 122

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 59, Heifers 90, Bulls 88)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	368	283.00	283.00
8	450–500	458	271.50	271.50
10	500–550	549	259.50	259.50
4	550–600	558	220.00	220.00
6	600–650	633	246.50	246.50
1	650–700	660	175.00	175.00
4	700–750	734	165.00–209.00	186.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	220.00	220.00
8	350–400	355	278.00–280.00	278.27
1	400–450	415	272.00	272.00
13	450–500	453	245.00–270.25	268.21
4	500–550	538	245.00	245.00
2	550–600	595	251.00	251.00
6	600–650	629	240.00–243.50	242.92
2	700–750	730	192.00	192.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	370	270.00–275.00	270.56
2	500–550	538	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	390	267.00	267.00
1	400–450	410	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	370.00	370.00
3	400–450	448	320.00	320.00
3	450–500	463	270.00–302.00	290.72
9	500–550	539	311.00	311.00
1	550–600	555	300.00	300.00
4	600–650	641	277.00	277.00
3	650–700	689	243.00	243.00
3	700–750	735	249.00	249.00
4	750–800	760	256.00	256.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	480	247.00	247.00
1	500–550	525	292.00	292.00
3	550–600	558	316.00	316.00
2	600–650	630	190.00	190.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	335.00	335.00
10	500–550	521	270.00–321.00	313.73
3	550–600	552	316.00	316.00
5	650–700	679	285.00	285.00
1	700–750	740	245.00	245.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	345.00	345.00
14	400–450	420	265.00–355.00	337.98
1	450–500	480	305.00	305.00
9	500–550	503	290.00	290.00
15	550–600	560	220.00–294.00	289.07
1	600–650	645	200.00	200.00
6	650–700	653	255.50	255.50
1	800–850	845	185.00	185.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	305	320.00–325.00	322.50
1	350–400	385	305.00	305.00
7	400–450	419	360.00	360.00
17	450–500	491	297.00–314.00	313.07
1	500–550	520	270.00	270.00
5	550–600	567	290.00	290.00
1	600–650	610	232.50	232.50
1	650–700	680	265.50	265.50
3	700–750	728	211.00	211.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	458	275.00	275.00

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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