Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-02-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 79, Heifers 97, Bulls 82)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $255.72/cwt on 29 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −108.61 against this barn's trailing median of $364.33.

Average price

$255.72

29 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,390

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$33

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$7.36/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.24

vs VA average

−43.14 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	542	257.36	1,396	14thin
Medium and Large 3	545	256.00	1,395	7thin
Medium and Large 1	544	253.00	1,376	7thin
Small 1	545	250.00	1,363	1thin

One grade step is worth $7.36/cwt here — about $33 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

31 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $402.15, low $300.75, median $364.33 across 31 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 sale29 hd

255.72

—

VA average8 barns · 659 hd

267.96

−12.24

National average192 barns · 21,303 hd

298.86

−43.14

This barn, trailing median31 sales

364.33

−108.61

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

50 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,442	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	498	290.50/cwt	290.50–290.50	1,447	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,556	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	341	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,228	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,463	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,506	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	654	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,733	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	551	298.50/cwt	298.50–298.50	1,645	7
Steers	Small 1	550–600	585	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,580	2
Steers	Small 1	700–750	745	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,781	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,456	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	480	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,392	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	252.73/cwt	246.00–263.00	1,822	19
Steers	Small 1	450–500	485	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,407	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	725	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,291	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	343	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	936	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,323	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	350	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,146	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	547	299.50/cwt	299.50–299.50	1,638	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	443	318.50/cwt	318.50–318.50	1,411	6
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	545	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,363	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	544	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,376	7
Steers	Small 1	650–700	675	211.05/cwt	190.00–218.00	1,425	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	651	270.60/cwt	267.00–271.00	1,762	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	656	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,509	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,448	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	446	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,173	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	545	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,395	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	446	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,186	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	852	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,960	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,398	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	338	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	953	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	429	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,317	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	484	290.50/cwt	290.50–290.50	1,406	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,488	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	361	280.50/cwt	280.50–280.50	1,013	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	338	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,132	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	265.10/cwt	240.00–268.00	1,217	16
Bulls	Small 1	700–750	725	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,595	2
Bulls	Small 1	650–700	657	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,537	3
Heifers	Small 1	600–650	630	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,411	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	538	257.75/cwt	257.75–257.75	1,387	12
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	590	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,387	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	668	245.50/cwt	245.50–245.50	1,640	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	643	246.25/cwt	244.00–246.50	1,583	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	309.50/cwt	309.50–309.50	1,278	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	745	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,639	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,531	3
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	493	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,346	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,640	2

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 Feb 5, 2025

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

Receipts 258Last week 237Year ago 303

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 79, Heifers 97, Bulls 82)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	338	335.00	335.00
14	400–450	413	309.50	309.50
6	450–500	498	290.50	290.50
1	500–550	540	267.00	267.00
7	550–600	571	272.50	272.50
10	600–650	643	244.00–246.50	246.25
2	700–750	713	230.00	230.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	341	360.00	360.00
7	400–450	429	307.00	307.00
9	450–500	484	290.50	290.50
1	500–550	515	284.00	284.00
3	550–600	565	271.00	271.00
1	600–650	625	241.00	241.00
3	650–700	668	245.50	245.50
1	700–750	745	220.00	220.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	493	273.00	273.00
1	550–600	590	235.00	235.00
3	650–700	657	234.00	234.00
2	700–750	725	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	443	318.50	318.50
1	450–500	490	270.00	270.00
7	550–600	551	298.50	298.50
6	650–700	654	265.00	265.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	290.00	290.00
2	550–600	585	270.00	270.00
4	650–700	675	190.00–218.00	211.05
2	700–750	745	239.00	239.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	327.50	327.50
3	450–500	455	320.00	320.00
9	500–550	547	299.50	299.50
10	650–700	651	267.00–271.00	270.60
19	700–750	721	246.00–263.00	252.73
5	850–900	852	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	480	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	343	273.00	273.00
5	400–450	446	263.00	263.00
7	500–550	545	256.00	256.00
1	700–750	725	178.00	178.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	545	250.00	250.00
1	600–650	630	224.00	224.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	338	282.00	282.00
16	450–500	459	240.00–268.00	265.10
7	500–550	544	253.00	253.00
10	600–650	636	234.00	234.00
2	700–750	728	192.00	192.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	361	280.50	280.50
13	400–450	446	266.00	266.00
12	500–550	538	257.75	257.75
2	550–600	568	255.00	255.00
4	650–700	656	230.00	230.00

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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