Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-02-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 54, Heifers 99, Bulls 60)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $262.41/cwt on 27 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −102.35 against this barn's trailing median of $364.76.

Average price

$262.41

27 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,456

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$27.43/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.73

vs VA average

−44.60 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	536	277.43	1,488	7thin
Medium and Large 1	558	257.95	1,439	18thin
Medium and Large 3	593	250.00	1,483	2thin

One grade step is worth $27.43/cwt here — about $5 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

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 sale27 hd

262.41

—

VA average8 barns · 409 hd

271.14

−8.73

National average189 barns · 18,586 hd

307.01

−44.60

This barn, trailing median30 sales

364.76

−102.35

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

53 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	300–350	343	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,146	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	308.50/cwt	308.50–308.50	1,336	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	257.00/cwt	226.00–266.00	1,452	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	731	220.50/cwt	220.50–220.50	1,612	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	567	249.19/cwt	240.00–254.00	1,413	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,186	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	471	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,441	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	895	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	2,005	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	737	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,879	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,642	1
Steers	Small 1	450–500	490	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,308	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,295	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,703	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	299.19/cwt	299.00–299.50	1,705	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,778	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,363	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	548	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,693	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	453	308.75/cwt	264.00–315.50	1,399	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	275.70/cwt	275.00–276.50	1,836	12
Steers	Small 1	700–750	720	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,771	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	917	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,990	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	331	272.89/cwt	260.00–277.00	903	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,817	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	439	311.85/cwt	286.00–315.00	1,369	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	593	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,483	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	636	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,533	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,292	5
Bulls	Small 1	600–650	610	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,501	1
Bulls	Small 1	500–550	505	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,146	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	491	305.50/cwt	305.50–305.50	1,500	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	844	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,781	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,377	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	534	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,490	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	660	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,610	1
Bulls	Small 1	300–350	340	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,071	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,439	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,550	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,709	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	242.42/cwt	242.00–243.00	1,641	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	334	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,126	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	257.95/cwt	254.00–259.50	1,439	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,441	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,474	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	722	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,552	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	690	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,587	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	443	293.48/cwt	275.00–296.00	1,300	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	247.02/cwt	243.00–247.50	1,532	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,061	2
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	403	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	685	2
Heifers	Small 1	650–700	670	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,487	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	450	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,260	2
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	360	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	666	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	368	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,097	8

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 26, 2025

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

Receipts 213Last week 258Year ago 161

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 54, Heifers 99, Bulls 60)

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	343	334.00	334.00
4	400–450	433	308.50	308.50
8	450–500	491	305.50	305.50
1	500–550	510	270.00	270.00
5	550–600	565	226.00–266.00	257.00
1	600–650	615	252.00	252.00
6	650–700	677	252.50	252.50
5	700–750	731	220.50	220.50
4	800–850	844	211.00	211.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	334	337.00	337.00
1	350–400	390	304.00	304.00
5	400–450	425	304.00	304.00
3	450–500	475	303.00	303.00
3	550–600	567	240.00–254.00	249.19
1	650–700	660	244.00	244.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	315.00	315.00
1	500–550	505	227.00	227.00
1	600–650	610	246.00	246.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	471	306.00	306.00
1	500–550	540	304.00	304.00
5	550–600	570	299.00–299.50	299.19
1	650–700	655	260.00	260.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	332.00	332.00
8	450–500	453	264.00–315.50	308.75
4	500–550	548	309.00	309.00
2	550–600	583	305.00	305.00
4	600–650	620	293.00	293.00
12	650–700	666	275.00–276.50	275.70
5	700–750	737	255.00	255.00
1	850–900	895	224.00	224.00
3	900–950	917	217.00	217.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	490	267.00	267.00
1	700–750	720	246.00	246.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	383	277.00	277.00
1	450–500	475	287.00	287.00
18	550–600	558	254.00–259.50	257.95
9	600–650	620	243.00–247.50	247.02
7	650–700	677	242.00–243.00	242.42
1	700–750	735	196.00	196.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	331	260.00–277.00	272.89
17	400–450	439	286.00–315.00	311.85
6	500–550	534	279.00	279.00
1	550–600	550	268.00	268.00
4	600–650	636	241.00	241.00
1	650–700	690	230.00	230.00
3	700–750	722	215.00	215.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	368	298.00	298.00
8	400–450	443	275.00–296.00	293.48
2	450–500	450	280.00	280.00
2	550–600	593	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	185.00	185.00
2	400–450	403	170.00	170.00
1	650–700	670	222.00	222.00

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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