Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-03-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 23, Heifers 104, Bulls 63)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $250.73/cwt on 28 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −113.60 against this barn's trailing median of $364.33.

Average price

$250.73

28 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,366

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$57

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

$18.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−15.28

vs VA average

−54.29 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	533	259.19	1,381	10thin
Medium and Large 1	553	257.18	1,421	6thin
Medium and Large 2	551	240.44	1,325	12thin

One grade step is worth $18.75/cwt here — about $57 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

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 sale28 hd

250.73

—

VA average8 barns · 740 hd

266.00

−15.28

National average185 barns · 16,988 hd

305.02

−54.29

This barn, trailing median31 sales

364.33

−113.60

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

54 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	550–600	585	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,480	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,125	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	656	236.49/cwt	233.00–238.00	1,551	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	304.71/cwt	292.50–308.00	1,706	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	464	288.53/cwt	287.00–289.00	1,339	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	546	242.50/cwt	225.00–245.00	1,324	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	400	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,130	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	335	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,106	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	636	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,495	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,572	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,491	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,789	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,836	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	760	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,672	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	538	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,587	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	605	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,210	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	445	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,469	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,612	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,621	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	850–900	865	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,644	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,296	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,638	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,599	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	226.93/cwt	215.00–235.00	1,632	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	343	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,252	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	345.51/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,271	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,488	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,460	2
Bulls	Small 1	350–400	390	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,326	1
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	475	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,473	3
Bulls	Small 1	600–650	630	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,323	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,601	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	339.84/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,434	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	533	259.19/cwt	252.00–260.00	1,381	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	642	264.47/cwt	255.00–266.00	1,698	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,594	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,585	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,087	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	516	303.00/cwt	288.00–310.00	1,563	8
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	385	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,001	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,516	1
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	441	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,147	6
Heifers	Small 1	600–650	620	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,240	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	605	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,180	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	460	289.29/cwt	277.50–292.00	1,331	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	663	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,565	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	292.30/cwt	280.00–296.00	1,353	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	546	258.02/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,409	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	344	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,118	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,538	1
Heifers	Small 1	700–750	700	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,330	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	561	236.33/cwt	225.00–240.00	1,326	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	357	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,187	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,470	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 Mar 5, 2025

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

Receipts 190Last week 213Year ago 63

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 23, Heifers 104, Bulls 63)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	344	325.00	325.00
1	350–400	375	300.00	300.00
8	450–500	463	280.00–296.00	292.30
5	500–550	546	250.00–260.00	258.02
1	550–600	585	253.00	253.00
1	600–650	645	235.00	235.00
10	650–700	656	233.00–238.00	236.49
1	700–750	700	210.00	210.00
1	750–800	750	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	357	332.50	332.50
1	400–450	400	282.50	282.50
13	450–500	464	287.00–289.00	288.53
8	500–550	546	225.00–245.00	242.50
4	550–600	561	225.00–240.00	236.33
6	600–650	636	235.00	235.00
2	650–700	663	236.00	236.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	335	330.00	330.00
11	450–500	460	277.50–292.00	289.29
10	500–550	533	252.00–260.00	259.19
1	600–650	605	195.00	195.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	260.00	260.00
6	400–450	441	260.00	260.00
2	600–650	620	200.00	200.00
1	700–750	700	190.00	190.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	445	335.00	335.00
2	450–500	480	327.50	327.50
5	550–600	560	292.50–308.00	304.71
4	600–650	619	289.00	289.00
1	650–700	650	282.50	282.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	330.00	330.00
2	500–550	538	295.00	295.00
1	600–650	605	200.00	200.00
1	750–800	760	220.00	220.00
1	850–900	865	190.00	190.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	365.00	365.00
1	450–500	495	327.50	327.50
1	500–550	525	307.00	307.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	345.00	345.00
2	400–450	420	347.50	347.50
8	500–550	516	288.00–310.00	303.00
1	550–600	560	283.00	283.00
1	600–650	630	253.00	253.00
1	650–700	655	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	343	365.00	365.00
2	350–400	368	330.00–360.00	345.51
3	400–450	422	330.00–345.00	339.84
9	450–500	478	335.00	335.00
1	500–550	500	297.50	297.50
7	550–600	565	283.00	283.00
14	600–650	642	255.00–266.00	264.47
5	700–750	719	215.00–235.00	226.93
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	340.00	340.00
3	450–500	475	310.00	310.00
1	600–650	630	210.00	210.00

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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