Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-03-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 66, Heifers 114, Bulls 74)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $259.10/cwt on 37 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −105.66 against this barn's trailing median of $364.76.

Average price

$259.10

37 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,394

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$411

per head · Medium and Large 3 over Small 1

$71.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−26.69

vs VA average

−55.86 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	535	276.00	1,477	7thin
Medium and Large 2	527	274.00	1,444	5thin
Medium and Large 1	544	257.72	1,401	22
Small 1	520	205.00	1,066	3thin

One grade step is worth $71.00/cwt here — about $411 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale37 hd

259.10

—

VA average8 barns · 558 hd

285.79

−26.69

National average179 barns · 17,787 hd

314.96

−55.86

This barn, trailing median30 sales

364.76

−105.66

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	350–400	363	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,125	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	240.50/cwt	240.50–240.50	1,597	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,891	3
Steers	Small 1	400–450	405	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	770	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	680	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,768	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,477	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	325	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	813	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	541	260.99/cwt	255.00–262.50	1,412	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,870	1
Steers	Small 1	700–750	710	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,456	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,544	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	710	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,633	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	448	351.24/cwt	347.00–352.00	1,574	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	642	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,817	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	925	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	2,054	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	800	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,560	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	600	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,680	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,717	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,398	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	795	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,789	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	469	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,623	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	556	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,774	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	282.30/cwt	225.00–302.00	1,606	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,618	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	345.70/cwt	320.00–350.00	1,480	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	240.49/cwt	240.00–241.00	1,741	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,572	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	695	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,738	1
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	409	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,350	4
Bulls	Small 1	600–650	600	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,602	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	730	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,584	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	466	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,375	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	412	347.47/cwt	320.00–355.00	1,432	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	476	312.68/cwt	290.00–320.00	1,488	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	710	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,704	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	266.11/cwt	264.00–279.00	1,676	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	451	300.49/cwt	296.00–301.00	1,355	20
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	461	235.04/cwt	230.00–250.00	1,084	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	292.19/cwt	282.00–294.00	1,622	7
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	494	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,433	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	535	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,477	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	670	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,420	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	622	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,431	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,547	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	370	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,103	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,351	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,283	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,517	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	570	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,568	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	456	266.91/cwt	255.00–270.00	1,217	5
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	520	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,066	3
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	350	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,040	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	359	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,163	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	527	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,444	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	322.75/cwt	321.00–323.00	1,736	16
Steers	Small 1	500–550	540	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,080	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 12, 2025

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

Receipts 254Last week 190Year ago 140

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 66, Heifers 114, Bulls 74)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	363	310.00	310.00
20	450–500	451	296.00–301.00	300.49
20	500–550	541	255.00–262.50	260.99
2	550–600	570	225.00	225.00
12	600–650	638	242.50	242.50
4	650–700	664	240.50	240.50
1	700–750	740	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	250.00	250.00
6	350–400	370	298.00	298.00
5	450–500	456	255.00–270.00	266.91
7	500–550	535	276.00	276.00
1	650–700	670	212.00	212.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	359	324.00	324.00
4	450–500	466	295.00	295.00
5	500–550	527	274.00	274.00
3	600–650	622	230.00	230.00
4	700–750	730	217.00	217.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	297.00	297.00
4	450–500	461	230.00–250.00	235.04
3	500–550	520	205.00	205.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	368	380.00	380.00
13	400–450	448	347.00–352.00	351.24
2	450–500	460	321.00	321.00
16	500–550	538	321.00–323.00	322.75
7	600–650	642	283.00	283.00
1	650–700	680	275.00	275.00
3	700–750	733	258.00	258.00
1	750–800	795	225.00	225.00
1	900–950	925	222.00	222.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	190.00	190.00
1	500–550	540	200.00	200.00
1	700–750	710	205.00	205.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	355.00	355.00
6	450–500	469	346.00	346.00
1	500–550	545	315.00	315.00
4	550–600	556	319.00	319.00
1	600–650	600	280.00	280.00
1	650–700	680	260.00	260.00
1	700–750	710	230.00	230.00
1	800–850	800	195.00	195.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	570	275.00	275.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	428	320.00–350.00	345.70
8	450–500	483	335.00	335.00
2	500–550	533	295.00	295.00
9	550–600	569	225.00–302.00	282.30
9	600–650	630	264.00–279.00	266.11
1	650–700	695	250.00	250.00
4	700–750	724	240.00–241.00	240.49
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	409	330.00	330.00
5	450–500	494	290.00	290.00
1	600–650	600	267.00	267.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	365	370.00	370.00
7	400–450	412	320.00–355.00	347.47
4	450–500	476	290.00–320.00	312.68
7	550–600	555	282.00–294.00	292.19
2	700–750	710	240.00	240.00

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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