Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-03-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 38, Heifers 52, Bulls 37)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $271.47/cwt on 14 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −92.86 against this barn's trailing median of $364.33.

Average price

$271.47

14 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,482

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$31

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

$3.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−16.72

vs VA average

−50.27 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	539	273.50	1,474	4thin
Medium and Large 1	554	271.07	1,503	7thin
Medium and Large 2	535	269.67	1,443	3thin

One grade step is worth $3.83/cwt here — about $31 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 sale14 hd

271.47

—

VA average7 barns · 391 hd

288.18

−16.72

National average178 barns · 15,613 hd

321.74

−50.27

This barn, trailing median31 sales

364.33

−92.86

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

51 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	Small 1	550–600	570	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,522	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,800	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	411	347.43/cwt	335.00–375.00	1,428	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	493	336.71/cwt	325.00–339.00	1,660	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,810	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,290	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	616	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,934	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	331.47/cwt	330.00–333.00	1,740	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	585	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,843	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,025	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	641	313.85/cwt	311.00–316.00	2,012	7
Steers	Small 1	450–500	493	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,292	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	653	315.83/cwt	315.00–316.00	2,062	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	438	347.60/cwt	330.00–365.00	1,522	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	385	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,463	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	663	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,525	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	549	273.50/cwt	273.50–273.50	1,502	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	435	295.72/cwt	287.00–300.00	1,286	3
Steers	Small 1	500–550	540	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,620	1
Steers	Small 1	650–700	660	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,046	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	880	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,024	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	265.01/cwt	264.00–266.00	1,505	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	370	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,193	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	539	273.50/cwt	272.00–275.00	1,474	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,170	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	685	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,576	1
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	465	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,265	1
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	395	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,086	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	583	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,691	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	1,411	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	800–850	845	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,834	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,733	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	429	320.60/cwt	297.00–325.00	1,375	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,141	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,558	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	737	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,879	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,821	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,423	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	387	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,250	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,320	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,472	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	552	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,634	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,625	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,711	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,482	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,115	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	266.60/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,765	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,657	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,640	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,820	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,454	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 26, 2025

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

Receipts 127Last week 230Year ago 146

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 38, Heifers 52, Bulls 37)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	570	267.00	267.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	360	392.00	392.00
4	400–450	411	335.00–375.00	347.43
6	450–500	493	325.00–339.00	336.71
2	550–600	583	290.00	290.00
1	700–750	720	250.00	250.00
1	800–850	845	217.00	217.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	335.00	335.00
5	400–450	421	370.00	370.00
1	450–500	460	320.00	320.00
2	500–550	500	325.00	325.00
3	550–600	552	296.00	296.00
3	650–700	663	273.00	273.00
3	700–750	737	255.00	255.00
1	750–800	775	235.00	235.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	438	330.00–365.00	347.60
3	550–600	555	328.00	328.00
5	600–650	616	314.00	314.00
6	650–700	653	315.00–316.00	315.83
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	360.00	360.00
1	400–450	425	342.00	342.00
2	500–550	525	330.00–333.00	331.47
7	600–650	641	311.00–316.00	313.85
2	700–750	713	240.00	240.00
2	800–850	810	250.00	250.00
1	850–900	880	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	380.00	380.00
1	550–600	585	315.00	315.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	493	262.00	262.00
1	500–550	540	300.00	300.00
1	650–700	660	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	370	322.50	322.50
3	400–450	435	287.00–300.00	295.72
4	500–550	539	272.00–275.00	273.50
2	650–700	663	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	387	323.00	323.00
2	400–450	440	300.00	300.00
5	500–550	549	273.50	273.50
2	550–600	568	264.00–266.00	265.01
5	600–650	637	272.00	272.00
3	650–700	662	260.00–270.00	266.60
1	700–750	705	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	360	317.00	317.00
6	400–450	429	297.00–325.00	320.60
1	450–500	455	245.00	245.00
2	500–550	525	271.00	271.00
1	550–600	555	267.00	267.00
1	600–650	605	271.00	271.00
1	650–700	685	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	275.00	275.00
1	450–500	465	272.00	272.00

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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