Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-04-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 77, Heifers 110, Bulls 59)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $295.81/cwt on 45 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −68.96 against this barn's trailing median of $364.76.

Average price

$295.81

45 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,615

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$282

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$30.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.32

vs VA average

−25.57 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	547	300.75	1,645	21
Medium and Large 1	546	294.75	1,609	18thin
Medium and Large 3	549	284.00	1,559	5thin
Small 1	505	270.00	1,364	1thin

One grade step is worth $30.75/cwt here — about $282 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 sale45 hd

295.81

—

VA average8 barns · 565 hd

304.13

−8.32

National average178 barns · 12,751 hd

321.38

−25.57

This barn, trailing median30 sales

364.76

−68.96

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	600–650	636	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,660	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	695	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,738	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	715	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,737	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	717	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,857	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,524	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	333	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,215	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,941	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,170	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	515	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,669	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	332.71/cwt	330.50–334.00	1,886	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	881	261.59/cwt	251.00–265.00	2,305	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	639	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,019	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,885	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	544	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,801	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	458	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,626	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	744	259.21/cwt	254.00–260.50	1,929	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	988	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	2,500	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	352.93/cwt	290.00–385.00	1,306	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	685	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,062	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,720	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	1,553	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,734	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,647	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,872	1
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	458	325.16/cwt	315.00–335.00	1,489	2
Bulls	Small 1	300–350	313	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,064	2
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	550	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,375	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,328	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	269.67/cwt	269.50–270.00	1,783	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,526	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	493	343.88/cwt	342.00–347.00	1,695	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	421	354.93/cwt	340.00–357.00	1,494	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	566	283.44/cwt	282.00–287.00	1,604	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	454	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,444	7
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	505	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,364	1
Heifers	Small 1	700–750	720	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,750	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	338	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,301	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,736	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,713	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	351	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,151	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	579	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,694	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	617	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,555	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	461	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,406	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	549	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,559	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	546	294.75/cwt	294.75–294.75	1,609	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	488	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,025	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	531	304.88/cwt	287.00–325.00	1,619	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	436	331.60/cwt	315.00–335.00	1,446	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	362	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,173	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	710	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,725	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	425	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,211	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,203	2
Steers	Small 1	350–400	395	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,323	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,737	4

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 Apr 2, 2025

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

Receipts 246Last week 127Year ago 189

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 77, Heifers 110, Bulls 59)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	454	318.00	318.00
18	500–550	546	294.75	294.75
4	600–650	636	261.00	261.00
1	650–700	695	250.00	250.00
4	700–750	715	243.00	243.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	351	328.00	328.00
12	400–450	436	315.00–335.00	331.60
2	450–500	488	210.00	210.00
14	500–550	531	287.00–325.00	304.88
7	550–600	579	292.50	292.50
3	600–650	617	252.00	252.00
2	700–750	715	243.00	243.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	505	270.00	270.00
1	700–750	720	243.00	243.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	362	324.00	324.00
1	400–450	425	285.00	285.00
12	450–500	461	305.00	305.00
5	500–550	549	284.00	284.00
1	700–750	710	243.00	243.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	333	365.00	365.00
1	350–400	360	325.00	325.00
2	400–450	433	352.00	352.00
5	450–500	458	355.00	355.00
6	500–550	544	331.00	331.00
6	550–600	580	325.00	325.00
1	600–650	620	313.00	313.00
1	650–700	685	301.00	301.00
3	700–750	717	259.00	259.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	515	324.00	324.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	370	290.00–385.00	352.93
1	400–450	440	353.00	353.00
2	450–500	468	257.00	257.00
1	500–550	515	334.00	334.00
17	550–600	567	330.50–334.00	332.71
7	600–650	639	316.00	316.00
5	700–750	744	254.00–260.50	259.21
9	850–900	881	251.00–265.00	261.59
3	950–1000	988	253.00	253.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	335.00	335.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	385.00	385.00
7	400–450	424	360.00	360.00
3	500–550	510	340.00	340.00
2	550–600	578	285.00	285.00
9	650–700	661	269.50–270.00	269.67
1	700–750	720	260.00	260.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	313	340.00	340.00
2	450–500	458	315.00–335.00	325.16
1	550–600	550	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	338	385.00	385.00
8	400–450	421	340.00–357.00	354.93
8	450–500	493	342.00–347.00	343.88
7	550–600	566	282.00–287.00	283.44
1	600–650	625	274.00	274.00
3	650–700	650	267.00	267.00

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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