Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-04-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 50, Heifers 60, Bulls 35)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $280.91/cwt on 19 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −83.42 against this barn's trailing median of $364.33.

Average price

$280.91

19 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,561

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$182

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$25.32/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−16.31

vs VA average

−35.64 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	574	285.32	1,638	7thin
Medium and Large 2	548	280.00	1,534	7thin
Medium and Large 3	536	280.00	1,501	4thin
Small 1	560	260.00	1,456	1thin

One grade step is worth $25.32/cwt here — about $182 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale19 hd

280.91

—

VA average9 barns · 402 hd

297.22

−16.31

National average178 barns · 10,561 hd

316.55

−35.64

This barn, trailing median31 sales

364.33

−83.42

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

42 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	350–400	360	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,314	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,775	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	840	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,890	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,544	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	548	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,655	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,622	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	685	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,158	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,672	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	532	311.49/cwt	280.00–337.00	1,657	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,719	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	657	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,135	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	323.56/cwt	320.00–335.00	2,061	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	282.15/cwt	279.00–284.00	2,060	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,472	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	400	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,440	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	615	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,968	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	2,125	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	864	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,333	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	918	1
Heifers	Small 1	600–650	605	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,446	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	267.78/cwt	264.00–273.00	1,644	4
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	460	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,380	1
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	560	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,456	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,880	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	643	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,543	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,562	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	325.38/cwt	321.00–327.00	1,546	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	543	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,466	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,721	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	442	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,414	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	731	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,637	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,322	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	285.32/cwt	281.00–287.00	1,638	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	536	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,501	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	440	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,408	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	390	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,053	1
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	421	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,221	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,590	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,769	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	1,595	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	347	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,301	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	493	321.34/cwt	321.00–322.00	1,584	9

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 9, 2025

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

Receipts 145Last week 246Year ago 229

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 50, Heifers 60, Bulls 35)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	365.00	365.00
2	400–450	423	365.00	365.00
5	450–500	477	340.00	340.00
2	500–550	548	302.00	302.00
1	700–750	710	250.00	250.00
1	800–850	840	225.00	225.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	421	290.00	290.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	347	375.00	375.00
3	400–450	423	377.00	377.00
9	450–500	493	321.00–322.00	321.34
1	500–550	530	300.00	300.00
1	650–700	655	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	475	352.00	352.00
4	500–550	532	280.00–337.00	311.49
1	650–700	685	315.00	315.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	450	327.00	327.00
2	500–550	513	335.00	335.00
1	550–600	575	327.00	327.00
4	600–650	637	320.00–335.00	323.56
3	650–700	657	325.00	325.00
18	700–750	730	279.00–284.00	282.15
5	750–800	770	276.00	276.00
5	850–900	864	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	360.00	360.00
1	600–650	615	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	270.00	270.00
9	400–450	442	320.00	320.00
7	450–500	475	321.00–327.00	325.38
2	500–550	543	270.00	270.00
5	550–600	550	284.00	284.00
1	650–700	675	255.00	255.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	300.00	300.00
1	550–600	560	260.00	260.00
1	600–650	605	239.00	239.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	297.00	297.00
7	550–600	574	281.00–287.00	285.32
4	600–650	614	264.00–273.00	267.78
5	700–750	731	224.00	224.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	270.00	270.00
8	400–450	440	320.00	320.00
4	500–550	536	280.00	280.00
2	600–650	643	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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