Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-04-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 5, Heifers 61, Bulls 59)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $300.71/cwt on 20 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −64.06 against this barn's trailing median of $364.76.

Average price

$300.71

20 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,620

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$114

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$34.93/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−19.84

vs VA average

−28.63 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	530	310.22	1,644	9thin
Medium and Large 2	540	303.00	1,636	1thin
Medium and Large 3	540	303.00	1,636	6thin
Small 1	556	275.29	1,531	4thin

One grade step is worth $34.93/cwt here — about $114 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale20 hd

300.71

—

VA average8 barns · 529 hd

320.55

−19.84

National average176 barns · 11,721 hd

329.34

−28.63

This barn, trailing median30 sales

364.76

−64.06

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

37 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	400–450	400	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,580	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,219	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	863	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,201	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	653	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,057	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	335.15/cwt	330.00–336.00	1,880	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	486	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	1,900	17
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	410	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,107	1
Bulls	Small 1	500–550	535	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,723	1
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	423	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,629	2
Steers	Small 1	550–600	575	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,955	1
Bulls	Small 1	600–650	600	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,872	1
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	487	377.79/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,840	9
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	490	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,446	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,636	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,619	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	540	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,636	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	530	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,813	1
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	556	275.29/cwt	257.00–290.00	1,531	4
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	590	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,853	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	332.01/cwt	331.00–333.00	1,876	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	371	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,362	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	1,803	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,573	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	467	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,597	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,422	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	350	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,145	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,875	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	795	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,306	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,174	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	383	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,360	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,654	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,668	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,953	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	310.22/cwt	308.00–310.50	1,644	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,377	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	422	411.00/cwt	411.00–411.00	1,734	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,736	2

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 30, 2025

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

Receipts 125Last week 213Year ago 151

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 5, Heifers 61, Bulls 59)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	395.00	395.00
17	450–500	486	391.00	391.00
7	550–600	561	330.00–336.00	335.15
6	650–700	653	315.00	315.00
2	750–800	765	290.00	290.00
2	850–900	863	255.00	255.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	423	385.00	385.00
9	450–500	487	370.00–380.00	377.79
1	500–550	535	322.00	322.00
1	550–600	590	314.00	314.00
1	600–650	600	312.00	312.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	395.00	395.00
6	400–450	422	411.00	411.00
1	450–500	460	392.00	392.00
2	550–600	565	331.00–333.00	332.01
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	270.00	270.00
1	450–500	490	295.00	295.00
4	550–600	556	257.00–290.00	275.29
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	371	367.00	367.00
10	450–500	460	352.00	352.00
1	500–550	540	303.00	303.00
1	600–650	605	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	383	355.00	355.00
3	450–500	467	342.00	342.00
6	500–550	540	303.00	303.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	350	327.00	327.00
1	400–450	405	340.00	340.00
9	450–500	470	352.00	352.00
9	500–550	530	308.00–310.50	310.22
3	600–650	627	266.00	266.00
2	650–700	655	265.00	265.00
1	750–800	750	250.00	250.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	575	340.00	340.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	530	342.00	342.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	535	365.00	365.00
1	600–650	630	345.00	345.00
1	750–800	795	290.00	290.00

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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