Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-05-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 46, Heifers 98, Bulls 82)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $274.85/cwt on 40 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −89.48 against this barn's trailing median of $364.33.

Average price

$274.85

40 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,483

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$823

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$143.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−45.05

vs VA average

−57.97 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	313.40	1,719	20
Medium and Large 2	526	305.00	1,604	7thin
Small 1	552	297.00	1,639	3thin
Medium and Large 3	527	170.00	896	10thin

One grade step is worth $143.40/cwt here — about $823 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

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 sale40 hd

274.85

—

VA average9 barns · 514 hd

319.90

−45.05

National average172 barns · 12,542 hd

332.82

−57.97

This barn, trailing median31 sales

364.33

−89.48

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

44 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	450–500	453	338.55/cwt	330.00–347.00	1,534	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	2,081	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	362	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,466	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,634	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,809	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	503	351.50/cwt	295.00–356.00	1,768	14
Bulls	Small 1	500–550	514	351.22/cwt	335.00–357.00	1,805	4
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	552	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,639	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,777	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,220	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	659	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,307	5
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	415	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,619	1
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	465	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,451	2
Heifers	Small 1	300–350	340	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	748	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	457	331.30/cwt	322.00–334.00	1,514	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	442	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,724	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,239	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	319.84/cwt	275.00–324.75	2,063	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	366.71/cwt	352.00–370.00	2,138	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	2,009	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	618	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,965	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	549	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,812	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	457	342.41/cwt	316.00–345.00	1,565	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	546	315.77/cwt	312.00–316.00	1,724	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,899	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,686	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	356	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,282	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	351	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,158	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	553	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,035	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,386	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,697	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	386	360.08/cwt	340.00–365.00	1,390	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	429	321.61/cwt	300.00–326.00	1,380	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	527	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	896	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,439	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,166	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	793	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,260	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	526	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,604	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	705	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,727	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	745	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,123	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	643	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,704	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	489	377.00/cwt	370.00–379.00	1,844	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	402.74/cwt	390.00–405.00	1,683	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	313	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,268	3

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 May 7, 2025

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

Receipts 226Last week 125Year ago 129

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 46, Heifers 98, Bulls 82)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	362	405.00	405.00
3	400–450	430	380.00	380.00
2	450–500	453	330.00–347.00	338.55
14	500–550	503	295.00–356.00	351.50
12	550–600	560	323.00	323.00
14	600–650	645	275.00–324.75	319.84
2	700–750	715	291.00	291.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	390.00	390.00
4	500–550	514	335.00–357.00	351.22
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	313	405.00	405.00
7	400–450	418	390.00–405.00	402.74
9	450–500	489	370.00–379.00	377.00
4	500–550	549	330.00	330.00
3	600–650	618	318.00	318.00
1	700–750	745	285.00	285.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	220.00	220.00
2	450–500	465	312.00	312.00
3	550–600	552	297.00	297.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	386	340.00–365.00	360.08
1	400–450	420	295.00	295.00
12	450–500	457	316.00–345.00	342.41
17	500–550	546	312.00–316.00	315.77
3	550–600	562	300.00	300.00
5	650–700	658	270.00	270.00
1	750–800	775	245.00	245.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	356	360.00	360.00
1	400–450	440	327.00	327.00
9	450–500	457	322.00–334.00	331.30
7	500–550	526	305.00	305.00
3	600–650	643	265.00	265.00
1	700–750	705	245.00	245.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	351	330.00	330.00
6	400–450	429	300.00–326.00	321.61
10	500–550	527	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	360.00	360.00
1	400–450	435	390.00	390.00
12	500–550	533	377.00	377.00
10	550–600	583	352.00–370.00	366.71
3	600–650	627	354.00	354.00
5	650–700	659	350.00	350.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	370.00	370.00
5	400–450	442	390.00	390.00
6	550–600	553	368.00	368.00
2	750–800	793	285.00	285.00

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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