Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-05-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 13, Heifers 36, Bulls 43)

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $330.33/cwt on 6 head. That ranks 2 of 23 comparable sales and sits −45.97 against this barn's trailing median of $376.30.

Average price

$330.33

6 head · 566 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,870

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$109

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$25.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.02

vs VA average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	563	342.00	1,925	2thin
Medium and Large 2	563	332.00	1,868	2thin
Small 1	573	317.00	1,816	2thin

One grade step is worth $25.00/cwt here — about $109 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

23 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $440.10, low $329.37, median $376.30 across 23 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 sale6 hd

330.33

—

VA average8 barns · 202 hd

342.35

−12.02

This barn, trailing median23 sales

376.30

−45.97

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

32 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	600–650	641	319.50/cwt	319.50–319.50	2,048	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,390	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	855	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	2,197	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,689	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	1,307	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	400	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,240	1
Steers	Small 1	450–500	450	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,652	1
Steers	Small 1	700–750	733	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,847	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	2,138	1
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	573	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,816	2
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	548	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,600	2
Heifers	Small 1	650–700	650	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,593	1
Steers	Small 1	550–600	565	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,910	1
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	550	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,579	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,034	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,879	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	484	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,936	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	424	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,760	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	352	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	1,345	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	403	342.87/cwt	327.00–351.00	1,382	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	756	290.40/cwt	290.00–291.00	2,195	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	491	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,915	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,925	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,651	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,449	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,853	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,348	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,584	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,712	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,763	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	344.09/cwt	310.00–352.00	1,462	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	1,886	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 May 14, 2025

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

Receipts 92Last week 226Year ago 115

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 13, Heifers 36, Bulls 43)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	335	415.00	415.00
5	400–450	417	405.00	405.00
7	450–500	491	390.00	390.00
2	550–600	563	342.00	342.00
9	600–650	641	319.50	319.50
1	850–900	855	257.00	257.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	573	317.00	317.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	420.00	420.00
7	400–450	424	415.00	415.00
4	450–500	484	400.00	400.00
1	500–550	545	340.00	340.00
1	550–600	580	324.00	324.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	402.00	402.00
1	700–750	720	297.00	297.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	450	367.00	367.00
1	550–600	565	338.00	338.00
2	700–750	733	252.00	252.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	397.00	397.00
1	600–650	600	339.00	339.00
5	750–800	756	290.00–291.00	290.40
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	548	292.00	292.00
2	550–600	550	287.00	287.00
1	650–700	650	245.00	245.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	352	382.00	382.00
3	400–450	403	327.00–351.00	342.87
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	383	352.00	352.00
5	400–450	425	310.00–352.00	344.09
1	450–500	480	330.00	330.00
7	500–550	535	320.00	320.00
1	600–650	630	262.00	262.00
3	650–700	658	268.00	268.00

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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