Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-05-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 75, Heifers 58, Bulls 29)

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $377.52/cwt on 22 head. That ranks 2 of 19 comparable sales and sits −45.15 against this barn's trailing median of $422.68.

Average price

$377.52

22 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,088

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$29

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1

$0.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.74

vs VA average

+3.38 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	546	378.00	2,064	4thin
Medium and Large 1	555	377.42	2,093	18thin

One grade step is worth $0.58/cwt here — about −$29 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

19 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $480.36, low $371.45, median $422.68 across 19 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 sale22 hd

377.52

—

VA average3 barns · 228 hd

374.78

+2.74

National average120 barns · 5,578 hd

374.14

+3.38

This barn, trailing median19 sales

422.68

−45.15

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

35 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	440	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,650	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,003	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,029	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	493	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	1,888	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	590	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,835	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	546	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	2,064	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,664	1
Heifers	Small 1	300–350	325	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	878	1
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	468	353.28/cwt	322.00–387.00	1,653	2
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	405	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,316	1
Steers	Small 1	700–750	701	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	2,026	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,458	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	374	427.00/cwt	427.00–427.00	1,597	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	505	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,687	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	348	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,218	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	463	331.76/cwt	330.00–335.00	1,536	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	446	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	1,793	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	328.50/cwt	328.50–328.50	1,751	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	477	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	1,798	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	1,764	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	350	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,229	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	331.26/cwt	320.00–342.00	2,087	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,785	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	546	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,108	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,978	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	526	329.50/cwt	329.50–329.50	1,733	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	459	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,607	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	279.52/cwt	277.00–287.00	2,027	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	363.93/cwt	354.00–381.00	2,067	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,817	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	356.65/cwt	351.00–362.00	1,348	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	354.55/cwt	342.00–357.00	1,642	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	310.50/cwt	309.00–312.00	2,298	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,577	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	360.50/cwt	360.50–360.50	2,271	5

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 28, 2025

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

Receipts 162Last week 85Year ago 162

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 75, Heifers 58, Bulls 29)

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	440	375.00	375.00
5	450–500	493	383.00	383.00
2	550–600	583	348.00	348.00
1	600–650	620	323.00	323.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	468	322.00–387.00	353.28
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	360	405.00	405.00
11	400–450	423	417.00	417.00
3	450–500	477	377.00	377.00
2	550–600	570	347.00	347.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	378	351.00–362.00	356.65
12	450–500	463	342.00–357.00	354.55
8	500–550	533	328.50	328.50
1	550–600	590	311.00	311.00
1	700–750	700	255.00	255.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	350	351.00	351.00
8	450–500	459	350.00	350.00
6	500–550	526	329.50	329.50
1	600–650	605	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	270.00	270.00
1	400–450	405	325.00	325.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	348	350.00	350.00
3	450–500	463	330.00–335.00	331.76
1	500–550	505	334.00	334.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	374	427.00	427.00
11	400–450	446	402.00	402.00
4	500–550	546	378.00	378.00
2	600–650	630	320.00–342.00	331.26
4	700–750	725	277.00–287.00	279.52
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	700–750	701	289.00	289.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	415.00	415.00
12	450–500	460	395.00	395.00
11	500–550	546	386.00	386.00
7	550–600	568	354.00–381.00	363.93
5	600–650	630	360.50	360.50
2	700–750	740	309.00–312.00	310.50

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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