Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-06-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 114, Heifers 97, Bulls 52)

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $360.98/cwt on 32 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −61.70 against this barn's trailing median of $422.68.

Average price

$360.98

32 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,980

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$116

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

$41.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.84

vs VA average

−17.60 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	363.47	2,000	24
Medium and Large 2	537	358.00	1,922	7thin
Medium and Large 3	585	322.00	1,884	1thin

One grade step is worth $41.47/cwt here — about $116 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

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 sale32 hd

360.98

—

VA average6 barns · 708 hd

365.82

−4.84

National average158 barns · 13,435 hd

378.58

−17.60

This barn, trailing median19 sales

422.68

−61.70

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

45 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	685	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,740	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,333	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	502	354.84/cwt	340.00–357.00	1,781	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	585	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,884	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	470	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,622	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	535	306.34/cwt	306.00–310.00	1,639	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,521	1
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	490	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,740	1
Bulls	Small 1	600–650	615	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,784	1
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	538	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,630	2
Heifers	Small 1	650–700	660	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,531	1
Steers	Small 1	450–500	490	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,789	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,796	3
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	558	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,674	2
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	405	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,499	2
Heifers	Small 1	600–650	638	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,538	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	646	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,035	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	496	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,786	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,360	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,998	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,685	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,640	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	360	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,386	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	373	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,182	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	449	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,441	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,670	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	437	335.50/cwt	332.00–345.00	1,466	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	312.91/cwt	302.00–315.50	1,765	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,063	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	305	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,022	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	413	408.36/cwt	390.00–415.00	1,687	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	469	365.09/cwt	362.00–370.00	1,712	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	537	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	1,922	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	325.50/cwt	325.50–325.50	1,813	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	716	321.84/cwt	307.00–330.00	2,304	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	642	342.55/cwt	340.00–343.00	2,199	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	915	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,105	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	361.89/cwt	346.00–365.00	2,027	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	373.49/cwt	372.00–375.00	1,778	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,588	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,295	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	657	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,326	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	547	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	1,991	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,755	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	646	285.36/cwt	280.00–286.00	1,843	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 Jun 4, 2025

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

Receipts 263Last week 162Year ago 185

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 114, Heifers 97, Bulls 52)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	335.00	335.00
15	400–450	437	332.00–345.00	335.50
12	500–550	530	315.00	315.00
1	650–700	685	254.00	254.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	373	317.00	317.00
8	400–450	449	321.00	321.00
12	500–550	535	306.00–310.00	306.34
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	538	303.00	303.00
2	600–650	638	241.00	241.00
1	650–700	660	232.00	232.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	332.00	332.00
14	450–500	459	346.00	346.00
16	550–600	564	302.00–315.50	312.91
9	600–650	646	280.00–286.00	285.36
1	700–750	725	242.00	242.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	410.00	410.00
8	400–450	413	390.00–415.00	408.36
8	500–550	502	340.00–357.00	354.84
3	550–600	570	315.00	315.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	405	370.00	370.00
1	450–500	490	355.00	355.00
2	550–600	558	300.00	300.00
1	600–650	615	290.00	290.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	320	425.00	425.00
1	400–450	410	400.00	400.00
4	450–500	496	360.00	360.00
1	500–550	535	315.00	315.00
9	550–600	557	325.50	325.50
7	600–650	646	315.00	315.00
1	700–750	740	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	385.00	385.00
1	450–500	470	345.00	345.00
1	550–600	585	322.00	322.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	395.00	395.00
5	450–500	469	362.00–370.00	365.09
7	500–550	537	358.00	358.00
1	600–650	605	341.00	341.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	365.00	365.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	476	372.00–375.00	373.49
18	500–550	547	364.00	364.00
6	550–600	560	346.00–365.00	361.89
27	600–650	642	340.00–343.00	342.55
13	650–700	657	354.00	354.00
21	700–750	716	307.00–330.00	321.84
1	900–950	915	230.00	230.00

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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