Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-06-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 25, Heifers 108, Bulls 84)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $314.84/cwt on 38 head. That ranks 3 of 30 comparable sales and sits −49.92 against this barn's trailing median of $364.76.

Average price

$314.84

38 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,714

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$196

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$30.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.28

vs VA average

−26.08 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	548	320.50	1,756	10thin
Medium and Large 1	545	319.04	1,738	22
Medium and Large 3	538	290.00	1,560	6thin

One grade step is worth $30.50/cwt here — about $196 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 sale38 hd

314.84

—

VA average8 barns · 395 hd

326.13

−11.28

National average161 barns · 10,769 hd

340.92

−26.08

This barn, trailing median30 sales

364.76

−49.92

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

43 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	350–400	375	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,575	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,775	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	295.45/cwt	293.00–298.00	1,974	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	744	263.68/cwt	210.00–274.00	1,962	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,605	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,852	9
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	455	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,183	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,610	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,168	5
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	420	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,575	1
Bulls	Small 1	500–550	505	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,768	3
Bulls	Small 1	600–650	635	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,848	2
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	558	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,680	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	416	403.74/cwt	400.00–405.00	1,680	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	542	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	1,946	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	447	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,506	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,871	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,997	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,837	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	548	320.50/cwt	320.50–320.50	1,756	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	621	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,900	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	312.99/cwt	312.00–315.00	1,737	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,665	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	299.72/cwt	299.00–300.00	2,203	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	486	372.18/cwt	371.00–385.00	1,809	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	366	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	1,296	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	487	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	1,807	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	543	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,738	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,381	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,495	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	351.81/cwt	345.00–355.00	1,326	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	300	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,275	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,639	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	400	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,580	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,838	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	376	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,278	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	661	295.82/cwt	288.00–297.00	1,955	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	760	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,930	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	460	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,362	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	543	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,770	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,103	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	538	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,560	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	446	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,494	10

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 11, 2025

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

Receipts 217Last week 263Year ago 220

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 25, Heifers 108, Bulls 84)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	420.00	420.00
7	400–450	417	385.00	385.00
11	450–500	486	371.00–385.00	372.18
2	500–550	500	355.00	355.00
9	550–600	568	326.00	326.00
12	600–650	638	313.00	313.00
2	650–700	668	293.00–298.00	295.45
6	700–750	744	210.00–274.00	263.68
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	375.00	375.00
3	500–550	505	350.00	350.00
3	550–600	558	301.00	301.00
2	600–650	635	291.00	291.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	425.00	425.00
1	350–400	395	415.00	415.00
4	400–450	416	400.00–405.00	403.74
7	450–500	487	371.00	371.00
2	500–550	543	326.00	326.00
8	650–700	661	288.00–297.00	295.82
2	750–800	760	254.00	254.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	455	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	377	345.00–355.00	351.81
10	400–450	447	337.00	337.00
3	450–500	475	339.00	339.00
19	500–550	543	320.00	320.00
3	550–600	555	312.00–315.00	312.99
14	600–650	638	288.00	288.00
5	700–750	728	257.00	257.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	350.00	350.00
8	350–400	366	354.00	354.00
10	400–450	446	335.00	335.00
1	450–500	460	325.00	325.00
10	500–550	548	320.50	320.50
5	600–650	621	306.00	306.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	376	340.00	340.00
5	450–500	460	296.00	296.00
6	500–550	538	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	425.00	425.00
1	450–500	450	370.00	370.00
9	500–550	542	359.00	359.00
5	600–650	632	343.00	343.00
7	700–750	735	299.00–300.00	299.72
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	395.00	395.00
1	500–550	525	350.00	350.00

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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