Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-06-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 126, Heifers 85, Bulls 51)

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $359.91/cwt on 34 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −62.77 against this barn's trailing median of $422.68.

Average price

$359.91

34 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,984

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$241

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

$19.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.73

vs VA average

−12.01 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	362.74	2,020	29
Medium and Large 2	518	343.52	1,779	5thin

One grade step is worth $19.22/cwt here — about $241 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 sale34 hd

359.91

—

VA average9 barns · 365 hd

371.64

−11.73

National average146 barns · 8,317 hd

371.92

−12.01

This barn, trailing median19 sales

422.68

−62.77

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

48 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	365	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,424	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	690	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,691	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,867	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	399.75/cwt	395.00–402.00	1,659	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,956	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	367.06/cwt	355.00–375.00	1,769	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	368	333.99/cwt	320.00–337.00	1,229	6
Bulls	Small 1	600–650	615	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,384	1
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	477	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,717	3
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	440	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,694	1
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	565	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,526	1
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	460	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,242	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	337.17/cwt	270.00–360.00	1,197	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	467	314.78/cwt	240.00–331.00	1,470	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	310.64/cwt	280.00–318.00	1,662	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	415	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,204	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	500	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,455	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	600	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,590	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	437	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,661	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	613	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,054	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	343.52/cwt	295.00–356.00	1,779	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,836	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,581	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	683	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,892	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	539	367.49/cwt	362.00–368.00	1,981	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	1,766	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	795	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,472	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,776	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,005	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	549	315.50/cwt	315.50–315.50	1,732	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,480	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	340.67/cwt	340.00–343.00	2,197	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	359.83/cwt	355.00–363.00	2,044	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	282.04/cwt	275.00–283.00	1,777	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	336.40/cwt	335.00–337.00	1,561	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,322	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	348.93/cwt	330.00–355.00	1,169	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,585	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,651	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,221	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,865	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,251	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	369	398.61/cwt	375.00–410.00	1,471	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,356	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,764	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	563	307.38/cwt	250.00–328.00	1,731	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	467	376.75/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,759	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,851	4

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 18, 2025

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

Receipts 262Last week 217Year ago 278

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 126, Heifers 85, Bulls 51)

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	365	390.00	390.00
3	400–450	415	395.00–402.00	399.75
7	450–500	482	355.00–375.00	367.06
13	550–600	567	329.00	329.00
4	600–650	631	310.00	310.00
2	650–700	690	245.00	245.00
2	700–750	718	260.00	260.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	385.00	385.00
3	450–500	477	360.00	360.00
1	550–600	565	270.00	270.00
1	600–650	615	225.00	225.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	418	395.00	395.00
3	450–500	467	370.00–380.00	376.75
4	550–600	563	250.00–328.00	307.38
2	650–700	655	242.00	242.00
1	700–750	720	245.00	245.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	368	320.00–337.00	333.99
1	400–450	415	290.00	290.00
1	500–550	500	291.00	291.00
1	600–650	600	265.00	265.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	460	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	355	270.00–360.00	337.17
7	450–500	467	240.00–331.00	314.78
8	500–550	535	280.00–318.00	310.64
1	550–600	565	240.00	240.00
2	600–650	620	255.00	255.00
2	650–700	683	277.00	277.00
1	700–750	720	255.00	255.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	335	330.00–355.00	348.93
1	350–400	370	330.00	330.00
3	400–450	433	232.00	232.00
7	450–500	464	335.00–337.00	336.40
19	500–550	549	315.50	315.50
3	550–600	573	310.00	310.00
8	600–650	630	275.00–283.00	282.04
4	700–750	723	256.00	256.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	369	375.00–410.00	398.61
3	400–450	437	380.00	380.00
5	500–550	518	295.00–356.00	343.52
4	600–650	613	335.00	335.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	361.00	361.00
6	450–500	476	371.00	371.00
11	500–550	539	362.00–368.00	367.49
18	550–600	568	355.00–363.00	359.83
51	600–650	645	340.00–343.00	340.67
3	650–700	670	336.00	336.00
16	700–750	719	323.00	323.00
4	750–800	795	311.00	311.00

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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