Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2025-06-25

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Jun 25
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
63 head
199 vs last sale 262 167 vs year ago 230 · 72.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 12, Heifers 35. Bulls 16)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $310.00/cwt on 9 head. That ranks 2 of 30 comparable sales and sits 54.76 against this barn's trailing median of $364.76.
Average price
$310.00
9 head · 562 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,741
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$177
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$30.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
16.19
vs VA average
25.91 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2540320.001,7283thin
Medium and Large 1580308.001,7865thin
Medium and Large 3535290.001,5521thin
One grade step is worth $30.00/cwt here — about $177 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

30 sales
416373330287median 364.7612/1703/0404/2906/1708/12
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 sale9 hd
310.00
VA average7 barns · 281 hd
326.19
−16.19
National average145 barns · 7,340 hd
335.91
−25.91
This barn, trailing median30 sales
364.76
−54.76
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

30 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550530310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,6431
BullsMedium and Large 1850–900860220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,8921
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350333340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,1322
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500493330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,6272
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500473360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,7032
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550538370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,9914
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450446321.00/cwt321.00–321.001,4325
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600580308.00/cwt308.00–308.001,7865
BullsSmall 1350–400355290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,0301
BullsSmall 1450–500485280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,3581
BullsSmall 1400–450410287.00/cwt287.00–287.001,1772
HeifersSmall 1350–400380310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,1781
SteersMedium and Large 2650–700670320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,1441
SteersMedium and Large 2400–450423360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,5233
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700660280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,8482
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750730230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,6792
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400380305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,1591
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650600340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,0401
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500495330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,6343
HeifersMedium and Large 3400–450445295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,3131
HeifersMedium and Large 1950–1000966226.00/cwt226.00–226.002,1837
BullsMedium and Large 2300–350340330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,1221
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450415332.00/cwt332.00–332.001,3782
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550525350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,8381
HeifersMedium and Large 3500–550535290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,5521
HeifersMedium and Large 3350–400360305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,0982
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550540320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,7283
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400360315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,1341
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500455319.00/cwt319.00–319.001,4511
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450437316.00/cwt316.00–316.001,3813

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.