Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-07-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 36, Heifers 33, Bulls 24)

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $352.55/cwt on 15 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −70.13 against this barn's trailing median of $422.68.

Average price

$352.55

15 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,972

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$275

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$31.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.91

vs VA average

−26.58 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	565	357.02	2,019	11thin
Medium and Large 2	550	354.50	1,950	2thin
Small 1	535	326.00	1,744	2thin

One grade step is worth $31.02/cwt here — about $275 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale15 hd

352.55

—

VA average6 barns · 159 hd

367.45

−14.91

National average153 barns · 8,707 hd

379.13

−26.58

This barn, trailing median19 sales

422.68

−70.13

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

39 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 3	350–400	380	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,334	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	659	341.50/cwt	341.50–341.50	2,250	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	354.50/cwt	354.50–354.50	1,950	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,862	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	370	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,388	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	665	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,796	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	447	331.50/cwt	331.50–331.50	1,482	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	525	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,496	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,088	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	1,235	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	553	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,770	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	485	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,586	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,368	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	610	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,537	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,974	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,601	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	403	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,338	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	690	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,904	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	356.62/cwt	328.00–360.00	2,036	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	343.50/cwt	343.50–343.50	2,288	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	413	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,487	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,349	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,714	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,748	1
Steers	Small 1	500–550	535	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,744	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,601	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	551	321.50/cwt	321.50–321.50	1,771	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	607	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,736	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	303.48/cwt	297.00–310.00	2,316	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,841	1
Bulls	Small 1	650–700	680	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,632	1
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	550	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,854	1
Steers	Small 1	400–450	425	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,509	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,122	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	335.50/cwt	335.50–335.50	1,865	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,131	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,584	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	359.76/cwt	325.00–395.00	1,306	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,749	1

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 Jul 9, 2025

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

Receipts 93Last week 63Year ago 147

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 36, Heifers 33, Bulls 24)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	380	351.00	351.00
1	450–500	485	327.00	327.00
1	500–550	525	285.00	285.00
1	600–650	610	252.00	252.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	340.00	340.00
3	400–450	447	331.50	331.50
1	500–550	525	305.00	305.00
11	550–600	551	321.50	321.50
3	600–650	607	286.00	286.00
1	700–750	705	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	345	358.00	358.00
2	400–450	403	332.00	332.00
2	500–550	505	317.00	317.00
1	650–700	690	276.00	276.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	490	380.00	380.00
2	550–600	550	354.50	354.50
5	650–700	659	341.50	341.50
1	700–750	720	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	375.00	375.00
1	650–700	665	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	380.00	380.00
1	450–500	460	380.00	380.00
1	500–550	510	361.00	361.00
10	550–600	571	328.00–360.00	356.62
6	650–700	666	343.50	343.50
2	750–800	763	297.00–310.00	303.48
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	355.00	355.00
2	500–550	535	326.00	326.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	355	380.00	380.00
2	400–450	413	360.00	360.00
1	450–500	480	357.00	357.00
2	550–600	553	320.00	320.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	550	337.00	337.00
1	650–700	680	240.00	240.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	363	325.00–395.00	359.76
2	400–450	428	370.00	370.00
1	450–500	490	357.00	357.00
8	550–600	556	335.50	335.50
2	600–650	638	334.00	334.00

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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