Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-08-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 24, Heifers 82, Bulls 79)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $319.64/cwt on 23 head. That ranks 3 of 30 comparable sales and sits −45.12 against this barn's trailing median of $364.76.

Average price

$319.64

23 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,765

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$276

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

$54.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−18.50

vs VA average

−30.93 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	327.38	1,801	18thin
Medium and Large 3	560	320.00	1,792	2thin
Medium and Large 2	559	273.00	1,525	3thin

One grade step is worth $54.38/cwt here — about $276 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

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 sale23 hd

319.64

—

VA average9 barns · 528 hd

338.14

−18.50

National average149 barns · 9,537 hd

350.57

−30.93

This barn, trailing median30 sales

364.76

−45.12

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

42 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	700–750	733	323.21/cwt	317.00–333.00	2,369	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	331	379.12/cwt	295.00–430.00	1,255	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	342.50/cwt	327.00–345.00	2,134	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	365.36/cwt	345.00–372.00	2,094	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,936	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	409.24/cwt	380.00–415.00	1,678	12
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	478	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,936	2
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	560	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,904	1
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	493	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,479	3
Bulls	Small 1	600–650	623	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,112	3
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	453	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,563	2
Steers	Small 1	300–350	330	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	858	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	454	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	1,603	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	341.18/cwt	320.00–362.00	1,962	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	388	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,474	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	560	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,792	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	444	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,554	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	395	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,580	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,811	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,845	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,861	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,928	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,228	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,006	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	332.28/cwt	330.00–339.00	2,406	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	1,624	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	370.82/cwt	367.00–372.00	1,973	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	306.67/cwt	304.00–307.00	1,953	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	712	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	2,051	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	1,481	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	308.46/cwt	300.00–317.00	1,629	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	300	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,005	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	342.45/cwt	340.00–345.00	2,305	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	551	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,033	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	429	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	1,789	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	1,905	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,890	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	339	422.00/cwt	422.00–422.00	1,431	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	329.74/cwt	322.00–330.25	1,823	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	392	335.75/cwt	270.00–402.00	1,316	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	543	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,390	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,213	2

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 Aug 6, 2025

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

Receipts 185Last week 92Year ago 180

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 24, Heifers 82, Bulls 79)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	331	295.00–430.00	379.12
12	400–450	410	380.00–415.00	409.24
10	450–500	490	395.00	395.00
8	550–600	573	345.00–372.00	365.36
7	600–650	623	327.00–345.00	342.50
3	700–750	733	317.00–333.00	323.21
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	493	300.00	300.00
1	550–600	560	340.00	340.00
3	600–650	623	339.00	339.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	339	422.00	422.00
4	400–450	429	417.00	417.00
3	450–500	468	407.00	407.00
1	500–550	540	350.00	350.00
4	550–600	551	369.00	369.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	400.00	400.00
2	450–500	478	405.00	405.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	260.00	260.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	450	410.00	410.00
2	550–600	575	320.00–362.00	341.18
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	488	395.00	395.00
4	500–550	532	367.00–372.00	370.82
1	550–600	565	355.00	355.00
2	650–700	673	340.00–345.00	342.45
4	700–750	724	330.00–339.00	332.28
1	800–850	825	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	453	345.00	345.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	392	270.00–402.00	335.75
2	400–450	430	282.00	282.00
7	450–500	454	353.00	353.00
2	500–550	543	256.00	256.00
1	550–600	590	307.00	307.00
1	600–650	610	305.00	305.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	388	380.00	380.00
4	400–450	444	350.00	350.00
2	550–600	560	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	335.00	335.00
3	350–400	373	397.00	397.00
20	450–500	460	353.00	353.00
2	500–550	528	300.00–317.00	308.46
16	550–600	553	322.00–330.25	329.74
9	600–650	637	304.00–307.00	306.67
3	700–750	712	288.00	288.00

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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