Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-08-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 68, Heifers 121, Bulls 82)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $314.48/cwt on 48 head. That ranks 3 of 31 comparable sales and sits −49.85 against this barn's trailing median of $364.33.

Average price

$314.48

48 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,717

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$228

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$50.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−22.39

vs VA average

−36.33 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	320.00	1,734	26
Medium and Large 2	550	315.00	1,733	16thin
Medium and Large 3	550	298.75	1,643	4thin
Small 1	558	270.00	1,507	2thin

One grade step is worth $50.00/cwt here — about $228 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

31 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $402.15, low $300.75, median $364.33 across 31 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 sale48 hd

314.48

—

VA average6 barns · 393 hd

336.87

−22.39

National average152 barns · 8,349 hd

350.81

−36.33

This barn, trailing median31 sales

364.33

−49.85

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

55 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
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	631	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,164	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	367	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,541	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	445	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,825	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	705	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,171	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,880	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	453	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,527	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,336	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	532	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,899	7
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	420	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,197	1
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	496	352.06/cwt	347.00–395.00	1,746	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	435	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,305	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	545	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,624	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	342	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,197	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	525	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	1,869	1
Heifers	Small 1	650–700	655	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,913	1
Steers	Small 1	450–500	490	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,666	1
Steers	Small 1	500–550	525	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,733	1
Bulls	Small 1	700–750	728	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,184	2
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	558	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,507	2
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	373	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,268	2
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	454	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,394	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	744	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	2,284	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	1,380	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	837	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,385	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	875	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,406	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,700	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,540	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	400	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,660	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	345.12/cwt	250.00–352.00	1,943	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,525	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,890	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	552	368.82/cwt	363.00–370.00	2,036	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	811	323.77/cwt	320.00–325.00	2,626	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,024	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	348	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,357	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	542	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,734	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	900	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,430	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	444	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,576	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,383	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,830	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	493	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,972	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,223	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	642	327.51/cwt	320.00–328.00	2,103	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	497	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	1,879	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	653	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,018	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	443	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,772	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	565	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,701	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	667	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,108	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,733	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	344	380.53/cwt	357.00–390.00	1,309	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	1,439	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	561	351.24/cwt	350.00–355.00	1,970	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	358	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,468	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,082	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	448	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	1,868	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 Aug 13, 2025

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

Receipts 271Last week 185Year ago 150

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 68, Heifers 121, Bulls 82)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	367	420.00	420.00
10	400–450	448	417.00	417.00
1	450–500	470	400.00	400.00
7	500–550	532	357.00	357.00
4	550–600	575	362.00	362.00
6	600–650	631	343.00	343.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	358	410.00	410.00
2	400–450	445	410.00	410.00
1	500–550	525	356.00	356.00
1	700–750	705	308.00	308.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	340.00	340.00
1	500–550	525	330.00	330.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	363	420.00	420.00
1	400–450	400	415.00	415.00
1	500–550	540	350.00	350.00
12	550–600	552	363.00–370.00	368.82
6	600–650	637	349.00	349.00
2	700–750	705	338.00	338.00
4	800–850	811	320.00–325.00	323.77
1	900–950	900	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	344	357.00–390.00	380.53
1	400–450	415	322.00	322.00
8	450–500	453	337.00	337.00
16	550–600	550	315.00	315.00
1	600–650	610	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	342	350.00	350.00
2	400–450	435	300.00	300.00
3	500–550	545	298.00	298.00
1	550–600	565	301.00	301.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	373	340.00	340.00
4	450–500	454	307.00	307.00
2	550–600	558	270.00	270.00
1	650–700	655	292.00	292.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	348	390.00	390.00
11	400–450	444	355.00	355.00
26	500–550	542	320.00	320.00
22	650–700	653	309.00	309.00
4	700–750	723	280.00	280.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	285.00	285.00
9	450–500	496	347.00–395.00	352.06
2	700–750	728	300.00	300.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	340	406.00	406.00
1	350–400	385	400.00	400.00
1	400–450	425	400.00	400.00
7	450–500	497	378.00	378.00
15	550–600	563	250.00–352.00	345.12
16	600–650	642	320.00–328.00	327.51
6	700–750	744	307.00	307.00
3	800–850	837	285.00	285.00
1	850–900	875	275.00	275.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	345	417.00	417.00
2	400–450	443	400.00	400.00
2	450–500	493	400.00	400.00
4	550–600	561	350.00–355.00	351.24
3	650–700	667	316.00	316.00

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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