Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-08-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 50, Heifers 163, Bulls 99)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $326.49/cwt on 42 head. That ranks 4 of 31 comparable sales and sits −37.84 against this barn's trailing median of $364.33.

Average price

$326.49

42 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,776

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$254

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$57.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.33

vs VA average

−33.31 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	337.85	1,845	27
Medium and Large 2	538	310.97	1,673	10thin
Medium and Large 3	530	307.00	1,627	3thin
Small 1	568	280.00	1,590	2thin

One grade step is worth $57.85/cwt here — about $254 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 sale42 hd

326.49

—

VA average9 barns · 393 hd

340.82

−14.33

National average158 barns · 7,895 hd

359.80

−33.31

This barn, trailing median31 sales

364.33

−37.84

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

50 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	500–550	505	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	1,808	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,213	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	1,523	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	470	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,363	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	460	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,518	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	538	310.97/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,673	10
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	395	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,541	1
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	453	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,300	2
Bulls	Small 1	500–550	525	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,743	1
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	568	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,590	2
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	405	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,539	2
Bulls	Small 1	600–650	608	322.53/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,961	2
Steers	Small 1	400–450	440	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,606	1
Heifers	Small 1	600–650	645	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,793	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	301.96/cwt	265.00–307.00	1,917	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	530	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,627	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	356	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,388	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	755	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,265	1
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	555	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,915	1
Bulls	Small 1	700–750	705	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,833	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	643	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,244	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	680	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,224	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	436	350.70/cwt	349.00–360.00	1,529	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,991	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,071	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	357	400.30/cwt	400.00–402.00	1,429	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,659	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	343	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	1,427	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	491	355.96/cwt	355.50–360.00	1,748	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	546	337.85/cwt	336.00–338.00	1,845	27
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,715	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	1,937	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	349.06/cwt	345.00–350.00	1,693	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	446	360.28/cwt	355.00–395.00	1,607	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	351.50/cwt	351.50–351.50	1,979	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	359.50/cwt	359.50–359.50	1,762	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	297.50/cwt	260.00–335.00	1,681	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	546	350.50/cwt	350.50–350.50	1,914	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	330.29/cwt	311.00–341.00	2,058	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	353	403.00/cwt	403.00–403.00	1,423	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	365.50/cwt	365.50–365.50	2,047	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	356.01/cwt	355.00–356.50	2,385	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	642	335.50/cwt	335.50–335.50	2,154	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,660	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,527	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,786	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	646	359.71/cwt	359.00–359.75	2,324	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,517	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	307.33/cwt	275.00–327.00	2,197	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	333.93/cwt	329.00–341.00	2,414	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 Aug 20, 2025

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

Receipts 312Last week 271Year ago 171

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 50, Heifers 163, Bulls 99)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	366	416.00	416.00
12	400–450	415	400.00	400.00
11	450–500	490	359.50	359.50
2	500–550	505	358.00	358.00
9	550–600	563	351.50	351.50
11	600–650	642	335.50	335.50
2	750–800	750	295.00	295.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	405	380.00	380.00
1	500–550	525	332.00	332.00
1	550–600	555	345.00	345.00
2	600–650	608	320.00–325.00	322.53
1	700–750	705	260.00	260.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	343	416.00	416.00
11	400–450	420	395.00	395.00
9	450–500	491	355.50–360.00	355.96
4	500–550	546	350.50	350.50
2	550–600	565	260.00–335.00	297.50
1	650–700	680	327.00	327.00
1	750–800	755	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	356	390.00	390.00
4	450–500	470	290.00	290.00
3	500–550	530	307.00	307.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	357	400.00–402.00	400.30
6	400–450	436	349.00–360.00	350.70
10	500–550	538	310.00–320.00	310.97
8	600–650	635	265.00–307.00	301.96
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	390.00	390.00
2	450–500	453	287.00	287.00
2	550–600	568	280.00	280.00
3	600–650	645	278.00	278.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	353	403.00	403.00
19	400–450	446	355.00–395.00	360.28
5	450–500	485	345.00–350.00	349.06
27	500–550	546	336.00–338.00	337.85
34	600–650	623	311.00–341.00	330.29
1	650–700	655	304.00	304.00
14	700–750	715	275.00–327.00	307.33
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	330.00	330.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	365.00	365.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	350.00	350.00
3	500–550	535	362.00	362.00
1	550–600	580	357.00	357.00
3	600–650	643	349.00	349.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	458	390.00	390.00
11	550–600	560	365.50	365.50
16	600–650	646	359.00–359.75	359.71
3	650–700	670	355.00–356.50	356.01
4	700–750	723	329.00–341.00	333.93
1	750–800	765	329.00	329.00
1	800–850	815	310.00	310.00

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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