Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-08-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 43, Heifers 120, Bulls 89)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $316.26/cwt on 42 head. That ranks 3 of 30 comparable sales and sits −48.50 against this barn's trailing median of $364.76.

Average price

$316.26

42 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,731

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$323

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$59.68/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−22.64

vs VA average

−53.55 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	329.68	1,805	19thin
Medium and Large 2	551	323.00	1,780	13thin
Medium and Large 3	538	290.00	1,560	6thin
Small 1	549	270.00	1,482	4thin

One grade step is worth $59.68/cwt here — about $323 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

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 sale42 hd

316.26

—

VA average5 barns · 393 hd

338.90

−22.64

National average160 barns · 10,603 hd

369.81

−53.55

This barn, trailing median30 sales

364.76

−48.50

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

56 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	648	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,378	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	775	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,558	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	705	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,115	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	715	271.08/cwt	260.00–282.00	1,938	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,839	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	595	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,154	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	2,044	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,444	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	638	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,233	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	538	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,560	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	460	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,656	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	436	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,591	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	486	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	1,813	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	352	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,408	6
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	549	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,482	4
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	463	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,690	2
Bulls	Small 1	650–700	665	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,028	1
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	574	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,003	4
Bulls	Small 1	350–400	375	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,200	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	350	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,330	1
Steers	Small 1	750–800	775	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,441	1
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	460	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,265	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	515	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,880	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	363	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,252	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	359.60/cwt	355.00–360.50	2,025	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	753	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,033	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	402.92/cwt	340.00–435.00	1,430	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	838	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	2,296	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	1,925	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,030	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,455	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,300	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	417.80/cwt	371.00–425.00	1,788	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	542	333.17/cwt	327.00–334.50	1,806	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	599	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	2,252	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,183	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	329.48/cwt	329.00–335.00	2,086	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	641	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,019	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,126	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	351.99/cwt	347.00–355.00	2,566	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	595	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,785	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	559	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	1,990	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,575	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,622	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	498	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	1,897	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	895	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,506	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	350	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,225	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	339	414.74/cwt	340.00–430.00	1,406	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	427.00/cwt	427.00–427.00	1,806	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	638	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,048	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	660	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,112	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,488	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	643	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,929	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	551	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,780	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,710	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	358	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,432	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 27, 2025

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

Receipts 252Last week 312Year ago 77

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 43, Heifers 120, Bulls 89)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	358	400.00	400.00
1	400–450	435	332.00	332.00
1	500–550	535	382.00	382.00
1	550–600	595	362.00	362.00
4	600–650	648	367.00	367.00
1	750–800	775	330.00	330.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	380.00	380.00
1	500–550	515	365.00	365.00
2	600–650	638	350.00	350.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	775	315.00	315.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	473	407.00	407.00
6	500–550	545	372.50	372.50
7	550–600	599	376.00	376.00
2	600–650	625	368.00	368.00
5	650–700	660	372.00	372.00
4	700–750	729	347.00–355.00	351.99
1	850–900	895	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	352	400.00	400.00
8	400–450	436	365.00	365.00
1	450–500	475	360.00	360.00
13	550–600	551	323.00	323.00
7	600–650	643	300.00	300.00
1	700–750	705	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	363	345.00	345.00
4	450–500	460	360.00	360.00
6	500–550	538	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	275.00	275.00
4	500–550	549	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	372	400.00	400.00
1	400–450	420	375.00	375.00
17	450–500	460	352.50	352.50
17	500–550	542	327.00–334.50	333.17
2	550–600	595	300.00	300.00
15	600–650	641	315.00	315.00
5	650–700	678	322.00	322.00
6	700–750	728	292.00	292.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	339	340.00–430.00	414.74
1	350–400	350	350.00	350.00
6	400–450	423	427.00	427.00
6	450–500	486	373.00	373.00
1	500–550	530	347.00	347.00
6	550–600	559	356.00	356.00
2	600–650	638	321.00	321.00
1	650–700	660	320.00	320.00
2	700–750	715	260.00–282.00	271.08
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	320.00	320.00
2	450–500	463	365.00	365.00
4	550–600	574	349.00	349.00
1	650–700	665	305.00	305.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	355	340.00–435.00	402.92
7	400–450	428	371.00–425.00	417.80
11	450–500	498	381.00	381.00
12	550–600	563	355.00–360.50	359.60
12	600–650	633	329.00–335.00	329.48
2	750–800	753	270.00	270.00
2	800–850	838	274.00	274.00

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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