Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-09-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 48, Heifers 78, Bulls 72)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $332.54/cwt on 28 head. That ranks 8 of 31 comparable sales and sits −31.79 against this barn's trailing median of $364.33.

Average price

$332.54

28 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,812

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$57

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$20.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−17.94

vs VA average

−35.80 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	528	342.00	1,806	6thin
Medium and Large 1	553	334.50	1,850	14thin
Medium and Large 3	543	322.00	1,748	8thin

One grade step is worth $20.00/cwt here — about $57 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 sale28 hd

332.54

—

VA average8 barns · 555 hd

350.48

−17.94

National average171 barns · 13,169 hd

368.34

−35.80

This barn, trailing median31 sales

364.33

−31.79

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

54 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	450–500	456	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,870	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	552	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,987	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,143	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	437	330.32/cwt	295.00–344.00	1,443	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	465	359.57/cwt	320.00–400.00	1,672	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	525	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,444	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	543	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,748	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	533	343.80/cwt	280.00–358.00	1,832	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	494	393.00/cwt	393.00–393.00	1,941	13
Bulls	Small 1	600–650	630	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,016	1
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	553	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,974	4
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	435	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,718	3
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	483	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,775	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,566	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,806	6
Steers	Small 1	450–500	470	330.96/cwt	300.00–360.00	1,556	2
Heifers	Small 1	600–650	640	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,792	2
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	413	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	909	2
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	370	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,110	1
Steers	Small 1	550–600	565	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,780	1
Steers	Small 1	350–400	395	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,560	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	361	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,390	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	610	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,800	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	458	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,580	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,721	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	489	384.38/cwt	367.00–390.00	1,880	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	2,175	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,237	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	1,943	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,911	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,567	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,479	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,074	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,890	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,491	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,213	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,088	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,638	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	833	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,824	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,621	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,144	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	600	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,884	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	426	411.35/cwt	400.00–415.00	1,752	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	310.92/cwt	300.00–322.00	2,037	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,118	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,566	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	346	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,263	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	623	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,900	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	668	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,438	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,061	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	334.50/cwt	334.50–334.50	1,850	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	343	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,458	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	700	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,785	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	420	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,071	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 Sep 10, 2025

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

Receipts 198Last week 161Year ago 234

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 48, Heifers 78, Bulls 72)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	456	410.00	410.00
6	500–550	533	280.00–358.00	343.80
11	650–700	668	365.00	365.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	465	320.00–400.00	359.57
1	500–550	525	275.00	275.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	395.00	395.00
2	450–500	470	300.00–360.00	330.96
1	550–600	565	315.00	315.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	420.00	420.00
2	450–500	455	420.00	420.00
6	500–550	531	366.00	366.00
1	550–600	565	367.00	367.00
3	600–650	623	359.00	359.00
1	700–750	740	335.00	335.00
5	800–850	833	339.00	339.00
1	850–900	870	295.00	295.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	343	425.00	425.00
4	400–450	426	400.00–415.00	411.35
13	450–500	494	393.00	393.00
3	550–600	552	360.00	360.00
5	600–650	600	314.00	314.00
1	650–700	670	320.00	320.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	360	435.00	435.00
1	400–450	425	405.00	405.00
8	450–500	489	367.00–390.00	384.38
7	550–600	574	379.00	379.00
6	600–650	636	337.00	337.00
1	650–700	650	317.00	317.00
1	700–750	720	290.00	290.00
1	750–800	750	295.00	295.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	435	395.00	395.00
2	450–500	483	367.50	367.50
4	550–600	553	357.00	357.00
1	600–650	630	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	346	365.00	365.00
4	400–450	437	295.00–344.00	330.32
9	450–500	450	348.00	348.00
6	500–550	528	342.00	342.00
2	600–650	623	305.00	305.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	361	385.00	385.00
1	400–450	420	255.00	255.00
2	450–500	458	345.00	345.00
8	500–550	543	322.00	322.00
2	600–650	610	295.00	295.00
1	700–750	700	255.00	255.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	300.00	300.00
2	400–450	413	220.00	220.00
2	600–650	640	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	335.00	335.00
10	450–500	474	342.00	342.00
14	550–600	553	334.50	334.50
2	600–650	638	332.00	332.00
2	650–700	655	300.00–322.00	310.92
1	700–750	700	270.00	270.00

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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