Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-09-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 19, Heifers 29, Bulls 16)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $328.79/cwt on 10 head. That ranks 6 of 30 comparable sales and sits −35.97 against this barn's trailing median of $364.76.

Average price

$328.79

10 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,835

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$151

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

$23.04/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−16.40

vs VA average

−30.87 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	563	339.79	1,913	5thin
Medium and Large 3	540	322.00	1,739	1thin
Medium and Large 2	556	316.75	1,762	4thin

One grade step is worth $23.04/cwt here — about $151 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 sale10 hd

328.79

—

VA average10 barns · 634 hd

345.19

−16.40

National average170 barns · 10,929 hd

359.66

−30.87

This barn, trailing median30 sales

364.76

−35.97

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

32 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	400–450	445	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,758	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,228	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	390.71/cwt	387.00–392.00	2,012	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	2,046	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,096	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	540	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,739	1
Bulls	Small 1	500–550	511	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,722	4
Steers	Small 1	550–600	550	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,826	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	438	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,555	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,739	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,251	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	442	409.00/cwt	409.00–409.00	1,808	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,062	1
Bulls	Small 1	350–400	395	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,383	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	1,792	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	412	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,833	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,829	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,260	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,907	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	390	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,677	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,138	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	1,657	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,953	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	339.79/cwt	338.00–341.00	1,913	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,716	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	483	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,642	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,145	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	389.61/cwt	382.00–397.00	2,077	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,555	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	1,583	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,269	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,843	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 17, 2025

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

Receipts 64Last week 198Year ago 88

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 19, Heifers 29, Bulls 16)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	395.00	395.00
4	500–550	515	387.00–392.00	390.71
2	800–850	825	270.00	270.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	350.00	350.00
4	500–550	511	337.00	337.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	412	445.00	445.00
1	450–500	495	362.00	362.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	325	350.00	350.00
2	450–500	483	343.00	343.00
5	550–600	563	338.00–341.00	339.79
1	600–650	620	315.00	315.00
3	650–700	655	320.00	320.00
2	700–750	713	287.00	287.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	483	340.00	340.00
1	500–550	540	322.00	322.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	360	350.00	350.00
3	400–450	438	355.00	355.00
3	500–550	545	319.00	319.00
1	550–600	590	310.00	310.00
1	600–650	615	310.00	310.00
1	650–700	665	310.00	310.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	550	332.00	332.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	442	409.00	409.00
1	550–600	550	335.00	335.00
2	600–650	645	349.00	349.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	430.00	430.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	440.00	440.00
1	400–450	420	377.00	377.00
2	500–550	533	382.00–397.00	389.61
1	600–650	610	372.00	372.00
1	650–700	650	330.00	330.00
5	750–800	765	334.00	334.00

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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