Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-09-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 41, Heifers 96, Bulls 68)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $312.05/cwt on 40 head. That ranks 2 of 31 comparable sales and sits −52.28 against this barn's trailing median of $364.33.

Average price

$312.05

40 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,721

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$542

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$84.42/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−22.98

vs VA average

−53.80 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	556	326.42	1,815	19thin
Medium and Large 1	542	320.00	1,734	6thin
Medium and Large 3	561	315.00	1,767	10thin
Small 1	526	242.00	1,273	5thin

One grade step is worth $84.42/cwt here — about $542 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 sale40 hd

312.05

—

VA average8 barns · 580 hd

335.03

−22.98

National average172 barns · 11,458 hd

365.85

−53.80

This barn, trailing median31 sales

364.33

−52.28

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	559	331.50/cwt	331.50–331.50	1,853	18
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	630	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,060	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	561	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,767	10
Heifers	Small 1	300–350	340	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,054	1
Steers	Small 1	400–450	440	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,210	1
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	526	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,273	5
Bulls	Small 1	750–800	755	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,963	1
Bulls	Small 1	500–550	505	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,768	1
Bulls	Small 1	350–400	370	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,184	1
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	472	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,180	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	595	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,458	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	725	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,631	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	713	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,925	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,187	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	513	377.32/cwt	370.00–385.00	1,936	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	462	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,478	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	459	341.77/cwt	340.00–342.00	1,569	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,886	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,344	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	625	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,563	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	763	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,289	2
Bulls	Small 1	650–700	660	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,650	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	805	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,254	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,872	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	540	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,728	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	489	397.81/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,945	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,588	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	542	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,734	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,927	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	818	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	2,429	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	351.67/cwt	295.00–380.00	1,987	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	639	351.08/cwt	345.00–357.00	2,243	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	345.85/cwt	300.00–385.00	1,636	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	621	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,863	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,417	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,201	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	920	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,576	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,799	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	321.40/cwt	305.00–327.00	2,353	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	411	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	1,714	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	257.50/cwt	255.00–260.00	1,996	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	333.28/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,440	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,323	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	646	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,145	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	566	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,987	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,721	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	895	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,148	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	2,175	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	409	410.22/cwt	370.00–420.00	1,678	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	1,271	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	653	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,253	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	328	402.41/cwt	365.00–415.00	1,320	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,931	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	636	299.55/cwt	290.00–302.00	1,905	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	850–900	850	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,998	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 24, 2025

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

Receipts 205Last week 64Year ago 149

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 41, Heifers 96, Bulls 68)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	355	358.00	358.00
1	400–450	420	320.00	320.00
9	450–500	459	340.00–342.00	341.77
1	500–550	505	235.00	235.00
18	550–600	559	331.50	331.50
10	600–650	636	290.00–302.00	299.55
1	700–750	720	262.00	262.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	462	320.00	320.00
10	550–600	561	315.00	315.00
8	600–650	625	250.00	250.00
1	700–750	725	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	310.00	310.00
3	450–500	472	250.00	250.00
5	500–550	526	242.00	242.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	432	320.00–340.00	333.28
3	450–500	467	340.00	340.00
6	500–550	542	320.00	320.00
4	600–650	646	332.00	332.00
3	700–750	727	265.00	265.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	540	320.00	320.00
1	550–600	595	245.00	245.00
4	600–650	630	327.00	327.00
2	700–750	713	270.00	270.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	275.00	275.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	405.00	405.00
2	500–550	513	370.00–385.00	377.32
5	650–700	653	345.00	345.00
2	750–800	763	300.00	300.00
1	800–850	805	280.00	280.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	473	300.00–385.00	345.85
2	500–550	545	330.00	330.00
3	550–600	565	295.00–380.00	351.67
4	600–650	639	345.00–357.00	351.08
4	700–750	732	305.00–327.00	321.40
3	800–850	818	297.00	297.00
1	900–950	920	280.00	280.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	320.00	320.00
1	500–550	505	350.00	350.00
2	650–700	660	250.00	250.00
1	750–800	755	260.00	260.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	328	365.00–415.00	402.41
7	400–450	411	417.00	417.00
4	450–500	495	390.00	390.00
8	550–600	566	351.00	351.00
4	600–650	621	300.00	300.00
1	700–750	720	260.00	260.00
1	850–900	850	235.00	235.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	335.00	335.00
5	400–450	409	370.00–420.00	410.22
9	450–500	489	390.00–400.00	397.81
1	500–550	545	260.00	260.00
11	550–600	562	387.00	387.00
4	600–650	638	345.00	345.00
2	750–800	775	255.00–260.00	257.50
1	850–900	895	240.00	240.00

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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