Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-10-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 51, Heifers 62, Bulls 39)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $314.81/cwt on 12 head. That ranks 3 of 31 comparable sales and sits −49.52 against this barn's trailing median of $364.33.

Average price

$314.81

12 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,725

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$26

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

$30.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.09

vs VA average

−54.10 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	500	325.00	1,625	1thin
Medium and Large 1	556	320.97	1,785	8thin
Medium and Large 3	542	295.00	1,599	3thin

One grade step is worth $30.00/cwt here — about $26 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 sale12 hd

314.81

—

VA average7 barns · 383 hd

320.90

−6.09

National average182 barns · 13,299 hd

368.91

−54.10

This barn, trailing median31 sales

364.33

−49.52

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

52 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 1	700–750	712	275.74/cwt	272.00–283.00	1,963	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,197	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,433	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	628	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,959	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,195	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	285.15/cwt	270.00–291.00	1,814	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,030	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,160	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	740	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	2,050	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	402	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	1,596	5
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	560	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,568	1
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	390	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,385	1
Heifers	Small 1	700–750	710	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,811	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,576	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	320.97/cwt	314.00–322.00	1,785	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,804	1
Heifers	Small 1	300–350	315	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	866	1
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	490	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,103	1
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	435	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,088	1
Steers	Small 1	450–500	454	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,453	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,430	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,853	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	643	338.86/cwt	336.00–340.00	2,179	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	970	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,522	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,254	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	320.31/cwt	308.00–330.00	2,127	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	860	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,511	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	595	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,993	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,617	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,570	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	825	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	2,426	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	521	351.30/cwt	335.00–357.00	1,830	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	590	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,106	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	549	376.69/cwt	350.00–380.00	2,068	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,625	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	380	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,425	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	343	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,218	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	710	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,882	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	319.38/cwt	310.00–321.00	1,453	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	368	381.63/cwt	350.00–390.00	1,404	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	475	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,663	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	670	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,258	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	542	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,599	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,669	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	544	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,040	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,931	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	480	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,344	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	765	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,448	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,244	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	429	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,360	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	343	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,238	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	271.46/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,778	7

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 Oct 1, 2025

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

Receipts 152Last week 205Year ago 163

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 51, Heifers 62, Bulls 39)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	455	310.00–321.00	319.38
8	550–600	556	314.00–322.00	320.97
7	600–650	636	270.00–291.00	285.15
3	700–750	712	272.00–283.00	275.74
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	343	361.00	361.00
1	350–400	380	315.00	315.00
6	400–450	445	322.00	322.00
1	450–500	490	330.00	330.00
1	500–550	500	325.00	325.00
7	650–700	655	270.00–275.00	271.46
1	700–750	710	265.00	265.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	275.00	275.00
1	350–400	390	355.00	355.00
1	400–450	435	250.00	250.00
1	700–750	710	255.00	255.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	343	355.00	355.00
4	400–450	429	317.00	317.00
2	450–500	480	280.00	280.00
3	500–550	542	295.00	295.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	368	350.00–390.00	381.63
5	400–450	402	397.00	397.00
4	500–550	521	335.00–357.00	351.30
2	550–600	573	337.00	337.00
2	600–650	628	312.00	312.00
3	650–700	675	320.00	320.00
1	700–750	740	277.00	277.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	410.00	410.00
1	450–500	485	325.00	325.00
1	550–600	590	357.00	357.00
9	650–700	664	308.00–330.00	320.31
1	700–750	725	280.00	280.00
2	750–800	770	285.00	285.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	225.00	225.00
1	550–600	560	280.00	280.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	454	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	475	390.00	390.00
9	500–550	549	350.00–380.00	376.69
1	550–600	595	335.00	335.00
7	600–650	643	336.00–340.00	338.86
1	650–700	665	339.00	339.00
3	750–800	750	324.00	324.00
2	850–900	860	292.00	292.00
1	950–1000	970	260.00	260.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	375.00	375.00
1	450–500	455	345.00	345.00
4	500–550	544	375.00	375.00
3	650–700	665	337.50	337.50
2	750–800	765	320.00	320.00
1	800–850	825	294.00	294.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	375.00	375.00
1	450–500	475	350.00	350.00
1	650–700	670	337.00	337.00

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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