Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-10-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 21, Heifers 47, Bulls 32)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $307.60/cwt on 10 head. That ranks 2 of 30 comparable sales and sits −57.16 against this barn's trailing median of $364.76.

Average price

$307.60

10 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,646

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$290

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$68.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.76

vs VA average

−76.79 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	534	323.01	1,725	4thin
Medium and Large 1	528	323.00	1,705	3thin
Medium and Large 3	505	305.00	1,540	1thin
Small 1	563	255.00	1,434	2thin

One grade step is worth $68.01/cwt here — about $290 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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

307.60

—

VA average9 barns · 603 hd

317.36

−9.76

National average182 barns · 15,418 hd

384.39

−76.79

This barn, trailing median30 sales

364.76

−57.16

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

39 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	300–350	340	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,207	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,570	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,106	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,964	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	364.15/cwt	332.00–380.00	2,039	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	320.95/cwt	320.00–325.00	2,044	5
Bulls	Small 1	500–550	500	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,375	1
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	530	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,431	1
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	595	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,428	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	730	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,278	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	670	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,809	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	618	310.00/cwt	280.00–340.00	1,916	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	474	369.13/cwt	315.00–385.00	1,750	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	580	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,984	2
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	405	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,235	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	505	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,540	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	459	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,515	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	340.25/cwt	335.00–342.00	1,174	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,411	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	534	323.01/cwt	320.00–324.00	1,725	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	360	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,224	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	372.59/cwt	365.00–380.00	1,621	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,865	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,390	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,099	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,538	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	632	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,098	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	710	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,420	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	690	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,911	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	2,059	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,310	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,944	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,475	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,251	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,705	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	708	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,947	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	286.68/cwt	286.00–288.00	1,800	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,515	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	558	349.73/cwt	330.00–370.00	1,951	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 Oct 8, 2025

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

Receipts 100Last week 152Year ago 294

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 21, Heifers 47, Bulls 32)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	355.00	355.00
1	450–500	455	345.00	345.00
2	500–550	510	385.00	385.00
3	550–600	560	332.00–380.00	364.15
5	600–650	637	320.00–325.00	320.95
1	750–800	780	270.00	270.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	305.00	305.00
1	500–550	500	275.00	275.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	340	415.00	415.00
2	400–450	435	365.00–380.00	372.59
8	450–500	474	315.00–385.00	369.13
2	550–600	565	330.00	330.00
3	600–650	618	280.00–340.00	310.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	530	270.00	270.00
1	550–600	595	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	360	340.00	340.00
7	450–500	459	330.00	330.00
1	500–550	505	305.00	305.00
2	650–700	670	270.00	270.00
1	700–750	730	175.00	175.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	345	335.00–342.00	340.25
4	400–450	435	339.00	339.00
4	500–550	534	320.00–324.00	323.01
2	650–700	690	277.00	277.00
1	700–750	710	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	395	352.00	352.00
5	450–500	455	333.00	333.00
3	500–550	528	323.00	323.00
3	600–650	628	286.00–288.00	286.68
2	700–750	708	275.00	275.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	580	342.00	342.00
3	600–650	632	332.00	332.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	375	410.00	410.00
2	550–600	558	330.00–370.00	349.73
1	600–650	605	347.00	347.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	480	405.00	405.00
5	500–550	532	387.00	387.00
3	650–700	662	340.00	340.00
1	700–750	700	330.00	330.00

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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