Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-10-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 41, Heifers 55, Bulls 57)

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $364.58/cwt on 12 head. That ranks 9 of 24 comparable sales and sits −10.13 against this barn's trailing median of $374.71.

Average price

$364.58

12 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,044

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$205

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

$57.49/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+17.11

vs VA average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	372.49	2,079	10thin
Small 1	550	335.00	1,843	1thin
Medium and Large 2	595	315.00	1,874	1thin

One grade step is worth $57.49/cwt here — about $205 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

24 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $440.10, low $329.37, median $374.71 across 24 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

364.58

—

VA average10 barns · 229 hd

347.47

+17.11

This barn, trailing median24 sales

374.71

−10.13

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

48 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 3	400–450	448	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,165	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	486	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,385	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,620	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	292.61/cwt	292.00–295.00	1,814	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	466	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,566	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	700	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,925	1
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	550	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,843	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,163	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	730	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	2,059	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	545	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,455	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	368	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,214	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	633	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,836	2
Steers	Small 1	550–600	560	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,708	3
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	530	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,193	1
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	445	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,113	1
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	485	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,431	2
Steers	Small 1	600–650	640	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,061	1
Steers	Small 1	450–500	465	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,256	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	655	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,886	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	371.66/cwt	330.00–377.00	2,092	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,054	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,448	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,957	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,346	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	437	393.88/cwt	330.00–410.00	1,721	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	446	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	1,780	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,536	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	1,896	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	643	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,263	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,347	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,248	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	543	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,754	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,920	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,454	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	377.35/cwt	366.00–379.00	2,132	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,936	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	990	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,147	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	595	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,874	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	416	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,747	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	339	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,356	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	628	318.54/cwt	317.00–320.00	2,000	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	557	311.19/cwt	267.00–320.00	1,733	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	414	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,412	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	730	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,008	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,594	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	835	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	2,355	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	690	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,277	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 Oct 15, 2025

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

Receipts 153Last week 100Year ago 272

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 41, Heifers 55, Bulls 57)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	368	330.00	330.00
2	400–450	448	260.00	260.00
6	500–550	545	267.00	267.00
2	600–650	633	290.00	290.00
1	650–700	655	288.00	288.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	300.00	300.00
1	350–400	375	310.00	310.00
4	450–500	466	336.00	336.00
6	550–600	557	267.00–320.00	311.19
5	600–650	620	292.00–295.00	292.61
1	700–750	700	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	250.00	250.00
1	500–550	530	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	320.00	320.00
10	400–450	414	341.00	341.00
6	500–550	543	323.00	323.00
4	600–650	640	300.00	300.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	339	400.00	400.00
7	400–450	416	420.00	420.00
7	450–500	486	285.00	285.00
1	550–600	595	315.00	315.00
2	600–650	628	317.00–320.00	318.54
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	485	295.00	295.00
1	550–600	550	335.00	335.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	390.00	390.00
5	400–450	437	330.00–410.00	393.88
7	450–500	484	400.00	400.00
1	500–550	515	380.00	380.00
9	550–600	563	330.00–377.00	371.66
8	600–650	638	322.00	322.00
1	750–800	765	320.00	320.00
1	800–850	810	265.00	265.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	410.00	410.00
3	400–450	425	375.00	375.00
1	650–700	690	330.00	330.00
5	700–750	730	275.00	275.00
1	800–850	835	282.00	282.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	730	282.00	282.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	465	270.00	270.00
3	550–600	560	305.00	305.00
1	600–650	640	322.00	322.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	370	415.00	415.00
6	400–450	446	399.00	399.00
1	450–500	490	387.00	387.00
1	500–550	510	285.00	285.00
8	550–600	565	366.00–379.00	377.35
3	600–650	643	352.00	352.00
1	700–750	745	315.00	315.00

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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