Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-10-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 110, Heifers 174, Bulls 96)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $320.12/cwt on 57 head. That ranks 3 of 31 comparable sales and sits −44.21 against this barn's trailing median of $364.33.

Average price

$320.12

57 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,739

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$433

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$73.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−17.34

vs VA average

−70.70 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	328.63	1,810	14thin
Medium and Large 2	548	322.88	1,769	16thin
Medium and Large 3	536	318.80	1,710	25
Small 1	540	255.00	1,377	2thin

One grade step is worth $73.63/cwt here — about $433 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 sale57 hd

320.12

—

VA average8 barns · 422 hd

337.46

−17.34

National average186 barns · 24,193 hd

390.82

−70.70

This barn, trailing median31 sales

364.33

−44.21

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

66 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	600–650	638	270.01/cwt	250.00–280.00	1,723	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	553	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,714	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	895	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,506	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	335	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,072	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	553	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,797	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,454	11
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	449	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,616	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	528	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,980	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	633	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,836	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	568	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,903	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	351	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,183	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	477	325.06/cwt	312.00–331.00	1,551	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	385	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	1,417	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	765	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,440	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	713	179.91/cwt	175.00–185.00	1,283	2
Bulls	Small 1	750–800	765	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,913	1
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	483	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,604	5
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	576	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,734	4
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	438	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,402	4
Bulls	Small 1	600–650	620	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,705	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	485	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,892	5
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	450	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	815	2
Heifers	Small 1	600–650	600	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	990	1
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	555	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,471	1
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	525	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,286	1
Heifers	Small 1	300–350	345	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,001	2
Heifers	Small 1	700–750	700	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,050	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	615	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,091	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	335	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,106	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	534	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,709	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	436	319.75/cwt	319.75–319.75	1,394	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	2,156	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,343	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,480	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	331.25/cwt	331.25–331.25	2,362	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	362.10/cwt	338.00–370.00	2,227	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	329.53/cwt	327.00–330.00	1,822	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	2,151	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	834	315.67/cwt	314.00–316.00	2,633	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,838	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,648	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,225	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,536	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	865	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	2,310	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	449	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,729	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	486	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	1,788	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,204	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,016	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,521	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	338	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	1,342	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	541	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	2,207	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	552	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	1,998	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	612	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,062	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,233	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	317.78/cwt	310.00–326.00	2,288	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	628	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,151	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,691	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,193	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,638	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	379.10/cwt	360.00–384.00	1,820	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	354	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,225	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	421	316.99/cwt	316.00–320.00	1,335	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	800–850	800	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,240	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	313.69/cwt	313.00–315.00	1,647	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	454	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	1,698	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	553	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	2,112	3

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 22, 2025

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

Receipts 380Last week 153Year ago 249

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 110, Heifers 174, Bulls 96)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	335	320.00	320.00
16	350–400	351	337.00	337.00
20	400–450	436	319.75	319.75
10	450–500	477	312.00–331.00	325.06
22	500–550	534	320.00	320.00
3	550–600	553	310.00	310.00
6	600–650	638	250.00–280.00	270.01
2	700–750	713	175.00–185.00	179.91
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	354	346.00	346.00
9	400–450	421	316.00–320.00	316.99
11	450–500	450	323.00	323.00
3	500–550	525	313.00–315.00	313.69
13	550–600	553	325.00	325.00
7	600–650	633	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	345	290.00	290.00
2	450–500	450	181.00	181.00
1	500–550	525	245.00	245.00
1	550–600	555	265.00	265.00
1	600–650	600	165.00	165.00
1	700–750	700	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	355.00	355.00
5	450–500	461	330.00	330.00
1	500–550	520	317.00	317.00
13	550–600	553	327.00–330.00	329.53
7	650–700	672	300.00	300.00
1	750–800	750	245.00	245.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	367.00	367.00
6	450–500	454	374.00	374.00
3	550–600	553	382.00	382.00
2	600–650	628	342.50	342.50
2	700–750	720	310.00–326.00	317.78
1	850–900	895	280.00	280.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	330.00	330.00
2	350–400	385	368.00	368.00
9	400–450	449	360.00	360.00
5	450–500	485	390.00	390.00
7	500–550	528	375.00	375.00
2	550–600	568	335.00	335.00
1	600–650	615	340.00	340.00
1	750–800	765	319.00	319.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	449	385.00	385.00
8	500–550	541	408.00	408.00
9	550–600	553	389.00	389.00
17	600–650	615	338.00–370.00	362.10
21	700–750	713	331.25	331.25
1	750–800	780	318.00	318.00
6	800–850	834	314.00–316.00	315.67
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	438	320.00	320.00
5	450–500	483	332.00	332.00
4	550–600	576	301.00	301.00
2	600–650	620	275.00	275.00
1	750–800	765	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	340	395.00	395.00
5	400–450	415	370.00	370.00
7	450–500	486	368.00	368.00
5	550–600	563	383.00	383.00
1	600–650	615	275.00	275.00
5	650–700	650	339.00	339.00
3	700–750	732	305.00	305.00
1	850–900	865	267.00	267.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	338	397.00	397.00
19	400–450	420	390.00	390.00
14	450–500	480	360.00–384.00	379.10
5	550–600	552	362.00	362.00
3	600–650	612	337.00	337.00
1	800–850	800	280.00	280.00

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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