Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-10-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 38, Heifers 73, Bulls 29)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $306.28/cwt on 27 head. That ranks 2 of 30 comparable sales and sits −58.49 against this barn's trailing median of $364.76.

Average price

$306.28

27 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,658

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$41

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$39.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−22.99

vs VA average

−68.61 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	533	313.63	1,671	12thin
Medium and Large 1	559	310.75	1,737	4thin
Medium and Large 3	539	298.90	1,612	10thin
Small 1	595	274.00	1,630	1thin

One grade step is worth $39.63/cwt here — about $41 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

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 sale27 hd

306.28

—

VA average9 barns · 630 hd

329.26

−22.99

National average184 barns · 21,753 hd

374.89

−68.61

This barn, trailing median30 sales

364.76

−58.49

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

45 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	400–450	440	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,782	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,843	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	738	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,845	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,102	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	495	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	1,940	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	2,038	1
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	595	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,630	1
Heifers	Small 1	600–650	605	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,543	1
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	360	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,130	1
Bulls	Small 1	750–800	770	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,463	1
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	564	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,647	5
Steers	Small 1	550–600	565	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,413	1
Steers	Small 1	500–550	540	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,620	2
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	475	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,568	1
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	470	252.50/cwt	230.00–275.00	1,187	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	444	315.50/cwt	315.50–315.50	1,401	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	560	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,568	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	628	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,551	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	350	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,295	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	655	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,769	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	535	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	1,990	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	369	317.32/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,171	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	537	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,616	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	451	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,669	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	622	290.97/cwt	289.50–297.00	1,810	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	686	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,058	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	488	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,903	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	567	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,814	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,650	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,628	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	738	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	2,118	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	748	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,795	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	339	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,058	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,536	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	527	319.50/cwt	319.50–319.50	1,684	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,715	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,778	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,228	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,173	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	700	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,890	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	531	375.74/cwt	374.00–385.00	1,995	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	312.91/cwt	305.00–314.00	1,471	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	310.75/cwt	310.00–311.00	1,737	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,848	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	653	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,894	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 29, 2025

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

Receipts 140Last week 380Year ago 308

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 38, Heifers 73, Bulls 29)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	405.00	405.00
1	450–500	485	380.00	380.00
3	550–600	568	370.00	370.00
2	700–750	738	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	330.00	330.00
5	550–600	564	292.00	292.00
1	750–800	770	190.00	190.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	345.00	345.00
2	350–400	370	415.00	415.00
5	400–450	423	390.00	390.00
3	450–500	488	390.00	390.00
3	550–600	567	320.00	320.00
1	700–750	700	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	392.00	392.00
2	650–700	653	290.00	290.00
1	700–750	710	287.00	287.00
1	800–850	810	275.00	275.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	540	300.00	300.00
1	550–600	565	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	370.00	370.00
7	450–500	451	370.00	370.00
3	500–550	535	372.00	372.00
1	650–700	655	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	531	374.00–385.00	375.74
5	600–650	622	289.50–297.00	290.97
5	650–700	686	300.00	300.00
2	700–750	738	287.00	287.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	314.00	314.00
2	450–500	470	230.00–275.00	252.50
1	550–600	595	274.00	274.00
1	600–650	605	255.00	255.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	369	300.00–320.00	317.32
11	400–450	444	315.50	315.50
9	500–550	537	301.00	301.00
1	550–600	560	280.00	280.00
2	600–650	628	247.00	247.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	339	312.00	312.00
8	450–500	470	305.00–314.00	312.91
9	500–550	527	319.50	319.50
3	550–600	550	296.00	296.00
1	600–650	635	270.00	270.00
2	700–750	748	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	559	310.00–311.00	310.75
2	600–650	613	290.00	290.00
1	650–700	660	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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