Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-11-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 29, Heifers 119, Bulls 63)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $299.30/cwt on 30 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −65.03 against this barn's trailing median of $364.33.

Average price

$299.30

30 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,602

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$278

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$50.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−22.81

vs VA average

−66.31 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	534	320.00	1,709	5thin
Medium and Large 2	532	311.91	1,659	10thin
Medium and Large 3	538	284.98	1,534	14thin
Small 1	530	270.00	1,431	1thin

One grade step is worth $50.00/cwt here — about $278 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale30 hd

299.30

—

VA average8 barns · 445 hd

322.10

−22.81

National average198 barns · 25,157 hd

365.61

−66.31

This barn, trailing median31 sales

364.33

−65.03

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

50 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	600–650	635	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,778	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,709	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,898	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	1,768	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,654	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	491	359.06/cwt	320.00–375.00	1,763	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,806	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	739	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,737	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,193	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	339	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,356	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	426	282.94/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,205	5
Bulls	Small 1	650–700	685	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,473	1
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	445	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,469	1
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	565	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,695	1
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	480	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,416	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	299.32/cwt	286.00–304.50	2,035	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,785	1
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	530	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,431	1
Heifers	Small 1	600–650	610	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,373	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	1,726	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,001	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,085	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	2,016	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,718	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,254	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	570	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,283	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	434	312.70/cwt	275.00–315.00	1,357	17
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	390	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,443	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,900	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	705	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,080	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	575	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,013	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	343	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,183	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	668	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,403	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	532	311.91/cwt	265.00–317.00	1,659	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,800	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	720	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,656	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	533	294.98/cwt	240.00–300.00	1,572	12
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	615	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,943	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	480	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,416	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	656	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,165	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	562	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,973	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	452	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,451	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	363	354.83/cwt	335.00–360.00	1,288	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	634	248.12/cwt	225.00–260.00	1,573	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,755	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	352	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,267	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,430	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,223	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	486	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	1,837	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	823	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,975	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 Nov 5, 2025

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

Receipts 211Last week 140Year ago 236

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 29, Heifers 119, Bulls 63)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	352	360.00	360.00
5	400–450	440	325.00	325.00
5	500–550	534	320.00	320.00
2	600–650	635	280.00	280.00
18	650–700	680	286.00–304.50	299.32
2	800–850	823	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	363	335.00–360.00	354.83
5	400–450	426	275.00–285.00	282.94
11	450–500	452	321.00	321.00
10	500–550	532	265.00–317.00	311.91
3	600–650	634	225.00–260.00	248.12
2	700–750	725	262.00	262.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	530	270.00	270.00
1	600–650	610	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	343	345.00	345.00
17	400–450	434	275.00–315.00	312.70
12	500–550	533	240.00–300.00	294.98
2	550–600	570	225.00	225.00
2	650–700	668	210.00	210.00
2	700–750	720	230.00	230.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	339	400.00	400.00
1	350–400	365	335.00	335.00
15	400–450	420	421.00	421.00
7	450–500	486	378.00	378.00
2	550–600	550	345.00	345.00
1	600–650	610	295.00	295.00
2	650–700	675	245.00	245.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	330.00	330.00
5	400–450	424	407.00	407.00
7	450–500	491	320.00–375.00	359.06
2	500–550	538	372.00	372.00
5	600–650	645	280.00	280.00
4	700–750	739	235.00	235.00
1	800–850	830	215.00	215.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	330.00	330.00
1	450–500	480	295.00	295.00
1	550–600	565	300.00	300.00
1	650–700	685	215.00	215.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	458	375.00	375.00
3	550–600	562	371.00	371.00
3	600–650	645	340.00	340.00
5	700–750	705	286.00	286.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	370.00	370.00
1	450–500	480	295.00	295.00
1	550–600	575	350.00	350.00
2	600–650	615	316.00	316.00
1	700–750	705	295.00	295.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	468	375.00	375.00
3	550–600	562	351.00	351.00
4	650–700	656	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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