Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-11-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 32, Heifers 66, Bulls 23)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $303.69/cwt on 21 head. That ranks 2 of 30 comparable sales and sits −61.07 against this barn's trailing median of $364.76.

Average price

$303.69

21 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,663

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$197

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$35.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−19.16

vs VA average

−53.20 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	315.00	1,748	7thin
Medium and Large 2	540	305.25	1,647	10thin
Medium and Large 3	554	280.00	1,551	4thin

One grade step is worth $35.00/cwt here — about $197 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 sale21 hd

303.69

—

VA average9 barns · 451 hd

322.85

−19.16

National average188 barns · 19,415 hd

356.89

−53.20

This barn, trailing median30 sales

364.76

−61.07

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

44 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
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,562	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,415	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	366	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,171	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,612	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	810	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,944	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	572	307.01/cwt	275.00–330.00	1,756	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,634	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,533	1
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	485	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,673	1
Bulls	Small 1	650–700	665	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,330	3
Bulls	Small 1	350–400	380	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,368	1
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	558	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,378	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	638	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,595	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	554	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,551	4
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	460	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,196	1
Bulls	Small 1	750–800	780	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,521	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	517	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,732	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,706	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,598	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,461	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,328	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,688	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	2,011	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	691	271.40/cwt	250.00–275.00	1,875	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,651	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,875	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,198	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,775	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	344.05/cwt	325.00–365.00	1,627	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,314	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,393	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,777	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,748	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	657	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,214	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	388	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,249	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,088	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	646	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,621	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	755	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,039	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	569	298.13/cwt	290.00–306.00	1,696	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	538	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,463	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	634	248.18/cwt	245.00–255.00	1,573	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	622	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,077	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	558	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,953	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	424	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,230	4

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 19, 2025

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

Receipts 121Last week 157Year ago 258

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 32, Heifers 66, Bulls 23)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	355.00	355.00
1	500–550	515	345.00	345.00
2	550–600	558	350.00	350.00
3	600–650	622	334.00	334.00
1	750–800	755	270.00	270.00
1	800–850	810	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	517	335.00	335.00
5	550–600	572	275.00–330.00	307.01
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	465	355.00	355.00
1	500–550	500	355.00	355.00
5	650–700	657	337.00	337.00
4	700–750	713	282.00	282.00
1	750–800	785	280.00	280.00
1	800–850	815	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	320.00	320.00
3	350–400	388	322.00	322.00
4	400–450	445	318.00	318.00
1	450–500	485	316.00	316.00
6	500–550	520	310.00	310.00
4	550–600	569	290.00–306.00	298.13
4	600–650	646	251.00	251.00
1	700–750	720	227.00	227.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	366	320.00	320.00
4	400–450	424	290.00	290.00
4	550–600	554	280.00	280.00
4	600–650	638	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	434	321.00	321.00
7	550–600	555	315.00	315.00
10	650–700	691	250.00–275.00	271.40
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	360.00	360.00
1	450–500	485	345.00	345.00
2	550–600	558	247.00	247.00
3	650–700	665	200.00	200.00
1	750–800	780	195.00	195.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	367.00	367.00
1	550–600	565	235.00	235.00
1	600–650	635	230.00	230.00
3	650–700	669	255.00	255.00
1	700–750	710	225.00	225.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	360.00	360.00
2	450–500	473	325.00–365.00	344.05
2	500–550	538	272.00	272.00
3	600–650	634	245.00–255.00	248.18

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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