Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-12-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 48, Heifers 46, Bulls 46)

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $364.67/cwt on 18 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −58.01 against this barn's trailing median of $422.68.

Average price

$364.67

18 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,965

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$23

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

$2.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.15

vs VA average

−64.48 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	530	367.00	1,945	2thin
Medium and Large 1	540	364.38	1,968	16thin

One grade step is worth $2.63/cwt here — about −$23 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

19 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $480.36, low $371.45, median $422.68 across 19 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 sale18 hd

364.67

—

VA average6 barns · 261 hd

370.82

−6.15

National average190 barns · 23,426 hd

429.15

−64.48

This barn, trailing median19 sales

422.68

−58.01

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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	493	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,750	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,776	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,738	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,906	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	331	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,082	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	465	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,465	1
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	468	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	936	2
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	545	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,363	1
Bulls	Small 1	350–400	395	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,165	2
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	468	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,615	2
Bulls	Small 1	650–700	690	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,725	1
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	554	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,690	4
Steers	Small 1	350–400	355	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,349	1
Heifers	Small 1	300–350	345	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	932	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,632	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,422	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,675	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,945	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	475	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,425	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	417	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,272	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	549	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,823	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	411	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,480	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	441	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,389	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	451	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,759	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	750	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,875	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,265	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	708	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,770	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	350	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,365	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	261.63/cwt	257.00–266.00	1,766	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,722	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	1,969	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,211	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	542	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,734	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,674	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	448	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,380	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	456	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,778	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,417	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,319	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,058	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	310.08/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,891	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	860	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,365	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,040	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	400	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,380	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,938	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 Dec 3, 2025

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

Receipts 140Last week 121Year ago 195

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 48, Heifers 46, Bulls 46)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	493	355.00	355.00
7	550–600	569	335.00	335.00
5	600–650	614	283.00	283.00
2	650–700	665	267.00	267.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	395	295.00	295.00
2	450–500	468	345.00	345.00
4	550–600	554	305.00	305.00
1	650–700	690	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	350	390.00	390.00
7	400–450	411	360.00	360.00
5	450–500	485	355.00	355.00
5	500–550	549	332.00	332.00
2	650–700	675	257.00–266.00	261.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	331	327.00	327.00
3	400–450	417	305.00	305.00
1	450–500	475	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	270.00	270.00
2	450–500	468	200.00	200.00
1	500–550	545	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	333.00	333.00
7	400–450	441	315.00	315.00
5	500–550	535	313.00	313.00
1	600–650	640	255.00	255.00
1	750–800	750	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	388	340.00	340.00
3	400–450	448	308.00	308.00
9	500–550	542	320.00	320.00
2	600–650	620	270.00	270.00
2	700–750	708	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	465	315.00	315.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	380.00	380.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	395.00	395.00
4	450–500	451	390.00	390.00
2	500–550	530	367.00	367.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	330.00	330.00
8	350–400	373	380.00	380.00
1	400–450	400	345.00	345.00
6	450–500	456	390.00	390.00
15	500–550	538	366.00	366.00
1	550–600	570	340.00	340.00
2	600–650	610	300.00–320.00	310.08
1	650–700	670	330.00	330.00
1	700–750	735	280.00	280.00
2	850–900	860	275.00	275.00

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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