Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-12-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 8, Heifers 32, Bulls 10)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $312.88/cwt on 16 head. That ranks 2 of 31 comparable sales and sits −51.46 against this barn's trailing median of $364.33.

Average price

$312.88

16 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,707

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$443

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$75.11/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.33

vs VA average

−65.08 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	536	325.11	1,743	9thin
Medium and Large 2	564	305.00	1,721	6thin
Small 1	520	250.00	1,300	1thin

One grade step is worth $75.11/cwt here — about $443 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale16 hd

312.88

—

VA average7 barns · 178 hd

314.20

−1.33

National average184 barns · 19,282 hd

377.96

−65.08

This barn, trailing median31 sales

364.33

−51.46

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

20 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	Small 1	500–550	510	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,658	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,736	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,809	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,764	1
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	520	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,300	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	551	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,044	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	427	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,337	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	574	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,779	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	317.43/cwt	315.00–319.00	1,546	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,743	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	362	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,149	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	320	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	736	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,367	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	405	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,559	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,617	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,750	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,924	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,442	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,295	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,867	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 10, 2025

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

Receipts 50Last week 140Year ago 169

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 8, Heifers 32, Bulls 10)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	510	325.00	325.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	355	385.00	385.00
4	400–450	405	385.00	385.00
1	450–500	490	330.00	330.00
1	500–550	500	350.00	350.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	487	315.00–319.00	317.43
8	500–550	533	327.00	327.00
1	550–600	560	310.00	310.00
1	650–700	670	270.00	270.00
1	700–750	735	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	520	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	362	317.50	317.50
5	400–450	427	313.00	313.00
1	500–550	515	280.00	280.00
5	550–600	574	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	385.00	385.00
5	550–600	551	371.00	371.00
1	650–700	675	340.00	340.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	520	370.00	370.00

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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