Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-12-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 24, Heifers 82, Bulls 39)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $300.75/cwt on 28 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −64.01 against this barn's trailing median of $364.76.

Average price

$300.75

28 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,641

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$512

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$83.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−39.65

vs VA average

−89.16 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	320.00	1,763	9thin
Medium and Large 2	548	316.00	1,732	8thin
Medium and Large 3	546	295.00	1,611	7thin
Small 1	528	237.00	1,251	4thin

One grade step is worth $83.00/cwt here — about $512 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 sale28 hd

300.75

—

VA average8 barns · 333 hd

340.40

−39.65

National average175 barns · 15,310 hd

389.91

−89.16

This barn, trailing median30 sales

364.76

−64.01

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

40 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	700–750	740	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,754	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,611	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,849	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,777	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,985	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	652	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,858	6
Bulls	Small 1	650–700	655	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,487	1
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	558	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,814	5
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	528	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,251	4
Heifers	Small 1	600–650	620	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,302	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	420	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	966	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	420	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,785	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	535	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,792	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	548	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,732	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,508	1
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	445	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,188	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	595	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,231	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	630	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,701	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	346	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,246	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	537	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,885	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,241	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	546	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,611	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	548	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	2,050	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	708	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,664	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	680	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,945	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	282.85/cwt	280.00–284.00	1,790	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	452	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,519	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,845	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	417	422.60/cwt	415.00–425.00	1,762	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,906	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,669	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,738	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	734	331.97/cwt	331.00–334.00	2,437	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	437	328.40/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,435	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	276.34/cwt	220.00–290.00	1,984	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	548	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	2,060	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	350.74/cwt	344.00–365.00	2,385	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	317.00/cwt	307.00–320.00	1,376	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	356	363.85/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,295	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	551	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,763	9

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 17, 2025

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

Receipts 145Last week 50Year ago 115

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 24, Heifers 82, Bulls 39)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	358	450.00	450.00
5	400–450	418	425.00	425.00
2	450–500	468	395.00	395.00
5	550–600	567	350.00	350.00
6	650–700	652	285.00	285.00
1	700–750	740	237.00	237.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	558	325.00	325.00
1	650–700	655	227.00	227.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	445.00	445.00
4	400–450	417	415.00–425.00	422.60
4	450–500	495	385.00	385.00
3	500–550	537	351.00	351.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	445	267.00	267.00
4	500–550	528	237.00	237.00
1	600–650	620	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	346	360.00	360.00
1	400–450	420	230.00	230.00
7	500–550	546	295.00	295.00
1	600–650	630	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	340	365.00	365.00
6	400–450	437	320.00–330.00	328.40
8	500–550	548	316.00	316.00
3	650–700	680	286.00	286.00
2	700–750	708	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	356	340.00–370.00	363.85
4	400–450	434	307.00–320.00	317.00
9	450–500	452	336.00	336.00
9	550–600	551	320.00	320.00
7	600–650	633	280.00–284.00	282.85
5	700–750	718	220.00–290.00	276.34
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	425.00	425.00
1	500–550	535	335.00	335.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	450.00	450.00
1	450–500	450	410.00	410.00
4	500–550	548	374.00	374.00
1	550–600	595	375.00	375.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	440.00	440.00
5	500–550	548	376.00	376.00
6	650–700	680	344.00–365.00	350.74
3	700–750	734	331.00–334.00	331.97

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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