Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-01-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 18, Heifers 62, Bulls 82)

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $341.59/cwt on 15 head, up $0.97 from the prior sale (only 13 head in that comparison). That ranks 4 of 24 comparable sales and sits −33.12 against this barn's trailing median of $374.71.

Average price

$341.59

▲ 0.97 vs prior sale

15 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,913

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$247

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$43.55/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−29.58

vs VA average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	558	354.80	1,981	6thin
Medium and Large 1	564	350.00	1,974	5thin
Small 1	557	311.25	1,734	4thin

One grade step is worth $43.55/cwt here — about $247 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

24 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $440.10, low $329.37, median $374.71 across 24 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 sale15 hd

341.59

—

VA average5 barns · 145 hd

371.16

−29.58

This barn, trailing median24 sales

374.71

−33.12

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	350–400	375	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,763	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,030	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,039	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,066	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	278.46/cwt	277.00–280.00	1,880	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,935	4
Bulls	Small 1	500–550	525	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,969	1
Bulls	Small 1	700–750	720	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,584	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	444	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,558	4
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	445	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,914	1
Bulls	Small 1	600–650	623	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,881	2
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	568	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,647	3
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	415	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,245	2
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	568	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,392	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	341.72/cwt	337.00–342.50	1,804	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	348	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,253	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	640	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,080	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	533	364.41/cwt	340.00–390.00	1,942	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,815	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	663	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	2,002	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	334	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,637	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	541	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,785	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	645	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,645	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	419	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,969	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	404.00/cwt	404.00–404.00	2,363	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	628	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,311	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,665	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	457	368.39/cwt	350.00–371.00	1,684	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	710	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,882	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,905	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,790	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	623	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,906	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,415	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	431.06/cwt	430.00–445.00	2,112	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	571	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,999	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	803	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,586	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,220	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,974	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	356.08/cwt	350.50–360.00	2,375	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	2,139	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	348.50/cwt	348.50–348.50	1,875	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,898	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	639	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,981	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,914	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 Jan 7, 2026

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

Receipts 162Last week 145Year ago 49

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 18, Heifers 62, Bulls 82)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	470.00	470.00
4	400–450	430	450.00	450.00
11	450–500	488	455.00	455.00
5	550–600	564	350.00	350.00
10	600–650	635	300.00	300.00
2	650–700	675	277.00–280.00	278.46
1	700–750	725	280.00	280.00
1	750–800	755	270.00	270.00
1	800–850	810	255.00	255.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	430.00	430.00
1	500–550	525	375.00	375.00
3	550–600	568	290.00	290.00
2	600–650	623	302.00	302.00
1	700–750	720	220.00	220.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	334	490.00	490.00
1	350–400	385	465.00	465.00
10	400–450	419	470.00	470.00
13	450–500	490	430.00–445.00	431.06
2	500–550	533	340.00–390.00	364.41
4	550–600	571	350.00	350.00
3	600–650	623	306.00	306.00
1	700–750	710	265.00	265.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	348	360.00	360.00
4	400–450	444	351.00	351.00
5	500–550	541	330.00	330.00
1	600–650	645	255.00	255.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	415	300.00	300.00
2	550–600	568	245.00	245.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	457	350.00–371.00	368.39
7	500–550	528	337.00–342.50	341.72
1	550–600	555	327.00	327.00
3	650–700	663	302.00	302.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	450	370.00	370.00
11	500–550	538	348.50	348.50
1	550–600	575	330.00	330.00
5	600–650	639	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	640	325.00	325.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	585	404.00	404.00
2	600–650	628	368.00	368.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	430.00	430.00
2	500–550	513	417.00	417.00
5	650–700	667	350.50–360.00	356.08
1	700–750	700	345.00	345.00
4	800–850	803	322.00	322.00

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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