Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-01-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 25, Heifers 60, Bulls 72)

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $356.83/cwt on 20 head, up $27.46 from the prior sale. That ranks 7 of 24 comparable sales and sits −17.88 against this barn's trailing median of $374.71.

Average price

$356.83

▲ 27.46 vs prior sale

20 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,910

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$1

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

$26.04/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−30.53

vs VA average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	527	362.04	1,908	16thin
Medium and Large 2	568	336.00	1,908	4thin

One grade step is worth $26.04/cwt here — about −$1 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale20 hd

356.83

—

VA average7 barns · 248 hd

387.36

−30.53

This barn, trailing median24 sales

374.71

−17.88

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

41 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	465	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,814	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,235	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	348	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,549	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	2,249	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	422.18/cwt	400.00–425.00	1,769	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	362.04/cwt	305.00–389.00	1,908	16
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	590	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,398	1
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	473	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,750	2
Bulls	Small 1	650–700	675	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,025	1
Heifers	Small 1	700–750	720	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,692	1
Steers	Small 1	500–550	535	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,033	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	395	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,343	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	543	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,575	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	453	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,586	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	410	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,435	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	405	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,418	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	745	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,459	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	622	283.99/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,766	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	392.50/cwt	310.00–420.00	1,629	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	350	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,050	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	438	238.09/cwt	225.00–310.00	1,043	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,853	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,908	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	496	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	1,929	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,524	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	338	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,301	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	524	329.97/cwt	315.00–333.00	1,729	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	548	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,137	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	253.31/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,690	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,000	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	790	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,370	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	472	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,322	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,390	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	356	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,371	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	441	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	1,857	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,985	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	508	430.03/cwt	400.00–435.00	2,185	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	330.05/cwt	310.00–351.00	1,594	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,818	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,540	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	318.14/cwt	255.00–340.00	1,842	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 Jan 21, 2026

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

Receipts 157Last week 261Year ago 22

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 25, Heifers 60, Bulls 72)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	348	445.00	445.00
2	350–400	380	325.00	325.00
9	400–450	419	400.00–425.00	422.18
1	450–500	465	390.00	390.00
16	500–550	527	305.00–389.00	362.04
7	600–650	637	353.00	353.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	473	370.00	370.00
1	650–700	675	300.00	300.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	335	455.00	455.00
4	400–450	415	310.00–420.00	392.50
9	450–500	496	389.00	389.00
4	550–600	568	336.00	336.00
1	600–650	625	320.00	320.00
1	650–700	650	285.00	285.00
2	700–750	745	330.00	330.00
1	750–800	790	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	590	237.00	237.00
1	700–750	720	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	340.00	340.00
1	400–450	405	350.00	350.00
4	450–500	453	350.00	350.00
2	500–550	543	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	338	385.00	385.00
6	400–450	438	225.00–310.00	238.09
3	450–500	472	280.00	280.00
6	500–550	524	315.00–333.00	329.97
5	600–650	622	280.00–285.00	283.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	356	385.00	385.00
6	450–500	483	310.00–351.00	330.05
4	550–600	579	255.00–340.00	318.14
6	600–650	630	315.00	315.00
3	650–700	667	250.00–255.00	253.31
3	700–750	727	250.00	250.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	535	380.00	380.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	350.00	350.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	300.00	300.00
2	500–550	548	390.00	390.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	400.00	400.00
4	400–450	441	421.00	421.00
14	500–550	508	400.00–435.00	430.03
1	700–750	720	332.00	332.00

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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