Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-02-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 29, Heifers 48, Bulls 68)

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $360.76/cwt on 26 head, down $12.36 from the prior sale. That ranks 8 of 24 comparable sales and sits −13.95 against this barn's trailing median of $374.71.

Average price

$360.76

▼ 12.36 vs prior sale

26 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,952

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$170

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$36.66/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−51.38

vs VA average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	538	382.66	2,059	6thin
Medium and Large 2	537	364.20	1,955	9thin
Small 1	546	346.00	1,889	11thin

One grade step is worth $36.66/cwt here — about $170 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

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 sale26 hd

360.76

—

VA average7 barns · 148 hd

412.14

−51.38

This barn, trailing median24 sales

374.71

−13.95

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

51 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
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	417.96/cwt	375.00–460.00	1,944	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	347.56/cwt	320.00–355.00	1,946	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	353	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,853	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,228	1
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	407	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,852	3
Bulls	Small 1	700–750	740	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,161	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	422.00/cwt	422.00–422.00	2,047	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	388	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,115	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	410	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,476	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	310	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,457	1
Steers	Small 1	500–550	545	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,017	1
Bulls	Small 1	350–400	360	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,584	1
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	570	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,938	3
Steers	Small 1	700–750	715	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,431	1
Heifers	Small 1	600–650	600	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,040	1
Bulls	Small 1	650–700	658	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,125	6
Steers	Small 1	600–650	630	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,426	1
Bulls	Small 1	500–550	546	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,889	11
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	480	349.38/cwt	340.00–410.00	1,677	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,932	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	492.00/cwt	492.00–492.00	2,042	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	539	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,967	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	454	413.00/cwt	413.00–413.00	1,875	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	351	452.00/cwt	452.00–452.00	1,587	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	350	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,890	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	493	432.00/cwt	432.00–432.00	2,130	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,025	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	382.66/cwt	380.00–397.00	2,059	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,828	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	390.69/cwt	330.00–420.00	1,700	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	462.00/cwt	462.00–462.00	1,779	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	705	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,270	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	554	447.00/cwt	447.00–447.00	2,476	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,974	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,930	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	2,039	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,193	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,785	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,680	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	865	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	2,612	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,130	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,002	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	508	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,956	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	467.00/cwt	467.00–467.00	1,658	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	348	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	1,897	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,468	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	464.47/cwt	415.00–490.00	2,183	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,451	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,317	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,295	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	458	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,992	8

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 Feb 18, 2026

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

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State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 29, Heifers 48, Bulls 68)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	353	525.00	525.00
2	400–450	415	492.00	492.00
2	450–500	465	375.00–460.00	417.96
1	500–550	510	450.00	450.00
1	550–600	565	410.00	410.00
1	600–650	645	380.00	380.00
1	650–700	665	335.00	335.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	470.00	470.00
1	400–450	410	360.00	360.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	545	370.00	370.00
1	600–650	630	385.00	385.00
1	700–750	715	340.00	340.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	540.00	540.00
3	450–500	470	415.00–490.00	464.47
5	550–600	554	447.00	447.00
4	600–650	617	400.00	400.00
1	850–900	865	302.00	302.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	348	545.00	545.00
6	350–400	388	545.00	545.00
1	450–500	485	422.00	422.00
4	500–550	508	385.00	385.00
5	550–600	560	320.00–355.00	347.56
1	700–750	705	322.00	322.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	440.00	440.00
3	400–450	407	455.00	455.00
7	450–500	480	340.00–410.00	349.38
11	500–550	546	346.00	346.00
6	650–700	658	323.00	323.00
1	700–750	740	292.00	292.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	415	465.00	465.00
2	450–500	493	432.00	432.00
6	500–550	538	380.00–397.00	382.66
3	600–650	632	347.00	347.00
1	700–750	710	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	570	340.00	340.00
1	600–650	600	340.00	340.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	355	467.00	467.00
1	400–450	420	400.00	400.00
8	450–500	458	435.00	435.00
1	500–550	525	340.00	340.00
2	550–600	560	345.00	345.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	351	452.00	452.00
7	450–500	454	413.00	413.00
5	500–550	539	365.00	365.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	385	462.00	462.00
3	400–450	435	330.00–420.00	390.69
1	500–550	515	355.00	355.00
2	550–600	553	362.00	362.00
1	650–700	675	302.00	302.00
1	700–750	705	280.00	280.00
1	750–800	750	270.00	270.00

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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