Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-03-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 45, Heifers 60, Bulls 53)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $371.19/cwt on 26 head, up $6.86 from the prior sale (only 18 head in that comparison). That ranks 22 of 31 comparable sales and sits +6.86 against this barn's trailing median of $364.33.

Average price

$371.19

▲ 6.86 vs prior sale

26 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,995

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$153

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$8.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−17.03

vs VA average

−49.77 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	373.00	2,033	12thin
Medium and Large 2	532	370.00	1,968	13thin
Medium and Large 3	515	365.00	1,880	1thin

One grade step is worth $8.00/cwt here — about $153 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 sale26 hd

371.19

—

VA average6 barns · 546 hd

388.23

−17.03

National average181 barns · 13,944 hd

420.96

−49.77

This barn, trailing median31 sales

364.33

+6.86

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

38 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	400–450	425	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,998	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,124	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	512.96/cwt	505.00–530.00	1,934	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,099	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	2,135	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,116	9
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	445	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,802	1
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	445	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,914	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	391.17/cwt	387.00–398.00	2,468	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	628	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,010	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	532	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,968	13
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	486	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	2,002	4
Bulls	Small 1	600–650	633	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,899	2
Bulls	Small 1	500–550	530	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,786	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	567	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,381	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	462	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	1,922	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	612	343.93/cwt	335.00–347.00	2,105	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,459	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	437.00/cwt	437.00–437.00	2,299	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	2,033	12
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	520	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,132	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	515	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,880	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	1,899	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,553	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,935	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	413.89/cwt	405.00–417.00	1,896	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	361	482.00/cwt	482.00–482.00	1,740	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	432	427.00/cwt	427.00–427.00	1,845	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,109	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	441	454.04/cwt	427.00–459.00	2,002	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	536	423.04/cwt	422.00–425.00	2,267	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	452.14/cwt	400.00–480.00	1,686	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	730	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,898	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	333	517.95/cwt	480.00–535.00	1,725	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	483	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,004	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	424	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,014	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,016	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	481	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,068	5

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 Mar 4, 2026

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

Receipts 158Last week 91Year ago 190

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 45, Heifers 60, Bulls 53)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	377	505.00–530.00	512.96
1	400–450	425	470.00	470.00
9	450–500	481	440.00	440.00
8	550–600	559	382.00	382.00
6	600–650	636	330.00	330.00
1	700–750	720	295.00	295.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	430.00	430.00
4	450–500	486	412.00	412.00
1	500–550	530	337.00	337.00
2	600–650	633	300.00	300.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	333	480.00–535.00	517.95
2	350–400	355	535.00	535.00
4	400–450	424	475.00	475.00
5	450–500	481	430.00	430.00
1	550–600	570	370.00	370.00
1	600–650	630	320.00	320.00
1	700–750	730	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	405.00	405.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	373	400.00–480.00	452.14
5	450–500	462	416.00	416.00
13	500–550	532	370.00	370.00
3	600–650	628	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	458	405.00–417.00	413.89
12	500–550	545	373.00	373.00
4	600–650	612	335.00–347.00	343.93
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	361	482.00	482.00
9	400–450	432	427.00	427.00
1	500–550	515	365.00	365.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	450.00	450.00
1	450–500	450	430.00	430.00
6	500–550	526	437.00	437.00
8	600–650	631	387.00–398.00	391.17
2	700–750	745	330.00	330.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	441	427.00–459.00	454.04
14	500–550	536	422.00–425.00	423.04
3	550–600	567	420.00	420.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	483	415.00	415.00
2	500–550	520	410.00	410.00

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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