Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-03-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 18, Heifers 114, Bulls 92)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $368.08/cwt on 26 head, down $3.12 from the prior sale. That ranks 19 of 30 comparable sales and sits +3.31 against this barn's trailing median of $364.76.

Average price

$368.08

▼ 3.12 vs prior sale

26 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,971

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$243

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$50.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−15.87

vs VA average

−45.70 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	537	370.00	1,987	11thin
Medium and Large 3	535	370.00	1,980	5thin
Medium and Large 2	533	370.00	1,972	9thin
Small 1	545	320.00	1,744	1thin

One grade step is worth $50.00/cwt here — about $243 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 sale26 hd

368.08

—

VA average9 barns · 702 hd

383.94

−15.87

National average182 barns · 10,991 hd

413.78

−45.70

This barn, trailing median30 sales

364.76

+3.31

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

45 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	354	427.00/cwt	427.00–427.00	1,512	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	418.69/cwt	405.00–420.00	1,863	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	537	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,987	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	2,094	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	668	297.89/cwt	280.00–315.00	1,990	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,971	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,734	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,095	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	372.95/cwt	330.00–379.00	2,077	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	648	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,041	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	349	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,780	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,061	12
Bulls	Small 1	350–400	398	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,512	2
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	485	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	1,877	3
Bulls	Small 1	300–350	346	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,592	4
Steers	Small 1	650–700	685	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,055	1
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	585	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,989	1
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	545	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,744	1
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	390	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,521	2
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	410	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,435	1
Bulls	Small 1	600–650	640	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,760	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	360	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,440	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	535	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,980	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	464	412.65/cwt	300.00–437.00	1,915	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	436	432.00/cwt	432.00–432.00	1,884	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	666	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,998	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	412	440.54/cwt	395.00–450.00	1,815	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	346	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,782	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	433.23/cwt	380.00–440.00	1,846	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,786	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,274	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	690	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,070	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	783	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,521	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,366	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	774	267.89/cwt	240.00–295.00	2,073	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	1,465	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,845	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	333	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,598	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	533	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,972	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	563	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,089	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	1,739	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,860	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,158	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	645	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,580	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	435	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,305	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 Mar 11, 2026

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

Receipts 224Last week 158Year ago 254

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 18, Heifers 114, Bulls 92)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	354	427.00	427.00
19	400–450	436	432.00	432.00
9	500–550	533	370.00	370.00
4	650–700	668	280.00–315.00	297.89
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	360	407.00	407.00
22	400–450	445	405.00–420.00	418.69
11	500–550	537	370.00	370.00
10	600–650	638	280.00	280.00
1	650–700	690	300.00	300.00
1	700–750	705	297.00	297.00
8	750–800	774	240.00–295.00	267.89
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	390	390.00	390.00
1	400–450	410	350.00	350.00
1	500–550	545	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	300.00	300.00
6	450–500	464	300.00–437.00	412.65
5	500–550	535	370.00	370.00
1	600–650	645	245.00	245.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	346	515.00	515.00
6	400–450	412	395.00–450.00	440.54
4	450–500	475	415.00	415.00
3	550–600	563	371.00	371.00
4	650–700	666	300.00	300.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	349	510.00	510.00
1	350–400	365	475.00	475.00
15	400–450	426	380.00–440.00	433.23
12	450–500	485	425.00	425.00
8	550–600	557	330.00–379.00	372.95
8	600–650	648	315.00	315.00
1	700–750	735	285.00	285.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	346	460.00	460.00
2	350–400	398	380.00	380.00
3	450–500	485	387.00	387.00
1	550–600	585	340.00	340.00
1	600–650	640	275.00	275.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	685	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	400.00	400.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	333	480.00	480.00
1	400–450	410	450.00	450.00
2	500–550	535	425.00	425.00
1	550–600	570	415.00	415.00
4	750–800	783	322.00	322.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	325	535.00	535.00
1	500–550	520	415.00	415.00
1	600–650	620	300.00	300.00

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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