Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-03-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 48, Heifers 84, Bulls 49)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $372.30/cwt on 22 head, up $4.22 from the prior sale. That ranks 23 of 31 comparable sales and sits +7.97 against this barn's trailing median of $364.33.

Average price

$372.30

▲ 4.22 vs prior sale

22 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,991

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$151

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$22.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.81

vs VA average

−43.82 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	377.00	2,104	6thin
Medium and Large 2	514	375.05	1,928	11thin
Medium and Large 3	554	362.00	2,005	4thin
Small 1	550	355.00	1,953	1thin

One grade step is worth $22.00/cwt here — about $151 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 sale22 hd

372.30

—

VA average8 barns · 398 hd

377.11

−4.81

National average164 barns · 8,069 hd

416.12

−43.82

This barn, trailing median31 sales

364.33

+7.97

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

48 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	300–350	337	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,736	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	548	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	2,230	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	2,153	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,079	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,061	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	460.22/cwt	430.00–465.00	1,951	7
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	550	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,953	1
Heifers	Small 1	600–650	620	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,798	1
Steers	Small 1	350–400	375	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,556	1
Bulls	Small 1	500–550	535	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,980	1
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	489	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,029	6
Steers	Small 1	550–600	565	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,317	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	358	443.57/cwt	370.00–455.00	1,588	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	454	422.00/cwt	422.00–422.00	1,916	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	530	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,147	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	610	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,288	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	350	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,593	3
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	410	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,886	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	514	375.05/cwt	360.00–387.00	1,928	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	418.56/cwt	412.00–425.00	1,904	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	637	377.98/cwt	377.00–380.00	2,408	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,661	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,976	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	554	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,005	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	2,010	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,511	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	863	312.42/cwt	300.00–315.00	2,696	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	325.60/cwt	310.00–357.00	2,387	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,325	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	428.49/cwt	415.00–432.00	2,408	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	693	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,197	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	2,104	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	407.25/cwt	345.00–422.00	1,763	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	646	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	2,565	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	452.00/cwt	452.00–452.00	2,138	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	790	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,544	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	405	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,924	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,051	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	564	406.49/cwt	405.00–407.00	2,293	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,086	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	420.66/cwt	360.00–435.00	1,540	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	738	278.84/cwt	270.00–297.00	2,058	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,340	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	552	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,374	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	745	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,459	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,029	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,425	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,658	6

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 18, 2026

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

Receipts 181Last week 224Year ago 230

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 48, Heifers 84, Bulls 49)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	337	515.00	515.00
7	400–450	424	430.00–465.00	460.22
4	450–500	478	435.00	435.00
3	500–550	548	407.00	407.00
5	600–650	634	325.00	325.00
3	700–750	725	297.00	297.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	460.00	460.00
6	450–500	489	415.00	415.00
1	500–550	535	370.00	370.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	325	510.00	510.00
5	400–450	405	475.00	475.00
1	450–500	485	430.00	430.00
4	550–600	564	405.00–407.00	406.49
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	550	355.00	355.00
1	600–650	620	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	358	370.00–455.00	443.57
8	450–500	454	422.00	422.00
4	550–600	554	362.00	362.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	335	400.00	400.00
1	350–400	385	370.00	370.00
16	450–500	455	412.00–425.00	418.56
11	500–550	514	360.00–387.00	375.05
2	600–650	640	317.00	317.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	366	360.00–435.00	420.66
5	400–450	433	345.00–422.00	407.25
6	550–600	558	377.00	377.00
7	600–650	637	322.00	322.00
3	650–700	693	317.00	317.00
3	700–750	738	270.00–297.00	278.84
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	415.00	415.00
1	550–600	565	410.00	410.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	350	455.00	455.00
1	500–550	530	405.00	405.00
1	600–650	610	375.00	375.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	455.00	455.00
1	400–450	425	465.00	465.00
3	550–600	552	430.00	430.00
3	600–650	637	377.00–380.00	377.98
1	700–750	745	330.00	330.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	465.00	465.00
3	450–500	473	452.00	452.00
1	500–550	500	402.00	402.00
5	550–600	562	415.00–432.00	428.49
4	600–650	646	397.00	397.00
5	650–700	672	346.00	346.00
6	700–750	733	310.00–357.00	325.60
1	750–800	790	322.00	322.00
6	850–900	863	300.00–315.00	312.42

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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