Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-03-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 53, Heifers 134, Bulls 65)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $373.78/cwt on 46 head, up $1.49 from the prior sale. That ranks 23 of 30 comparable sales and sits +9.02 against this barn's trailing median of $364.76.

Average price

$373.78

▲ 1.49 vs prior sale

46 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,021

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$311

per head · Medium and Large 3 over Small 1

$44.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.12

vs VA average

−51.41 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	548	379.00	2,077	13thin
Medium and Large 1	542	375.86	2,037	17thin
Medium and Large 2	535	374.80	2,005	13thin
Small 1	527	335.00	1,765	3thin

One grade step is worth $44.00/cwt here — about $311 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale46 hd

373.78

—

VA average8 barns · 628 hd

373.90

−0.12

National average176 barns · 15,314 hd

425.19

−51.41

This barn, trailing median30 sales

364.76

+9.02

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

57 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	Small 1	450–500	470	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,233	1
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	448	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,904	2
Steers	Small 1	600–650	630	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,268	1
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	410	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,702	1
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	357	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,535	3
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	527	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,765	3
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	480	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,136	1
Bulls	Small 1	750–800	750	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,138	1
Bulls	Small 1	600–650	632	327.91/cwt	220.00–354.00	2,072	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	720	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,160	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	460	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,277	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	638	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,042	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	658	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,106	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	724	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	2,186	4
Bulls	Small 1	350–400	395	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,778	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	559	436.20/cwt	435.00–437.00	2,438	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	676	386.96/cwt	383.00–389.00	2,616	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	389.33/cwt	389.00–390.00	2,492	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,318	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	441	431.00/cwt	431.00–431.00	1,901	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	548	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	2,077	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,755	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	875	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,861	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	641	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,070	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	447.00/cwt	447.00–447.00	2,012	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,656	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	469	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,345	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	750	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,928	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	660	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,310	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	374.80/cwt	371.00–375.50	2,005	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	354	442.46/cwt	430.00–445.00	1,566	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,649	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	508	422.00/cwt	422.00–422.00	2,144	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	559	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,152	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	2,451	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,937	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	657	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,365	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	747	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,278	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,174	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	439.00/cwt	439.00–439.00	2,467	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	805	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,174	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	471.55/cwt	430.00–495.00	1,721	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,053	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	541	442.00/cwt	442.00–442.00	2,391	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	482.18/cwt	475.00–490.00	2,266	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	331.88/cwt	331.00–335.00	2,141	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	432.00/cwt	432.00–432.00	2,017	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	542	375.86/cwt	375.00–380.00	2,037	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,712	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,190	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,580	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,030	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	459	430.50/cwt	430.50–430.50	1,976	17
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	510	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,346	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	375	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,631	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	716	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	2,621	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,176	12

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 25, 2026

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

Receipts 252Last week 181Year ago 127

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 53, Heifers 134, Bulls 65)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	470	475.00	475.00
1	600–650	630	360.00	360.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	460	495.00	495.00
1	500–550	510	460.00	460.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	450.00	450.00
5	450–500	469	500.00	500.00
5	550–600	559	435.00–437.00	436.20
6	600–650	640	389.00–390.00	389.33
6	650–700	676	383.00–389.00	386.96
1	850–900	875	327.00	327.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	470	475.00–490.00	482.18
4	500–550	541	442.00	442.00
8	550–600	562	439.00	439.00
4	600–650	640	383.00	383.00
4	700–750	716	366.00	366.00
1	800–850	810	327.00	327.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	357	430.00	430.00
2	400–450	448	425.00	425.00
3	500–550	527	335.00	335.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	375	435.00	435.00
17	450–500	459	430.50	430.50
13	500–550	548	379.00	379.00
2	600–650	638	320.00	320.00
2	650–700	658	320.00	320.00
1	700–750	720	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	354	430.00–445.00	442.46
7	400–450	441	431.00	431.00
1	450–500	450	447.00	447.00
13	500–550	535	371.00–375.50	374.80
8	600–650	641	323.00	323.00
2	650–700	660	350.00	350.00
4	700–750	724	302.00	302.00
1	750–800	750	257.00	257.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	355	445.00	445.00
2	400–450	428	400.00	400.00
11	450–500	467	432.00	432.00
17	500–550	542	375.00–380.00	375.86
9	600–650	645	331.00–335.00	331.88
2	700–750	718	305.00	305.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	450.00	450.00
1	400–450	410	415.00	415.00
1	450–500	480	445.00	445.00
5	600–650	632	220.00–354.00	327.91
1	750–800	750	285.00	285.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	480.00	480.00
5	400–450	423	480.00	480.00
2	450–500	483	450.00	450.00
5	500–550	508	422.00	422.00
6	550–600	559	385.00	385.00
3	600–650	610	380.00	380.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	365	430.00–495.00	471.55
5	400–450	421	460.00	460.00
3	450–500	483	425.00	425.00
12	550–600	558	390.00	390.00
5	650–700	657	360.00	360.00
5	700–750	747	305.00	305.00
1	800–850	805	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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