Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-04-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 40, Heifers 96, Bulls 82)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $376.25/cwt on 31 head, up $2.46 from the prior sale. That ranks 27 of 31 comparable sales and sits +11.92 against this barn's trailing median of $364.33.

Average price

$376.25

▲ 2.46 vs prior sale

31 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,039

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$166

per head · Medium and Large 3 over Small 1

$60.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.58

vs VA average

−46.94 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	510	420.00	2,142	1thin
Medium and Large 2	541	378.24	2,047	15thin
Medium and Large 1	543	375.46	2,040	11thin
Small 1	549	360.00	1,976	4thin

One grade step is worth $60.00/cwt here — about $166 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

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 sale31 hd

376.25

—

VA average7 barns · 359 hd

386.83

−10.58

National average175 barns · 10,886 hd

423.19

−46.94

This barn, trailing median31 sales

364.33

+11.92

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

55 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 2	550–600	580	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,465	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	336	547.00/cwt	547.00–547.00	1,838	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,552	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,892	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	560	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,380	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	533	394.50/cwt	300.00–440.00	2,103	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	457.00/cwt	457.00–457.00	2,673	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	462	497.00/cwt	497.00–497.00	2,296	3
Bulls	Small 1	650–700	688	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,339	2
Bulls	Small 1	500–550	500	457.00/cwt	457.00–457.00	2,285	1
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	484	445.50/cwt	410.00–450.00	2,156	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	510	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,142	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,403	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	448	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	1,846	8
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	368	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,656	2
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	418	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,860	2
Bulls	Small 1	700–750	725	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	2,190	1
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	417	457.00/cwt	457.00–457.00	1,906	9
Bulls	Small 1	350–400	351	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,860	6
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	560	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,492	3
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	549	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,976	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	720	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,642	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	465	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,790	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	434	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	1,766	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	310	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,597	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	395	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,462	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	468	492.00/cwt	492.00–492.00	2,303	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,574	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,934	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,065	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	409.00/cwt	409.00–409.00	2,609	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	472.00/cwt	472.00–472.00	2,549	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	693	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,599	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	652	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,054	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,349	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	438.00/cwt	375.00–455.00	2,120	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,548	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,763	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	762	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	2,042	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	362	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,919	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	648	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,119	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	462.00/cwt	462.00–462.00	1,663	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	457.00/cwt	457.00–457.00	1,691	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,268	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,200	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,000	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,351	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	416	469.81/cwt	430.00–487.00	1,954	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,117	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	539	376.76/cwt	375.00–377.00	2,031	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	469.87/cwt	440.00–475.00	1,903	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	536	377.80/cwt	370.00–383.00	2,025	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	562	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,136	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	336	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,579	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,299	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 Apr 1, 2026

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

Receipts 218Last week 252Year ago 246

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 40, Heifers 96, Bulls 82)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	336	547.00	547.00
10	400–450	416	430.00–487.00	469.81
4	450–500	495	475.00	475.00
3	500–550	533	300.00–440.00	394.50
1	550–600	580	425.00	425.00
1	600–650	605	380.00	380.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	351	530.00	530.00
9	400–450	417	457.00	457.00
9	450–500	484	410.00–450.00	445.50
1	500–550	500	457.00	457.00
3	550–600	560	445.00	445.00
2	650–700	688	340.00	340.00
1	700–750	725	302.00	302.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	362	530.00	530.00
7	400–450	405	440.00–475.00	469.87
6	450–500	484	375.00–455.00	438.00
1	500–550	540	420.00	420.00
2	600–650	610	385.00	385.00
2	700–750	730	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	462	497.00	497.00
1	550–600	585	457.00	457.00
2	600–650	615	415.00	415.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	515.00	515.00
2	450–500	468	492.00	492.00
1	550–600	560	425.00	425.00
1	700–750	720	367.00	367.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	468	470.00	470.00
3	500–550	540	472.00	472.00
10	550–600	560	455.00	455.00
7	600–650	638	409.00	409.00
2	650–700	693	375.00	375.00
1	700–750	715	360.00	360.00
1	800–850	820	337.00	337.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	425.00	425.00
7	350–400	360	462.00	462.00
8	400–450	448	412.00	412.00
1	450–500	485	390.00	390.00
12	500–550	536	370.00–383.00	377.80
3	550–600	562	380.00	380.00
4	600–650	635	315.00	315.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	336	470.00	470.00
1	350–400	395	370.00	370.00
8	400–450	434	407.00	407.00
1	450–500	465	385.00	385.00
1	500–550	510	420.00	420.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	368	450.00	450.00
2	400–450	418	445.00	445.00
4	500–550	549	360.00	360.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	457.00	457.00
5	450–500	455	425.00	425.00
8	500–550	539	375.00–377.00	376.76
3	550–600	555	372.00	372.00
2	600–650	648	327.00	327.00
3	650–700	652	315.00	315.00
6	750–800	762	268.00	268.00

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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