Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-04-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 37, Heifers 54, Bulls 68)

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $440.10/cwt on 14 head, up $44.45 from the prior sale. That ranks 23 of 23 comparable sales and sits +63.80 against this barn's trailing median of $376.30.

Average price

$440.10

▲ 44.45 vs prior sale

14 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,401

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$98

per head · Small 1 over Medium and Large 1

$32.29/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.16

vs VA average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Small 1	500	465.00	2,325	2thin
Medium and Large 2	533	445.67	2,375	3thin
Medium and Large 1	560	432.71	2,423	9thin

One grade step is worth $32.29/cwt here — about −$98 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

23 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $440.10, low $329.37, median $376.30 across 23 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 sale14 hd

440.10

—

VA average8 barns · 158 hd

432.94

+7.16

This barn, trailing median23 sales

376.30

+63.80

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

47 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 3	600–650	605	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,239	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	436	452.48/cwt	400.00–465.00	1,973	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	482.00/cwt	482.00–482.00	2,314	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	2,231	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	354	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,982	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,541	1
Bulls	Small 1	500–550	500	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,325	2
Bulls	Small 1	350–400	375	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,556	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	448	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,285	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,772	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	613	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,023	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	350	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,925	1
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	485	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,086	1
Bulls	Small 1	600–650	643	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,283	2
Steers	Small 1	450–500	455	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,184	1
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	585	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,989	1
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	438	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,015	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	465	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,116	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	357	517.00/cwt	517.00–517.00	1,846	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	470.81/cwt	435.00–475.00	2,250	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	747	334.26/cwt	317.00–340.00	2,497	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	875	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,494	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,652	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,600	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	408	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,020	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,158	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	325.91/cwt	320.00–357.00	2,040	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,044	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	438	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,102	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	405.88/cwt	365.00–411.00	2,553	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1100–1150	1,133	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	3,127	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	432.71/cwt	375.00–440.00	2,423	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	800	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,560	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	638	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	2,597	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	533	445.67/cwt	445.00–446.00	2,375	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	443.43/cwt	435.00–445.00	2,120	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,657	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	800	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,000	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	437	495.26/cwt	485.00–505.00	2,164	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,916	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	409	507.00/cwt	507.00–507.00	2,074	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	654	418.75/cwt	415.00–420.00	2,739	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,633	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,787	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	1,885	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	507	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,180	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	2,109	2

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 8, 2026

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

Receipts 159Last week 218Year ago 145

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 37, Heifers 54, Bulls 68)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	357	517.00	517.00
5	400–450	436	400.00–465.00	452.48
1	450–500	465	455.00	455.00
1	600–650	605	370.00	370.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	405.00	405.00
8	400–450	438	480.00	480.00
4	500–550	535	417.00	417.00
3	600–650	613	330.00	330.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	430.00	430.00
1	550–600	585	340.00	340.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	485.00	485.00
6	450–500	478	435.00–445.00	443.43
3	500–550	507	430.00	430.00
5	550–600	559	386.00	386.00
6	600–650	626	320.00–357.00	325.91
1	800–850	800	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	354	560.00	560.00
4	400–450	409	507.00	507.00
4	450–500	480	482.00	482.00
3	500–550	533	445.00–446.00	445.67
2	600–650	638	407.00	407.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	415.00	415.00
2	400–450	438	460.00	460.00
2	500–550	500	465.00	465.00
2	600–650	643	355.00	355.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	408	495.00	495.00
9	450–500	478	435.00–475.00	470.81
9	550–600	560	375.00–440.00	432.71
9	600–650	629	365.00–411.00	405.88
1	650–700	680	390.00	390.00
4	700–750	747	317.00–340.00	334.26
1	850–900	875	285.00	285.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	560.00	560.00
2	400–450	448	510.00	510.00
1	550–600	560	495.00	495.00
1	600–650	605	420.00	420.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	550.00	550.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	455	480.00	480.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	580.00	580.00
2	350–400	380	555.00	555.00
4	400–450	437	485.00–505.00	495.26
6	500–550	532	495.00	495.00
2	550–600	563	495.00	495.00
4	650–700	654	415.00–420.00	418.75
2	700–750	728	365.00	365.00
1	800–850	800	320.00	320.00
8	1100–1150	1,133	276.00	276.00

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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