Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-04-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 36, Heifers 50, Bulls 38)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $368.16/cwt on 11 head, down $33.99 from the prior sale (only 13 head in that comparison). That ranks 21 of 31 comparable sales and sits +3.83 against this barn's trailing median of $364.33.

Average price

$368.16

▼ 33.99 vs prior sale

11 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,002

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$527

per head · Medium and Large 3 over Small 1

$85.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−33.59

vs VA average

−59.23 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	542	385.00	2,087	3thin
Medium and Large 2	513	380.00	1,949	3thin
Medium and Large 1	574	363.70	2,088	4thin
Small 1	520	300.00	1,560	1thin

One grade step is worth $85.00/cwt here — about $527 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

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 sale11 hd

368.16

—

VA average11 barns · 769 hd

401.75

−33.59

National average182 barns · 12,591 hd

427.39

−59.23

This barn, trailing median31 sales

364.33

+3.83

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	450–500	471	424.14/cwt	385.00–440.00	1,998	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,589	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	442	528.21/cwt	520.00–545.00	2,335	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	542	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,087	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	523	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,510	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	450	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,823	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	413	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,024	4
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	478	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,199	2
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	462	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,525	3
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	520	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,560	1
Steers	Small 1	650–700	650	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	2,464	2
Steers	Small 1	550–600	560	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,576	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	333	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	1,948	3
Bulls	Small 1	650–700	680	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,448	1
Bulls	Small 1	500–550	545	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,289	1
Bulls	Small 1	350–400	390	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,911	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,125	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	491	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,308	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,492	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,009	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	758	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,312	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	548	418.00/cwt	418.00–418.00	2,291	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,397	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	490	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,475	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	350	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,838	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	448	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,814	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,663	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,491	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	558	420.77/cwt	415.00–422.00	2,348	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	648	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,112	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,781	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	563	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,646	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	634	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,726	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	899	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,472	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,760	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	513	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,949	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,843	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,502	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	350	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,838	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,633	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	970	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,862	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	441	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,985	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,812	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,088	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	363.70/cwt	350.00–375.00	2,088	4

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 15, 2026

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

Receipts 124Last week 159Year ago 213

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 36, Heifers 50, Bulls 38)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	323	515.00	515.00
2	350–400	365	505.00	505.00
2	400–450	448	405.00	405.00
11	450–500	471	385.00–440.00	424.14
3	500–550	513	380.00	380.00
3	600–650	648	326.00	326.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	525.00	525.00
2	450–500	450	405.00	405.00
3	500–550	542	385.00	385.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	462	330.00	330.00
1	500–550	520	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	525.00	525.00
5	400–450	441	450.00	450.00
1	450–500	480	435.00	435.00
4	550–600	574	350.00–375.00	363.70
4	850–900	899	275.00	275.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	550.00	550.00
3	400–450	442	520.00–545.00	528.21
3	500–550	545	475.00	475.00
5	550–600	563	470.00	470.00
6	600–650	634	430.00	430.00
1	650–700	670	415.00	415.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	505.00	505.00
2	500–550	523	480.00	480.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	560	460.00	460.00
2	650–700	650	379.00	379.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	500.00	500.00
2	500–550	538	465.00	465.00
3	600–650	627	420.00	420.00
1	700–750	740	380.00	380.00
4	950–1000	970	295.00	295.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	333	585.00	585.00
4	400–450	413	490.00	490.00
3	500–550	510	470.00	470.00
6	550–600	558	415.00–422.00	420.77
1	600–650	615	405.00	405.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	490.00	490.00
2	450–500	478	460.00	460.00
1	500–550	545	420.00	420.00
1	650–700	680	360.00	360.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	410	490.00	490.00
6	450–500	491	470.00	470.00
2	500–550	548	418.00	418.00
3	600–650	623	400.00	400.00
2	750–800	758	305.00	305.00

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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