Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-04-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 50, Heifers 83, Bulls 47)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $384.89/cwt on 37 head, up $16.73 from the prior sale (only 11 head in that comparison). That ranks 29 of 31 comparable sales and sits +20.56 against this barn's trailing median of $364.33.

Average price

$384.89

▲ 16.73 vs prior sale

37 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,080

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$190

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$20.88/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.01

vs VA average

−37.28 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	544	390.88	2,125	16thin
Medium and Large 3	535	385.11	2,061	9thin
Medium and Large 1	546	379.00	2,069	9thin
Small 1	523	370.00	1,935	3thin

One grade step is worth $20.88/cwt here — about $190 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 sale37 hd

384.89

—

VA average9 barns · 539 hd

380.88

+4.01

National average167 barns · 11,519 hd

422.17

−37.28

This barn, trailing median31 sales

364.33

+20.56

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

44 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	500–550	520	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,236	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	438	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,993	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	448	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,971	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,222	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	490	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,475	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	438	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,168	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,325	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	850	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,848	1
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	493	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	2,007	2
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	523	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,935	3
Bulls	Small 1	500–550	541	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	2,121	5
Bulls	Small 1	350–400	375	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,913	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	585	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,165	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	529	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	2,047	8
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	470	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,904	1
Bulls	Small 1	600–650	623	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	2,349	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,163	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	502	422.00/cwt	422.00–422.00	2,118	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,216	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	2,488	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	343	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,852	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,418	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	358	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,718	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	505	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,298	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,850	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,132	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	2,279	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,802	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	300	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,560	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	533	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	2,089	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,771	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	552	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,153	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	497.12/cwt	475.00–505.00	2,322	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,466	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	695	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,606	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,722	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	439	424.91/cwt	400.00–437.00	1,865	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	327.00/cwt	319.00–360.00	2,044	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	589	452.46/cwt	450.00–475.00	2,665	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,925	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	546	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	2,069	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	445.42/cwt	440.00–450.00	2,080	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,989	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,635	3

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 22, 2026

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

Receipts 180Last week 124Year ago 213

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 50, Heifers 83, Bulls 47)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	340	530.00	530.00
1	350–400	385	460.00	460.00
3	400–450	410	520.00	520.00
1	500–550	520	430.00	430.00
1	550–600	560	407.00	407.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	510.00	510.00
2	450–500	493	407.00	407.00
5	500–550	541	392.00	392.00
2	600–650	623	377.00	377.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	343	540.00	540.00
10	400–450	420	515.00	515.00
8	500–550	502	422.00	422.00
4	550–600	561	395.00	395.00
3	650–700	660	377.00	377.00
1	750–800	780	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	520.00	520.00
10	400–450	438	455.00	455.00
7	500–550	533	392.00	392.00
9	550–600	552	390.00	390.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	358	480.00	480.00
6	400–450	448	440.00	440.00
8	500–550	529	387.00	387.00
1	550–600	585	370.00	370.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	470	405.00	405.00
3	500–550	523	370.00	370.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	500.00	500.00
3	400–450	439	400.00–437.00	424.91
17	450–500	467	440.00–450.00	445.42
9	500–550	546	379.00	379.00
5	600–650	625	319.00–360.00	327.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	500.00	500.00
2	450–500	465	500.00	500.00
1	500–550	505	440.00	440.00
2	550–600	573	475.00	475.00
1	650–700	695	375.00	375.00
1	850–900	850	335.00	335.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	438	495.00	495.00
1	450–500	490	505.00	505.00
1	500–550	505	455.00	455.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	510.00	510.00
7	450–500	467	475.00–505.00	497.12
8	500–550	536	460.00	460.00
19	550–600	589	450.00–475.00	452.46
3	600–650	620	425.00	425.00

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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