Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-04-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 28, Heifers 50, Bulls 42)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $381.67/cwt on 18 head, down $3.23 from the prior sale. That ranks 27 of 30 comparable sales and sits +16.90 against this barn's trailing median of $364.76.

Average price

$381.67

▼ 3.23 vs prior sale

18 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,051

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$66

per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 1

$6.88/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.05

vs VA average

−42.40 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	539	385.00	2,075	5thin
Medium and Large 2	545	384.00	2,093	5thin
Medium and Large 1	531	378.13	2,009	8thin

One grade step is worth $6.88/cwt here — about $66 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale18 hd

381.67

—

VA average7 barns · 466 hd

393.72

−12.05

National average166 barns · 11,250 hd

424.07

−42.40

This barn, trailing median30 sales

364.76

+16.90

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

41 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 1	600–650	615	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,196	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,195	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	414	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,029	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	2,414	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	435.90/cwt	402.00–445.00	2,223	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,131	2
Steers	Small 1	700–750	730	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,665	1
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	435	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,066	1
Steers	Small 1	600–650	635	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,635	1
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	480	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,112	1
Bulls	Small 1	500–550	513	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,309	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	375	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,025	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	470	411.40/cwt	410.00–417.00	1,934	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	600	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,520	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	620	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,860	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,511	2
Bulls	Small 1	600–650	605	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,906	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	603	423.01/cwt	422.00–425.00	2,551	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	439	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,151	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	539	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,075	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	460	477.58/cwt	475.00–485.00	2,197	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	442.00/cwt	442.00–442.00	2,033	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	503	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,289	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,006	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	2,093	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	643	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,122	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	363	531.33/cwt	530.00–535.00	1,929	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,106	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,232	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	527	411.77/cwt	402.00–422.00	2,170	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	350	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,820	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,094	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,014	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	590	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,947	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	653	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,253	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,613	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,304	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,111	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,260	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,720	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	850–900	860	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,322	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 29, 2026

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

Receipts 120Last week 180Year ago 125

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 28, Heifers 50, Bulls 42)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	414	490.00	490.00
10	500–550	510	402.00–445.00	435.90
1	600–650	615	357.00	357.00
4	650–700	665	363.00	363.00
1	750–800	770	285.00	285.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	475.00	475.00
2	500–550	513	450.00	450.00
1	600–650	605	315.00	315.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	363	530.00–535.00	531.33
3	400–450	418	480.00	480.00
8	500–550	527	402.00–422.00	411.77
2	650–700	653	345.00	345.00
1	850–900	860	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	540.00	540.00
4	450–500	476	440.00	440.00
7	500–550	523	385.00	385.00
1	550–600	590	330.00	330.00
4	600–650	621	340.00	340.00
2	650–700	655	345.00	345.00
2	750–800	775	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	480	440.00	440.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	470	410.00–417.00	411.40
5	500–550	539	385.00	385.00
1	600–650	620	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	350	520.00	520.00
7	450–500	460	442.00	442.00
5	500–550	545	384.00	384.00
2	600–650	643	330.00	330.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	635	415.00	415.00
1	700–750	730	365.00	365.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	540.00	540.00
4	450–500	460	475.00–485.00	477.58
2	500–550	503	455.00	455.00
1	600–650	600	420.00	420.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	439	490.00	490.00
2	450–500	465	480.00	480.00
2	500–550	540	465.00	465.00
3	600–650	603	422.00–425.00	423.01
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	485.00	485.00
5	550–600	562	465.00	465.00
1	650–700	680	400.00	400.00

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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