Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-05-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 23, Heifers 62, Bulls 69)

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $421.67/cwt on 15 head, down $5.99 from the prior sale. That ranks 20 of 24 comparable sales and sits +46.96 against this barn's trailing median of $374.71.

Average price

$421.67

▼ 5.99 vs prior sale

15 head · 533 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,249

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$33

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1

$37.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.28

vs VA average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	525	437.50	2,297	2thin
Small 1	515	431.25	2,222	8thin
Medium and Large 1	566	400.00	2,264	5thin

One grade step is worth $37.50/cwt here — about $33 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

24 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $440.10, low $329.37, median $374.71 across 24 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 sale15 hd

421.67

—

VA average8 barns · 214 hd

426.95

−5.28

This barn, trailing median24 sales

374.71

+46.96

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
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	600	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,400	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,228	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	544	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,007	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	486	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,871	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	650	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,015	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	334	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	1,854	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	492.24/cwt	460.00–500.00	2,082	5
Bulls	Small 1	800–850	830	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,283	1
Bulls	Small 1	500–550	502	442.00/cwt	442.00–442.00	2,219	6
Bulls	Small 1	750–800	754	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,451	5
Steers	Small 1	450–500	470	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,092	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,054	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,213	2
Bulls	Small 1	650–700	658	321.27/cwt	260.00–342.00	2,114	4
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	555	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	2,214	2
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	375	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,725	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	639	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,332	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	494	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,223	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,545	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,264	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	853	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	2,448	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,066	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	965	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,606	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	633	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,121	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	475	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,256	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	362	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,756	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,294	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	958	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,299	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,813	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,350	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	1,991	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	358	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,718	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,310	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,003	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	537	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,041	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	358	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,969	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	446	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,918	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	709	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,340	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	333.77/cwt	330.00–335.00	2,089	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,063	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,421	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,584	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,989	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,000	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	651	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,669	6

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 May 6, 2026

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

Receipts 154Last week 120Year ago 226

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 23, Heifers 62, Bulls 69)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	480.00	480.00
3	350–400	358	550.00	550.00
1	400–450	410	485.00	485.00
1	500–550	525	440.00	440.00
1	600–650	600	400.00	400.00
1	950–1000	965	270.00	270.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	470	445.00	445.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	475.00	475.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	550.00	550.00
4	400–450	430	465.00	465.00
2	500–550	538	450.00	450.00
6	650–700	651	410.00	410.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	334	555.00	555.00
5	400–450	423	460.00–500.00	492.24
3	450–500	483	475.00	475.00
1	500–550	500	470.00	470.00
1	550–600	550	405.00	405.00
2	600–650	620	357.00	357.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	502	442.00	442.00
2	550–600	555	399.00	399.00
4	650–700	658	260.00–342.00	321.27
5	750–800	754	325.00	325.00
1	800–850	830	275.00	275.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	435	475.00	475.00
9	450–500	494	450.00	450.00
5	550–600	566	400.00	400.00
9	600–650	639	365.00	365.00
5	700–750	717	355.00	355.00
2	850–900	853	287.00	287.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	362	485.00	485.00
4	450–500	486	385.00	385.00
5	500–550	544	369.00	369.00
2	650–700	650	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	358	480.00	480.00
6	400–450	446	430.00	430.00
2	500–550	528	377.00	377.00
3	550–600	555	370.00	370.00
3	600–650	633	335.00	335.00
11	700–750	709	330.00	330.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	460.00	460.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	490.00	490.00
3	450–500	450	445.00	445.00
5	500–550	537	380.00	380.00
4	600–650	626	330.00–335.00	333.77
4	950–1000	958	240.00	240.00

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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