Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-05-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 233, Heifers 67, Bulls 47)

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $480.36/cwt on 84 head, up $24.82 from the prior sale. That ranks 19 of 19 comparable sales and sits +57.68 against this barn's trailing median of $422.68.

Average price

$480.36

▲ 24.82 vs prior sale

84 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,641

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$175

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

$5.49/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.40

vs VA average

+6.66 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	480.49	2,645	82
Medium and Large 2	520	475.00	2,470	2thin

One grade step is worth $5.49/cwt here — about $175 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

19 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $480.36, low $371.45, median $422.68 across 19 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 sale84 hd

480.36

—

VA average8 barns · 831 hd

477.96

+2.40

National average167 barns · 12,191 hd

473.70

+6.66

This barn, trailing median19 sales

422.68

+57.68

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

42 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	750–800	755	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,227	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,751	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	507	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,053	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	369.36/cwt	345.00–375.00	2,357	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,224	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	340	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,377	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	473	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,129	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	543	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	2,031	4
Bulls	Small 1	650–700	665	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,228	2
Steers	Small 1	600–650	605	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,420	1
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	575	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,150	1
Steers	Small 1	450–500	455	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,025	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,107	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	571	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,313	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	600	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,890	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	545	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,744	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	441	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,852	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	380	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,653	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,470	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	1,964	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	358	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,522	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,819	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	347	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,822	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	437	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,032	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	337	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,736	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	531.07/cwt	525.00–532.00	1,901	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	424	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,950	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	489	422.00/cwt	422.00–422.00	2,064	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	643	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,058	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	745	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,533	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	711	391.97/cwt	380.00–393.00	2,787	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,736	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	648	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,171	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	453	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,948	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,083	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	633	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,469	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	483.18/cwt	475.00–485.00	2,600	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	491.95/cwt	480.00–495.00	2,342	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,121	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,675	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,559	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,135	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 May 13, 2026

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

Receipts 347Last week 154Year ago 92

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 233, Heifers 67, Bulls 47)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	422	415.00	415.00
5	500–550	507	405.00	405.00
7	550–600	556	400.00	400.00
5	600–650	638	345.00–375.00	369.36
2	750–800	755	295.00	295.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	665	335.00	335.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	337	515.00	515.00
7	400–450	424	460.00	460.00
7	450–500	489	422.00	422.00
4	550–600	571	405.00	405.00
2	600–650	633	390.00	390.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	405.00	405.00
7	400–450	441	420.00	420.00
2	500–550	545	320.00	320.00
1	600–650	600	315.00	315.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	358	425.00	425.00
11	400–450	428	425.00	425.00
4	500–550	543	374.00	374.00
3	600–650	643	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	575	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	405.00	405.00
9	450–500	453	430.00	430.00
3	500–550	528	372.00	372.00
10	550–600	560	372.00	372.00
4	600–650	648	335.00	335.00
1	700–750	700	305.00	305.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	435.00	435.00
3	450–500	473	450.00	450.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	455	445.00	445.00
1	600–650	605	400.00	400.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	347	525.00	525.00
6	400–450	437	465.00	465.00
1	450–500	490	430.00	430.00
2	500–550	520	475.00	475.00
1	700–750	745	340.00	340.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	358	525.00–532.00	531.07
15	400–450	420	505.00	505.00
62	450–500	476	480.00–495.00	491.95
55	500–550	538	475.00–485.00	483.18
27	550–600	576	475.00	475.00
17	600–650	622	430.00	430.00
26	700–750	711	380.00–393.00	391.97

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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