Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-05-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 11, Heifers 69, Bulls 44)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $365.20/cwt on 21 head, up $6.60 from the prior sale. That ranks 17 of 31 comparable sales and sits +0.87 against this barn's trailing median of $364.33.

Average price

$365.20

▲ 6.60 vs prior sale

21 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,971

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$316

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$64.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−28.81

vs VA average

−53.06 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	536	384.35	2,060	9thin
Medium and Large 2	540	373.33	2,017	3thin
Medium and Large 3	543	350.00	1,901	7thin
Small 1	545	320.00	1,744	2thin

One grade step is worth $64.35/cwt here — about $316 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale21 hd

365.20

—

VA average7 barns · 458 hd

394.01

−28.81

National average175 barns · 12,602 hd

418.26

−53.06

This barn, trailing median31 sales

364.33

+0.87

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

43 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	500–550	500	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,075	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,337	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	454.97/cwt	450.00–460.00	1,925	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,404	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	281.61/cwt	260.00–365.00	1,628	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	738	330.98/cwt	330.00–335.00	2,443	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,035	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	423	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	1,722	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	735	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,403	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,303	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	605	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,299	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,365	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,672	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,091	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	448	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,904	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	320	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,280	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	284.90/cwt	280.00–290.00	2,066	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	648	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,957	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,551	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,142	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	543	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,901	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,064	5
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	545	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,744	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	384.35/cwt	380.00–400.00	2,060	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	400	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,500	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,913	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,911	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	439	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,844	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,980	2
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	468	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,685	2
Heifers	Small 1	650–700	662	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,854	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,686	1
Heifers	Small 1	700–750	705	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,974	1
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	486	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,701	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	493	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,145	6
Bulls	Small 1	600–650	600	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,980	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,223	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,913	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	700	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,925	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,982	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	493	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	2,031	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	728	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,330	2
Bulls	Small 1	700–750	715	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	2,195	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 20, 2026

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

Receipts 124Last week 347Year ago 85

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 11, Heifers 69, Bulls 44)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	423	450.00–460.00	454.97
6	450–500	493	435.00	435.00
1	500–550	500	415.00	415.00
5	550–600	578	260.00–365.00	281.61
1	600–650	615	380.00	380.00
3	650–700	655	367.00	367.00
5	700–750	738	330.00–335.00	330.98
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	475.00	475.00
2	400–450	425	450.00	450.00
7	450–500	493	412.00	412.00
2	500–550	540	367.00	367.00
1	650–700	650	342.00	342.00
2	700–750	728	320.00	320.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	486	350.00	350.00
1	600–650	600	330.00	330.00
1	700–750	715	307.00	307.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	433	470.00	470.00
2	550–600	550	430.00	430.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	448	425.00	425.00
1	600–650	605	380.00	380.00
1	700–750	735	327.00	327.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	440.00	440.00
1	450–500	490	470.00	470.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	400.00	400.00
3	400–450	423	407.00	407.00
7	500–550	543	350.00	350.00
3	600–650	648	302.00	302.00
1	700–750	700	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	439	420.00	420.00
1	450–500	450	425.00	425.00
2	500–550	528	375.00	375.00
1	550–600	565	370.00	370.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	425.00	425.00
1	400–450	400	375.00	375.00
8	450–500	455	420.00	420.00
9	500–550	536	380.00–400.00	384.35
5	600–650	635	325.00	325.00
1	650–700	680	315.00	315.00
2	700–750	725	280.00–290.00	284.90
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	468	360.00	360.00
2	500–550	545	320.00	320.00
3	650–700	662	280.00	280.00
1	700–750	705	280.00	280.00

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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