Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-05-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 36, Heifers 92, Bulls 66)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $360.55/cwt on 30 head, down $4.65 from the prior sale. That ranks 14 of 30 comparable sales and sits −4.22 against this barn's trailing median of $364.76.

Average price

$360.55

▼ 4.65 vs prior sale

30 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,954

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$241

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

$46.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−21.34

vs VA average

−46.89 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	374.17	2,057	12thin
Medium and Large 2	526	372.73	1,961	9thin
Small 1	500	350.00	1,750	1thin
Medium and Large 3	554	327.73	1,816	8thin

One grade step is worth $46.44/cwt here — about $241 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

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 sale30 hd

360.55

—

VA average3 barns · 172 hd

381.89

−21.34

National average128 barns · 4,974 hd

407.44

−46.89

This barn, trailing median30 sales

364.76

−4.22

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	800–850	825	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,310	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,046	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,117	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	436.78/cwt	420.00–440.00	2,127	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	2,085	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,247	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	420	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,911	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	546	468.00/cwt	468.00–468.00	2,555	11
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	360	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,746	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	468.67/cwt	465.00–470.00	2,165	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	643	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,701	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,310	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	365.05/cwt	355.00–385.00	2,672	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	445	403.99/cwt	402.00–405.00	1,798	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	590	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,626	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	437	441.84/cwt	365.00–465.00	1,931	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,495	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,645	1
Steers	Small 1	500–550	510	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,219	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	543	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,955	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	412.27/cwt	400.00–425.00	2,795	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,044	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	554	327.73/cwt	312.00–330.00	1,816	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	625	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,969	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,718	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	641	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,019	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,656	2
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	431	357.46/cwt	350.00–362.00	1,541	5
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	500	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,750	1
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	390	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,638	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	426.06/cwt	415.00–428.00	1,977	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	710	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,215	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	408.19/cwt	385.00–417.00	1,857	16
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	475	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,829	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	364	445.71/cwt	405.00–457.00	1,622	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	370	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,628	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	526	372.73/cwt	371.00–379.00	1,961	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	660	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,422	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	551	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	2,077	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	427.00/cwt	427.00–427.00	2,062	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	2,087	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,052	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	364	478.49/cwt	465.00–485.00	1,742	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 May 27, 2026

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

Receipts 194Last week 124Year ago 162

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 36, Heifers 92, Bulls 66)

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	440	465.00	465.00
6	450–500	487	420.00–440.00	436.78
9	550–600	553	377.00	377.00
9	600–650	633	355.00	355.00
2	700–750	730	290.00	290.00
1	800–850	825	280.00	280.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	364	465.00–485.00	478.49
18	400–450	423	485.00	485.00
9	450–500	483	427.00	427.00
2	550–600	555	376.00	376.00
2	650–700	660	367.00	367.00
1	700–750	710	312.00	312.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	385.00	385.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	360	485.00	485.00
1	400–450	420	455.00	455.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	462	465.00–470.00	468.67
11	500–550	546	468.00	468.00
1	550–600	590	445.00	445.00
2	600–650	643	420.00	420.00
2	650–700	678	400.00–425.00	412.27
3	700–750	732	355.00–385.00	365.05
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	460.00	460.00
4	400–450	437	365.00–465.00	441.84
1	500–550	525	440.00	440.00
1	600–650	645	410.00	410.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	510	435.00	435.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	370	440.00	440.00
6	400–450	445	402.00–405.00	403.99
8	550–600	554	312.00–330.00	327.73
3	600–650	625	315.00	315.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	368	450.00	450.00
12	450–500	464	415.00–428.00	426.06
2	500–550	543	360.00	360.00
10	550–600	551	377.00	377.00
4	600–650	641	315.00	315.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	364	405.00–457.00	445.71
1	400–450	435	395.00	395.00
16	450–500	455	385.00–417.00	408.19
9	500–550	526	371.00–379.00	372.73
1	650–700	670	305.00	305.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	420.00	420.00
5	400–450	431	350.00–362.00	357.46
1	500–550	500	350.00	350.00

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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