Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-06-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 41, Heifers 83, Bulls 74)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $331.21/cwt on 24 head, down $29.34 from the prior sale. That ranks 6 of 31 comparable sales and sits −33.12 against this barn's trailing median of $364.33.

Average price

$331.21

▼ 29.34 vs prior sale

24 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,821

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$572

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$100.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−47.26

vs VA average

−73.55 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	350.20	1,947	10thin
Medium and Large 2	560	347.00	1,943	3thin
Medium and Large 3	538	332.00	1,786	8thin
Small 1	550	250.00	1,375	3thin

One grade step is worth $100.20/cwt here — about $572 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 sale24 hd

331.21

—

VA average7 barns · 476 hd

378.47

−47.26

National average170 barns · 11,904 hd

404.76

−73.55

This barn, trailing median31 sales

364.33

−33.12

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

47 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	850–900	890	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,448	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,627	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	758	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,577	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	342	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,642	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	380.70/cwt	370.00–382.00	2,429	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	380.78/cwt	375.00–395.00	2,125	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,401	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,718	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,813	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,572	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,270	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	709	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,765	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,741	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,064	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	537	426.77/cwt	420.00–430.00	2,292	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	1,771	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	525	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,205	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	630	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,701	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,943	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,588	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	350.20/cwt	350.00–352.00	1,947	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,025	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,581	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	302.95/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,881	5
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	550	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,375	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,109	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	2,011	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	344	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,376	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	538	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,786	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	745	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,198	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	456	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,687	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	438	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,542	4
Heifers	Small 1	600–650	632	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,751	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,325	1
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	481	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,539	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	439	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,910	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	495	396.67/cwt	370.00–410.00	1,964	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	419	459.24/cwt	430.00–475.00	1,924	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,146	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,510	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	371	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,484	10
Bulls	Small 1	700–750	700	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,485	1
Bulls	Small 1	750–800	755	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,378	2
Bulls	Small 1	350–400	380	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,482	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	378.49/cwt	377.00–380.00	2,498	6
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	465	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,721	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	501	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,054	8

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 Jun 3, 2026

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

Receipts 198Last week 194Year ago 263

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 41, Heifers 83, Bulls 74)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	342	480.00	480.00
5	400–450	439	435.00	435.00
9	450–500	495	370.00–410.00	396.67
16	550–600	558	375.00–395.00	380.78
9	600–650	638	370.00–382.00	380.70
6	650–700	660	377.00–380.00	378.49
2	700–750	710	370.00	370.00
2	750–800	758	340.00	340.00
1	850–900	890	275.00	275.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	419	430.00–475.00	459.24
1	450–500	495	305.00	305.00
8	500–550	501	410.00	410.00
3	550–600	580	370.00	370.00
1	600–650	620	375.00	375.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	390.00	390.00
1	450–500	465	370.00	370.00
1	700–750	700	355.00	355.00
2	750–800	755	315.00	315.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	490.00	490.00
1	450–500	480	430.00	430.00
3	500–550	537	420.00–430.00	426.77
1	550–600	565	425.00	425.00
8	600–650	622	415.00	415.00
20	700–750	709	390.00	390.00
2	750–800	755	360.00	360.00
1	850–900	870	315.00	315.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	510	445.00	445.00
1	600–650	635	405.00	405.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	525	420.00	420.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	378	420.00	420.00
6	450–500	471	376.00	376.00
10	550–600	556	350.00–352.00	350.20
5	600–650	621	300.00–315.00	302.95
1	700–750	715	295.00	295.00
1	750–800	750	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	344	400.00	400.00
4	400–450	438	352.00	352.00
8	500–550	538	332.00	332.00
2	600–650	630	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	371	400.00	400.00
10	450–500	456	370.00	370.00
3	550–600	560	347.00	347.00
3	650–700	655	307.00	307.00
1	700–750	745	295.00	295.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	481	320.00	320.00
3	550–600	550	250.00	250.00
3	600–650	632	277.00	277.00

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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