Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-06-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 108, Heifers 58, Bulls 22)

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $417.03/cwt on 37 head, down $44.97 from the prior sale (only 14 head in that comparison). That ranks 8 of 19 comparable sales and sits −5.65 against this barn's trailing median of $422.68.

Average price

$417.03

▼ 44.97 vs prior sale

37 head · 582 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,427

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$290

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

$50.18/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−40.28

vs VA average

−36.69 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	584	420.18	2,454	34
Medium and Large 2	545	387.00	2,109	2thin
Medium and Large 3	585	370.00	2,165	1thin

One grade step is worth $50.18/cwt here — about $290 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

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 sale37 hd

417.03

—

VA average7 barns · 442 hd

457.31

−40.28

National average163 barns · 9,671 hd

453.72

−36.69

This barn, trailing median19 sales

422.68

−5.65

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

38 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	550–600	570	355.13/cwt	350.00–360.00	2,024	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	400.91/cwt	375.00–410.00	2,065	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	644	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,222	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	486	410.77/cwt	397.00–420.00	1,996	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	400	440.00/cwt	430.00–450.00	1,760	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	386	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,795	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	643	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,251	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	426.48/cwt	420.00–440.00	2,017	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	2,109	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	591	419.73/cwt	406.00–427.00	2,481	31
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	2,502	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	585	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,165	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	766	388.31/cwt	370.00–391.00	2,974	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,072	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,664	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,760	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	424.81/cwt	395.00–440.00	2,179	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	655	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,227	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	419.00/cwt	419.00–419.00	2,837	39
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,412	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,470	1
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	585	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,755	1
Steers	Small 1	600–650	600	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,920	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	405.06/cwt	402.00–410.00	2,556	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	353	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,165	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	645	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,774	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	563	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,689	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	450	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,575	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	340	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,122	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	715	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,931	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	345.12/cwt	300.00–352.00	1,957	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	457	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,714	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	639	303.29/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,938	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	322.89/cwt	302.00–327.00	1,995	6
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	460	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,242	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	1,605	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,063	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,706	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 Jun 10, 2026

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

Receipts 188Last week 198Year ago 217

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 108, Heifers 58, Bulls 22)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	515	375.00–410.00	400.91
2	550–600	570	350.00–360.00	355.13
4	600–650	644	345.00	345.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	386	465.00	465.00
2	400–450	400	430.00–450.00	440.00
5	450–500	486	397.00–420.00	410.77
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	473	420.00–440.00	426.48
2	500–550	545	387.00	387.00
4	600–650	643	350.00	350.00
1	650–700	655	382.00	382.00
1	700–750	720	335.00	335.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	471	440.00	440.00
3	500–550	513	395.00–440.00	424.81
31	550–600	591	406.00–427.00	419.73
8	600–650	631	402.00–410.00	405.06
39	650–700	677	419.00	419.00
8	750–800	766	370.00–391.00	388.31
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	585	370.00	370.00
1	650–700	655	340.00	340.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	600	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	417.00	417.00
1	400–450	420	350.00	350.00
9	450–500	457	375.00	375.00
1	500–550	520	320.00	320.00
5	550–600	550	320.00	320.00
3	600–650	639	300.00–310.00	303.29
1	700–750	715	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	460	270.00	270.00
1	550–600	585	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	330.00	330.00
2	350–400	353	330.00	330.00
7	450–500	450	350.00	350.00
3	550–600	563	300.00	300.00
2	600–650	645	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	455	375.00	375.00
9	550–600	567	300.00–352.00	345.12
6	600–650	618	302.00–327.00	322.89
1	750–800	750	275.00	275.00

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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