Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-06-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 19, Heifers 57, Bulls 31)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $365.97/cwt on 23 head, up $38.28 from the prior sale (only 19 head in that comparison). That ranks 17 of 30 comparable sales and sits +1.21 against this barn's trailing median of $364.76.

Average price

$365.97

▲ 38.28 vs prior sale

23 head · 528 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,934

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$366

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$49.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.18

vs VA average

−45.53 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	532	376.02	2,001	16thin
Medium and Large 2	533	355.00	1,892	4thin
Medium and Large 3	503	327.00	1,645	2thin
Small 1	500	327.00	1,635	1thin

One grade step is worth $49.02/cwt here — about $366 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

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 sale23 hd

365.97

—

VA average8 barns · 387 hd

375.15

−9.18

National average169 barns · 9,451 hd

411.50

−45.53

This barn, trailing median30 sales

364.76

+1.21

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

33 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	400–450	405	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,904	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	305	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,495	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	502	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,134	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	387.97/cwt	385.00–389.00	2,208	8
Bulls	Small 1	500–550	530	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	2,025	1
Bulls	Small 1	650–700	660	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,389	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,986	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,095	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,635	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	503	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,645	2
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	480	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,680	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	533	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,892	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	557	422.00/cwt	422.00–422.00	2,351	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,769	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,665	1
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	500	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,635	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,300	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,006	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,445	6
Steers	Small 1	600–650	605	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,329	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,979	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,313	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	413	472.00/cwt	472.00–472.00	1,949	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	334	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,620	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,883	5
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	380	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,292	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	377.02/cwt	375.00–378.00	2,002	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	512	416.65/cwt	397.00–427.00	2,133	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,995	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	332.45/cwt	330.00–335.00	2,094	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	368	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	1,479	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	323	427.00/cwt	427.00–427.00	1,379	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	453	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,699	2

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 17, 2026

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

Receipts 107Last week 188Year ago 262

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 19, Heifers 57, Bulls 31)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	305	490.00	490.00
1	400–450	405	470.00	470.00
5	500–550	502	425.00	425.00
8	550–600	569	385.00–389.00	387.97
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	530	382.00	382.00
1	650–700	660	362.00	362.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	334	485.00	485.00
3	400–450	413	472.00	472.00
3	500–550	512	397.00–427.00	416.65
1	600–650	625	370.00	370.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	325	400.00	400.00
7	450–500	475	420.00	420.00
15	500–550	531	375.00–378.00	377.02
1	550–600	550	361.00	361.00
8	600–650	630	330.00–335.00	332.45
2	700–750	710	295.00	295.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	323	427.00	427.00
2	450–500	453	375.00	375.00
2	500–550	503	327.00	327.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	340.00	340.00
1	450–500	480	350.00	350.00
1	500–550	500	327.00	327.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	368	402.00	402.00
5	450–500	465	405.00	405.00
4	500–550	533	355.00	355.00
1	600–650	625	321.00	321.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	450	370.00	370.00
6	550–600	562	435.00	435.00
3	650–700	667	395.00	395.00
1	700–750	710	390.00	390.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	435	455.00	455.00
5	550–600	557	422.00	422.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	605	385.00	385.00

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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