Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-06-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 40, Heifers 209, Bulls 35)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $395.57/cwt on 77 head, up $29.60 from the prior sale. That ranks 30 of 31 comparable sales and sits +31.24 against this barn's trailing median of $364.33.

Average price

$395.57

▲ 29.60 vs prior sale

77 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,154

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$86

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$28.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.17

vs VA average

−20.26 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	398.75	2,176	67
Medium and Large 2	527	377.00	1,987	6thin
Medium and Large 3	548	370.00	2,028	3thin
Small 1	565	370.00	2,091	1thin

One grade step is worth $28.75/cwt here — about $86 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

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 sale77 hd

395.57

—

VA average8 barns · 535 hd

385.40

+10.17

National average161 barns · 8,493 hd

415.83

−20.26

This barn, trailing median31 sales

364.33

+31.24

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

44 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	350–400	360	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,638	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,232	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	447.50/cwt	440.00–455.00	1,880	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,254	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	423.81/cwt	380.00–435.00	2,416	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	648	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,501	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	420.70/cwt	410.00–425.00	2,802	13
Steers	Small 1	500–550	540	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,349	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	370	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,739	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,572	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	448	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,173	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,913	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,528	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	546	443.64/cwt	405.00–450.00	2,422	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	706	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	2,676	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	420.73/cwt	375.00–424.00	2,015	15
Steers	Small 1	650–700	655	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,686	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,772	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	548	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,028	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	376.35/cwt	340.00–395.00	2,348	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	400.64/cwt	350.00–407.50	2,127	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,512	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	487.00/cwt	487.00–487.00	2,109	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,888	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,640	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	800	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,568	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	429.27/cwt	370.00–445.00	1,816	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	450.30/cwt	365.00–462.00	1,680	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	393.99/cwt	375.00–395.00	2,297	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	380	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,558	1
Heifers	Small 1	600–650	643	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,090	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	384.92/cwt	381.50–395.00	2,598	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,104	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	432.43/cwt	425.00–435.00	2,443	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	458	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,924	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	527	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	1,987	6
Bulls	Small 1	600–650	615	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,030	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	448	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	1,796	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	494	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,223	5
Bulls	Small 1	500–550	505	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,197	3
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	447	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,654	3
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	565	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,091	1
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	560	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,436	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,573	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 Jun 24, 2026

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

Receipts 284Last week 107Year ago 63

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 40, Heifers 209, Bulls 35)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	455.00	455.00
2	400–450	420	440.00–455.00	447.50
3	450–500	490	460.00	460.00
5	550–600	570	380.00–435.00	423.81
5	600–650	648	386.00	386.00
1	700–750	720	310.00	310.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	425.00	425.00
2	400–450	425	495.00	495.00
5	450–500	494	450.00	450.00
4	550–600	565	425.00–435.00	432.43
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	505	435.00	435.00
2	550–600	560	435.00	435.00
1	600–650	615	330.00	330.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	510.00	510.00
5	400–450	448	485.00	485.00
7	500–550	546	405.00–450.00	443.64
2	550–600	568	445.00	445.00
13	650–700	666	410.00–425.00	420.70
1	700–750	720	385.00	385.00
1	800–850	825	350.00	350.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	540	435.00	435.00
1	650–700	655	410.00	410.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	370	470.00	470.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	433	487.00	487.00
3	550–600	578	445.00	445.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	420.00	420.00
15	450–500	479	375.00–424.00	420.73
48	500–550	531	350.00–407.50	400.64
19	550–600	583	375.00–395.00	393.99
22	600–650	624	340.00–395.00	376.35
27	650–700	675	381.50–395.00	384.92
23	700–750	706	379.00	379.00
1	750–800	750	352.00	352.00
3	800–850	800	321.00	321.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	410.00	410.00
13	400–450	448	401.00	401.00
3	500–550	548	370.00	370.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	373	365.00–462.00	450.30
7	400–450	423	370.00–445.00	429.27
6	450–500	458	420.00	420.00
6	500–550	527	377.00	377.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	447	370.00	370.00
1	550–600	565	370.00	370.00
2	600–650	643	325.00	325.00

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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