Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-07-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 31, Heifers 39, Bulls 48)

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $368.42/cwt on 12 head, down $61.85 from the prior sale (only 14 head in that comparison). That ranks 9 of 23 comparable sales and sits −7.88 against this barn's trailing median of $376.30.

Average price

$368.42

▼ 61.85 vs prior sale

12 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,064

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$394

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$65.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.94

vs VA average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	563	387.00	2,179	6thin
Medium and Large 2	560	378.00	2,117	3thin
Small 1	555	321.67	1,785	3thin

One grade step is worth $65.33/cwt here — about $394 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

23 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $440.10, low $329.37, median $376.30 across 23 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 sale12 hd

368.42

—

VA average2 barns · 28 hd

381.36

−12.94

This barn, trailing median23 sales

376.30

−7.88

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

37 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	355	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,580	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,470	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	855	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,180	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,797	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	314.55/cwt	255.00–335.00	2,431	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	412.30/cwt	411.00–415.00	1,950	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	415	432.00/cwt	432.00–432.00	1,793	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,609	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	482	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	2,029	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,522	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	403.00/cwt	403.00–403.00	2,168	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	662	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,350	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,360	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	1,877	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	416.71/cwt	410.00–420.00	1,967	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	443	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,728	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	315	463.07/cwt	455.00–467.00	1,459	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	2,294	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	648	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	2,637	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	640	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,080	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	2,312	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	535	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,766	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	544	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,067	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,217	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,935	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	482	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	2,005	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,890	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	328	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,476	2
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	570	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,653	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,437	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	538	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,071	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	2,179	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,573	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,399	1
Bulls	Small 1	500–550	525	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,021	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	2,117	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	431	426.06/cwt	410.00–430.00	1,836	5

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 Jul 8, 2026

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

Receipts 118Last week 284Year ago 93

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 31, Heifers 39, Bulls 48)

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	355	445.00	445.00
2	400–450	418	430.00	430.00
6	450–500	473	411.00–415.00	412.30
6	550–600	563	387.00	387.00
8	600–650	633	385.00	385.00
1	650–700	650	380.00	380.00
4	750–800	773	255.00–335.00	314.55
1	850–900	855	255.00	255.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	328	450.00	450.00
5	400–450	431	410.00–430.00	426.06
5	450–500	482	416.00	416.00
3	550–600	560	378.00	378.00
1	600–650	615	390.00	390.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	525	385.00	385.00
2	550–600	570	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	432.00	432.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	472	410.00–420.00	416.71
6	500–550	538	403.00	403.00
4	550–600	568	407.00	407.00
4	600–650	648	407.00	407.00
2	700–750	705	370.00	370.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	482	421.00	421.00
2	500–550	545	421.00	421.00
2	550–600	590	400.00	400.00
1	600–650	615	410.00	410.00
3	650–700	662	355.00	355.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	425.00	425.00
5	450–500	450	417.00	417.00
8	500–550	538	385.00	385.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	315	455.00–467.00	463.07
3	400–450	443	390.00	390.00
2	500–550	535	330.00	330.00
2	600–650	640	325.00	325.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	450	420.00	420.00
4	500–550	544	380.00	380.00
5	650–700	658	337.00	337.00
1	700–750	730	265.00	265.00

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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